In the latest action to undo Biden-era regulations on climate change, the Securities and Exchange Commission on Friday proposed repealing a rule that requires some public companies to report their greenhouse gas emissions and the risks they face from global warming. The climate-disclosure rule has been on hold since last year, after the Republican-led commission […]
Climate Risk
Deadly storm kills over 100 in India’s Uttar Pradesh
A powerful storm swept through India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh, killing more than 100 people and causing widespread destruction across several districts, officials said on Thursday. The violent weather system brought intense rain, hail and strong winds, damaging homes, uprooting trees and disrupting daily life in India’s most populous state. According to state authorities, […]
Natural Shocks, Climate Risk and Economic Planning
Pakistan’s economic story increasingly reads like a tale of two futures-one imagined through policy papers, growth frameworks and reform agendas, and another written brutally across its landscapes by climate change. Today, the latter is winning. In 2022, the floods that submerged a third of the country inflicted more than USD 30 billion in economic losses […]