(IN BRIEF) Hagelunie, Achmea’s global specialist in greenhouse horticulture insurance, is bringing Dutch expertise to Australia to help greenhouse growers prepare for extreme weather and climate-related risks. The initiative is being carried out through Achmea Farm Insurance and in partnership … Read the full press release
Posted in Agriculture, Business, Construction, Environment, Financial, Food & Beverage, Government, Infrastructure & Utilities, Insurance, Netherlands, Security & Safety, Technology
Tagged Achmea, Achmea Farm Insurance, Achmea Farm Insurance and Hagelunie Strengthen Support for Greenhouse Growers in Australia, agricultural insurance, Australia, Australian growers, Business Resilience, climate change, climate resilience, crops, damage prevention, drought, Dutch greenhouse expertise, Dutch Greenhouse Insurance Expertise to Support Australian Growers Facing Climate-Related Risks, efficient cultivation, Employees, extreme rainfall, extreme weather, food production, food supply, greenhouse horticulture, greenhouse insurance, greenhouse risk management, greenhouse structures, Hagelunie, Hagelunie Shares Climate Resilience Knowledge with Australian Protected Horticulture Sector, heat, horticulture sector, infrastructure, international knowledge sharing, Marie Groenhof, Netherlands, protected cropping, Protected Cropping Australia, Protected Cropping Australia Collaboration Brings Dutch Prevention Expertise to Greenhouse Horticulture, protected horticulture, risk prevention, safe business operations, storm risk, sustainable cultivation
(IN BRIEF) Saint-Gobain’s 2026 Sustainable Construction Barometer highlights the increasing importance of resilience and climate adaptation in the construction sector, particularly as extreme weather events become more frequent. While banks and insurers recognize the significance of these factors, their incorporation … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Construction, Denmark, Energy, Gas & Oil, Environment, France, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Norway, Sweden
Tagged adaptation, Asia-Pacific, asset value, banks, carbon reduction, climate resilience, Climate Risk, construction industry, economic value, Europe, extreme weather, financial sector, Financial Sector Urged to Accelerate Support for Climate-Resilient Construction in Latest Industry Barometer, financing models, infrastructure, insurers, investment, New Sustainable Construction Report Calls for Stronger Financial Integration of Climate Resilience Measures, risk management, Saint-Gobain, sustainability, sustainable construction, Sustainable Construction Barometer 2026, Sustainable Construction Observatory
(IN BRIEF) A new international study led by the University of Southampton warns that Shanghai could face far larger and deeper floods by 2100 as extreme weather, sea-level rise, and land subsidence interact to intensify compound flood events. Researchers modelled … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged adaptation planning, climate change, compound floods, delta cities, extreme weather, flood defences, Hurricane Katrina, land subsidence, Min Zhang, One Earth, polder effect, Robert Nicholls, sea level rise, Shanghai, Shanghai Normal University, storm surge, Thames Barrier, typhoons, UEA, University of East Anglia, University of Southampton, University of Southampton and partners project major expansion of flood severity in Shanghai under future climate scenarios, Yangtze River
(IN BRIEF) The European Investment Bank is teaming up with Growthfund to carry out Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessments for the ports of Volos, Alexandroupoli, and Patras in Greece. The initiative will identify physical climate risks, propose adaptation measures, and … Read the full press release
Posted in Banks, European Union, Financial, Greece, Infrastructure & Utilities, Investment, Luxembourg, Technology, Transportation & Logistics
Tagged adaptation strategy, Alexandroupoli port, climate proofing, Climate Risk, Climate Risk and Vulnerability Assessment, coastal flooding, CRVA, EIB, EU climate bank, European Commission climate guidance, European Investment Bank, extreme weather, Greece ports, Growthfund, infrastructure resilience, Ioannis Tsakiris, Panagiotis Stampoulidis, Patras port, PIANC, port development, public-private collaboration, sustainable infrastructure, Volos port
(IN BRIEF) A new study led by WaterAid, in collaboration with researchers from the University of Bristol and Cardiff University, reveals that the world’s 100 most populous cities are increasingly vulnerable to both flooding and drought due to climate change. … Read the full press release
Posted in Business, Education, Environment, Financial, Industrial, Investment, Management, News, Science, Technology, United Kingdom
Tagged 100 most populous cities, Bogotá, Cairo, Cardiff University, climate change, climate hazard flips, climate whiplash, Dr Sean Fox, drought, extreme weather, flooding, global investment, infrastructure vulnerabilities, Kano, London, Madrid, Professor Katerina Michaelides, Professor Michael Singer, sanitation, Tim Wainwright, University of Bristol, water security, WaterAid
(IN BRIEF) A research team at Loughborough University is investigating the effects of extreme weather, particularly the ‘urban heat island’ phenomenon, on sleep quality and well-being through the Sleep in the City project. The research focuses on the impact of … Read the full press release
(PRESS RELEASE) LONDON, 4-Mar-2022 — /EuropaWire/ — Vodafone (LON: VOD), a British multinational leader in technology communications, has announced that Vodafone Foundation’s DreamLab mobile phone app will be used by Imperial College London, a public research university, for the modeling … Read the full press release
Posted in Environment, News, Society, Technology, Telecom, United Kingdom
Tagged Andrew Dunnett, climate change, cyclones, DreamLab, extreme weather, hurricanes, Imperial College London, mobile phone app, Professor Ralf Toumi, simulated tropical cyclone events, tropical cyclone, tropical cyclones, typhoons, Vodafone Foundation
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