Agriculture Analysis – Page 2
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AnalysisIPCC “encouraged” by climate action
Scaled-up actions can support ”deep emissions reductions”, with carbon capture and storage an option
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AnalysisBiodiversity risk to become material by 2024
Corporates have just two years to improve due diligence around biodiversity throughout their value chains - report
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AnalysisCOP26: Global resilience index launches
GRII will help sectors across the global economy quantify the value of building climate resilience, and the costs of doing nothing
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AnalysisIda highlights impact of inland flooding
Record heat and drought conditions prompt extreme wildfire activity around the globe, according to Aon catastrophe report
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AnalysisIPCC: Prioritise adaptation and resilience
New report is “code red for humanity” with many climate change effects now “irreversible”
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AnalysisGerman flood claims to approach €5 billion
Restoration of infrastructure such as water and gas pipes, power lines, and roads could take weeks, even months, warns AIR Worldwide
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AnalysisClimate warning for cotton/apparel industry
One third of India’s cotton growing regions face severe climate risks by 2040 if carbon emissions continue to soar
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AnalysisChild labour an emerging supply chain risk
Organisations are urged to take action to root out child labour within their supply chains as numbers grow to 160 million worldwide
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AnalysisHail drives US cat losses in April
Western and central regions of Europe experienced a significant cold spell within the first week of April, with temperatures well below freezing
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AnalysisCOVID-19 continues to test supply chains
Pandemic is exacerbating trends such as cargo crime, man-made disruptions, and political protests, which all threaten supply chain resilience in 2021
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AnalysisModern slavery risks surge in Asia manufacturing hubs
The risk is set to intensify further as the economic fallout from COVID-19 takes full hold, warns Verisk Maplecroft
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AnalysisSocieties ill-prepared for COVID-crisis - Swiss Re
Swiss Re Institute’s 2020 SONAR report says there is an opportunity for the pandemic to prompt a more sustainable future
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AnalysisBusiness react to the conservative general election victory
StrategicRISK explores what the conservative general election win means to UK business leaders and what new risks have emerged on the horizon
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AnalysisAmazon fires explained: what are they, why are they so damaging, and how can we stop them?
Jos Barlow, Lancaster University and Alexander C. Lees, Manchester Metropolitan University place Amazon fires under the microscope
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AnalysisHow to claim it from the weatherman
Almost nine out of ten businesses are impacted by the weather. In other words, the fortunes of 88% of companies depend on meteorological conditions.
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AnalysisProtecting against the top three risks climate change, political risks and cyber threats
As risk managers gather for the AMARE Rencontres in Deauville, Julien Guénot, Country leader, France at AXA XL, considers the risks keeping risk managers awake at night.
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AnalysisVue d'expert : Comment se protéger contre le changement climatique, le risque politique et le risque cyber
À l’occasion des 27e rencontres de l’AMRAE, Julien Guénot, Directeur pour la France d’AXA XL (sur la photo), revient sur les risques qui préoccupent les risk managers.
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AnalysisIn the wake of Grenfell, "we must all learn something"
Tougher codes and penalties are putting pressure on the building industry’s insurance cover, while raising questions over how far down the line liability should go
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AnalysisRising global temperatures forecast to hit emerging market exports and power supplies
While Europe is gripped by a heatwave, it remains the region most insulated from the economic impacts of rising heat stress
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AnalysisSlavery risk rises in SE Asia as job losses hit home
More than 55% of jobs in SE Asia’s key manufacturing hubs under threat with slavery and labour abuses in SE Asia set to spiral over next two decades as automation consumes job market
