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Oct 23, 2024 | 
marsh.com | Amy Barnes
In this mutually beneficial partnership, there is greater possibility for information-sharing, strategy-building, and the development of new resilience products aimed at addressing climate risks. Scaling up solutions and technologies requires significant funding, and funders understandably want to ensure that these solutions will work and truly provide value in the push to adapt and build future resilience.
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Oct 14, 2024 | 
hartfordbusiness.com | Amy Barnes
As a result, supply chain issues are rising up the boardroom agenda in many industries, with business leaders wanting to better understand evolvingrisks and how those risks can be better mitigated and managed. Although indicators like the Federal Reserve Bank of New York’s Global Supply Chain Pressure Index show transportation and manufacturing KPIs closer to historical levels, critical vulnerabilities and disruptions remain.
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Sep 20, 2024 | 
marsh.com | Amy Barnes
We know that progress in mitigating climate change depends on certain technologies reaching scale, such as battery storage, small-scale nuclear reactors, and hydrogen. This, in turn, depends on the ability of banks to lend – and lenders generally need the risks of projects to be well understood and managed to do so. By supporting risk management and transfer, the insurance industry can be a vital lubricant of the financial services system.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
linkedin.com | Amy Barnes
By Amy Barnes, Head of Climate & Sustainability Strategy, Marsh With records continuing to be broken on the global climate front — for temperature rise, ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic Sea ice loss, and glacier retreat — this year’s New York Climate Week takes place against a somber backdrop. We have reached the point where the cost of climate inaction is greater than the cost of climate action.
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Sep 10, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Amy Barnes
With records continuing to be broken on the global climate front — for temperature rise, ocean heat, sea level rise, Antarctic Sea ice loss, and glacier retreat — this year’s New York Climate Week takes place against a somber backdrop. We have reached the point where the cost of climate inaction is greater than the cost of climate action. Quite fittingly, this year’s New York Climate Week theme is two simple words: It’s time.
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Jul 24, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Amy Barnes
Find out more about Lexology or get in touch by visiting our About page. RegisterTo view this article you need a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader. If you can't read this PDF, you can view its text here. Go back to the PDF. How can you better manage your supply chain and people risks? June 2024 With new AI technology tools, insurers and brokers can combine countless data points, stories, and insights to create game-changing perspectives and impact for their clients.
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Jun 19, 2024 | 
marsh.com | Amy Barnes
We have reached the point where the cost of climate inaction is greater than the cost of climate action. Quite fittingly, this year’s New York Climate Week theme is two simple words: It’s time. Across the globe we are experiencing the fallout from the first year-long breach of the 1.5oC warming limit. In June, Germany experienced devastating floods, while heavy rains associated with Typhoon Gaemi lead to widespread flash floods in the Philippines in July.
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Apr 16, 2024 | 
kgun9.com | Amy Barnes
The products and services mentioned below were selected independent of sales and advertising. However, Simplemost may receive a small commission from the purchase of any products or services through an affiliate link to the retailer's website. My house has well-loved, kid-friendly furniture and hardwood floors. To reduce scratches, I’ve tried everything from waxy crayons to liquid stain in a pen format.
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Jan 25, 2024 | 
marsh.com | Amy Barnes
Climate change is increasing health risks and costs for people and businesses worldwide. While regulators and organizations recognize that climate risk is a business risk and, to date, they have typically focused on opportunities to drive decarbonization efforts, a growing risk that cannot be overlooked is the impact climate change is having on workers’ health and safety. Consider an office worker in Amsterdam, a firefighter in British Columbia, or a truck driver in Cairo.
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Dec 1, 2023 | 
marsh.com | Amy Barnes
Overlapping crises like conflictand flagging economic growth have created a complex risk landscape. But we can’t afford to take our eye off the ball when it comes to tackling climate change. While investment in climate mitigation has accelerated in the past few years, the same cannot be said for climate adaptation. Whether this is because of a reluctance to appear defeatist or because resources and momentum are lacking, adaptation has lagged.
