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Peer asks why UK is neglecting Bermuda on climate change

Britain is helping Caribbean nations to combat global warming, while neglecting Overseas Territories such as Bermuda, it has been claimed

Britain is helping Caribbean nations to combat global warming, while neglecting Overseas Territories such as Bermuda, it has been claimed

• Apr 04, 2023 7:38 AM

Environment

Huge enthusiasm among young to get active on climate change

Young people responded to a call to take climate action with “overwhelming enthusiasm”, the head of an ocean conservation group said. Karla Lacey, the executive...

Young people responded to a call to take climate action with...

• Dec 06, 2021 7:55 AM

Environment

UN climate change adviser praises island’s green credentials

The teenage creator of an international organisation set up to translate climate change literature into dozens of languages helped close a major conference for ...

The teenage creator of an international organisation set up ...

• Nov 29, 2021 7:58 AM

Environment

Wave power could be answer to electricity needs as pilot scheme considered

Wave power has the potential to meet all the island’s electricity demand, the home affairs minister said today. Walter Roban added a move to wave generation wou...

Wave power has the potential to meet all the island’s electr...

• Nov 23, 2021 8:00 AM

Environment

Bermuda’s per capita carbon footprint is bigger than China’s

Climate change could destroy Bermuda’s reefs and marine life, a youth climate summit was told yesterday. Mark Guishard, the Director of the Bermuda Weather Ser...

Climate change could destroy Bermuda’s reefs and marine life...

• Nov 23, 2021 7:55 AM

Environment

Bios ocean research projects get new funding

Three research programmes at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences have been given new funds to continue their work. The Bermuda Bio-Optics Programme was awar...

Three research programmes at the Bermuda Institute of Ocean ...

• Nov 17, 2021 7:44 AM

Editorials

When going green, make haste slowly

Although the Government’s Speech from the Throne has been criticised for being long on rhetoric and short on substance, the environment received more attention ...

Although the Government’s Speech from the Throne has been cr...

• Nov 16, 2021 8:01 AM

Crime

Former premiers join call for gang violence ‘armistice’

Two former premiers have signed a letter calling for an "armistice“ to gang violence in Bermuda. The agreement was signed by 11 signatories including Sir John ...

Two former premiers have signed a letter calling for an "arm...

• Nov 15, 2021 7:47 AM

Environment

Bermuda renews commitment to environment after COP26 conference

A commitment to protect Bermuda’s environment was renewed after a major environment conference in Glasgow last week. Walter Roban, the Minister of Home Affairs,...

A commitment to protect Bermuda’s environment was renewed af...

• Nov 10, 2021 4:23 PM

Reinsurance

PwC: climate risks top poll of reinsurer concerns

Reinsurers rank climate change as the top risk facing the global insurance industry, a survey by the professional services firm PwC has revealed. The organisati...

Reinsurers rank climate change as the top risk facing the gl...

• Nov 09, 2021 8:32 AM

Environment

Roban warns climate change pledge vital to protect small islands

The future of island nations such as Bermuda depends on the world meeting its climate goals, a government minister warned at the weekend. Walter Roban, the Mini...

The future of island nations such as Bermuda depends on the ...

• Nov 08, 2021 7:59 AM

Reinsurance

Insurance solutions for climate change

The concern that world leaders are unable to come together to agree on, and resolve, the earth’s climate change challenges has been somewhat mitigated during th...

The concern that world leaders are unable to come together t...

• Nov 08, 2021 7:58 AM

Business

PwC report highlights lack of policy action over climate goals

Sunday’s start of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26) is being overshadowed by a new PwC report that casts doubt on the ability of world govern...

Sunday’s start of the United Nations Climate Change Conferen...

• Oct 28, 2021 7:57 AM

Environment

Climate change young giants will join Bermuda conference

Young Bermudians will get the chance to meet trailblazer activists from around the world at a major climate change summit to be held on the island next month. T...

Young Bermudians will get the chance to meet trailblazer act...

• Oct 28, 2021 7:49 AM

Environment

BIOS and US university join forces to research climate change

An island research organisation has teamed up with a US university to study the role of the ocean in climate change. The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences has...

An island research organisation has teamed up with a US univ...

• Oct 26, 2021 1:30 PM

Environment

Ratings agency wrong on climate change plans, says minister

An international ratings agency was wrong in its assessment that the island “lagged” behind in the creation of ways to tackle climate change, the home affairs m...

An international ratings agency was wrong in its assessment ...

• Oct 22, 2021 7:54 AM

Reinsurance

Report says Bermuda’s climate strategy lagging

Bermuda is poised to play an important global role in building resilience to climate risk, a sovereign surveillance report on the country has determined. But th...

Bermuda is poised to play an important global role in buildi...

• Oct 19, 2021 4:17 PM

Reinsurance

ABIR signs on to climate-change initiative

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) has signed on to the Insurers’ Principles for Climate Change Adaptation drawn up by the Insurance Inst...

The Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR) ha...

• Oct 13, 2021 7:55 AM

Environment

Scaled down plans to address coastal erosion at John Smith’s Bay approved

Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in after slightly scaled-down plans to address coastal erosion at the beach were approved. Plans original...

Caves at John Smith’s Bay are set to be largely filled in af...

• Oct 11, 2021 7:52 AM