In the first half of 2023, natural disaster losses of insurance companies were the highest since 2011 in this period and exceeded 50 billion dollars. Finance TimesWith reference to data from the Swiss reinsurance company Swiss Re.
“The impact of climate change can already be seen in a range of threats, including heat waves, drought, flooding and excessive precipitation,” said Jérôme Jean Hegely, chief economist at Swiss Re.
He noted that two-thirds of the losses were due to heavy rain and convective storms with winds, as well as sharp temperature changes. Between January and late June, these natural anomalies cost insurers $35 billion, but averaged $18 billion a year over the past decade.
Floods in New Zealand and Europe were cited as another important factor.
According to the authors of the article, the total volume of global economic losses amounted to $120 billion in the first six months when insurance companies were not included. Earthquakes in Türkiye and Syria in February 2023.
During the study, paleoclimatologists from the Institute of Atmospheric Physics of the Chinese Academy of Sciences evidence found the direct relationship between the increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and the increase in the number of storms.
Previously said climatologists about the increase in weather anomalies in Russia due to global warming.