Recently, French influence has grown, and if President Emmanuel Macron is re-elected in April 2022 – likely, though not certain – he will be Europe’s pre-eminent leader for several years.

[podcast & transcript] The COVID-19 pandemic decimated airlines in 2020, yet there are reasons for optimism as the industry looks to recovery.

[For Airmic members only] Biodiversity is intertwined with natural catastrophe risk as degraded coastal habitats offer lower protection against extreme events like storm surges, which will only become more intense and frequent with climate change. The Integrated Biodiversity Assessment Tool (IBAT) is the world’s leading risk screening tool for biodiversity. This session discusses the use of the tool in the context of insurance to help manage risk, identify opportunities and encourage good practice. [Webinar recording]

If financial markets were to realign towards truly sustainable development, the financial sector needs to differentiate commercial actors more accurately on their climate and environmental performance. A potential breakthrough to help in this challenge is the emerging field of ‘Spatial Finance’ – the independent assessment of the location of a company’s or a country’s assets and infrastructure using ground data, remote sensing observations and modelled insights.