Videos and Webinars
A Pioneering Parametric Insurance Programme to Protect the Caribbean’s Second-Largest Coral Reef
https://climate.axa/publications/parametric-insurance-programme-to-protect-the-caribbeans-second-largest-coral-reef/In response to the growing threats that hurricanes pose to coral reefs in the Colombian Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, a coalition of partners — AXA COLPATRIA, AXA Climate, Fondo Acción, and WTW Alternative Risk Transfer — has jointly...
Biodiversity erosion: Céline Bellard, biologist and researcher at the CNRS, answers five crucial questions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celine-bellard-b99206303/With species extinction rates up to 1,000 times higher than the natural rate, it is becoming urgent to understand the pressures on ecosystems and the consequences for our societies.To discuss biodiversity loss, we asked Céline Bellard, a biologist and researcher at...
Henri Bourgeois-Costa, circular economy expert and environmental systems specialist, answers five crucial questions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/henri-bourgeois-costa/More than 350,000 chemical substances are currently listed in global trade, a continuous flow of novel entities that is pushing humanity beyond one of the most critical planetary boundaries. A geographer by training, expert in circular economy and specialist in...
Climate change: Olivier Boucher, a specialist in climate modelling, answers 5 crucial questions.
https://climate.axa/publications/climate-change-olivier-boucher-a-specialist-in-climate-modelling-and-climate-change-answers-5-crucial-questions/In this article, Olivier Boucher, climatologist, research director at the CNRS and expert at the IPCC, sheds light on climate change from the perspective of planetary boundaries. A specialist in climate modelling, he answers five key questions to help us understand...
Reefs, revenue, and resilience : why the Maldives can’t afford to lose Its coral reefs
https://www.undp.org/maldives/blog/reefs-revenue-and-resilience-why-maldives-cant-afford-lose-its-coral-reefs#_ftn1What’s a Coral Reef Worth? In the Maldives, EverythingHome to over 3% of the world’s reef area—the seventh largest globally—the Maldives is built on coral. Literally. More than 2,000 coral formations, 1,100 species of fish, and 180 types of coral[1] form the...
Managing climate adaptation: preparing businesses for a changing world
AXA Climate and Climate School are releasing an insightful white paper, specifically designed to help businesses effectively adapt to the inevitable consequences of global warming, with a particular focus managing climate adaptation strategies and challenges faced by...
Roquette, a major supplier of plant-based ingredients, excipients and pharmaceutical solutions, has called on AXA Climate, AXA's subsidiary dedicated to climate adaptation, to analyse the medium- and long-term climate challenges facing its value chain, and build an...
Ocean acidification: Laurent Bopp, climate and ocean specialist, answers 5 key questions
https://www.ipcc.ch/languages-2/francais/Although this boundary has not yet been crossed, the planetary limit of ocean acidification poses an increasing threat : its level has already risen by 30% over the past two centuries, profoundly affecting marine ecosystems. In this article, Laurent Bopp, Deputy...
Official launch of innovative insurance product for the protection of Togolese townships against floods
https://climate.axa/Kloto 1, Golfe 1 and Golfe 7 communes have officially signed a pioneering insurance policy aimed at reinforcing their resilience against flooding. This parametric insurance project, designed to provide rapid compensation in case of extreme rainfall, marks a...
The wildfires that swept through Los Angeles (LA), California, in January 2025 were exceptionally difficult to control. They burned for several days, consuming more than 15,000 hectares and causing significant environmental, social, and economic impacts. According to...
ESCP Business School and AXA Climate launch partnership to help to adapt to climate change
As climate risks intensify, businesses and public authorities face a critical need to adapt. To address this challenge, ESCP Business School and AXA Climate are launching the Adaptation(s) Programme.An ADEME study[1] reveals that, out of more than 3,000 companies...
AXA Climate launches Climate Studio, a creative studio dedicated to climate action
https://axaclimateschool.com/get-in-touch//As an expert in supporting organisations through their transformation and adaptation to climate change, AXA Climate is proud to announce the launch of Climate Studio. Its mission: to harness creativity to support the ecological transition To create impact and generate...
To get the new year off to a positive start, AXA Climate has a surprise for you: an original comic strip designed by our teams and packed with creativity and a touch of humour. An offbeat look behind the scenes of CSR Funny (we hope!) and engaging, 'Behind the Scenes'...
AXA Climate contributes to the launch of the first climate insurance product designed to protect farmers in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
#_ftn1This initiative is part of the National Agricultural Development Program (PNDA), implemented by the DRC's Ministry of Agriculture and supported by the World Bank and the Global Shield Solutions Platform, which aims to modernise agriculture and improve farmers' living...
Parametric Insurance at the Forefront
In April 2024, an alarming study published in Nature estimated that climate change could cause a contraction in global GDP of nearly 19% per year on average, amounting to cumulative losses of $38 trillion by 2050. This staggering figure highlights an unavoidable...
Compound Weather Extreme Events and their Impacts
First introduced by the IPCC in 2012, compound weather events refer to combinations of multiple climate drivers and hazards that interact to create amplified societal and environmental risks. Unlike isolated extreme events, these overlapping phenomena involve a...
Managing Climate Adaptation: Meeting the Challenge of a Warming World for Businesses
As the era of climate action shifts from commitment to implementation, businesses face mounting pressure to address climate adaptation and mitigation. The climate commitments made in the 2016 Paris Agreement aimed to limit global warming to below 2°C. Yet, recent...
“How to Develop a Biodiversity Strategy?”, the TNFD Practical Guide
Taking nature into account is now a strategic necessity for businesses and financial institutions. The World Economic Forum (WEF) points out that almost half the world's GDP (44,000 billion dollars) depends on biodiversity, which is rapidly deteriorating. According to...