Crystal balls are preferred by some over tea leaves; others resort to reading entrails. We all seek some assistance as we peer into the future at the cusp of a new year and a new decade. I am no exception, my divining rod: an imprecise dialog with peers and the ever-probing investigation of Google. So here goes a look at coverage in a world of climate change in 2010. 1. The lead story in this area will have to be a decision in Steadfast Insurance Company v The AES Company. In July 2007 Steadfast brought suit against its insured to ascertain coverage obligations in the climate change lawsuit, ...

In a bid to give some muscle to United States climate change negotiators in Copenhagen, Senators Kerry, Graham and Lieberman unveiled Thursday a "framework" for a Senate climate change bill. See http://www.scribd.com/doc/23946492/12-10-09-Kerry-Graham-Lieberman-Climate-Framework  The thinking is that U.S. credibility took a big hit when the Kyoto Protocol died in the Senate. This time, any agreement will be informed by the position of the Senate, communicated to the world at large.   So what exactly was this position? The envisioned bill will do the following:   Produce bett...

What is it about Denmark?  Several hundred years ago a Danish prince couldn't make up his mind about a certain King Claudius and there was hell to pay.  Tomorrow, the leaders of the world (or their representatives) will gather in Copenhagen, and, if everything I read is correct, won't be able to make up their collective minds and there will be hell to pay.   Humankind has set loose on the world's stage a specter, Climate Change, impossible to grasp, subject to many disagreements, and of violent character.  To tame it, an army of diplomats gathered and playe...