Driving the news: Released earlier this week, an analysis of the often derided environmental, social and governance investing trend paints a mixed picture of what some critics have denounced as "woke capitalism."
The big picture: The findings suggest the world's timekeepers have longer to manage a first-of-its-kind time adjustment that could wreak havoc on computer networks.
Global losses from natural catastrophes in 2023 amounted to about $280 billion, according to new data from the Swiss Re Institute.
Why it matters: The reinsurance giant's report warns that global insured disaster losses are sharply increasing, and climate change is a small but growing driver.