%0 Journal Article
%A Evan Mills
%B Science
%D 2012
%G eng
%N 6113
%P 1424-1425
%R 10.1126/science.1229351 
%T The Greening of Insurance
%V 338
%8 12/2012
%X <p>Every sector of the economy telegraphs climate risks to its insurers. In turn, climate change stands as a stress test for insurance, the world's largest industry, with U.S. $4.6 trillion in revenues, 7% of the global economy (<em>1</em>–<em>6</em>). Insurers publicly voiced concern about human-induced climate change four decades ago (<em>1</em>). I describe industry trends, activities, and promising avenues for future effort, from a synthesis of industry progress in managing climate change risk [see supplementary materials (SM)].</p>