A senior climate diplomat discusses scientific, economic, and diplomatic barriers to rapid global decarbonization.
What Stands Between Louisiana and a Resilient Electric Grid?
Hurricane Ida was the most recent storm to wreak havoc on Louisiana’s electric grid. A legal expert discusses the struggle to provide resilient power in the state as weather and climate risks grow.
What Motivates People to Take Action on Climate Change?
New research disproves the assumption that exposure to climate-related natural disasters motivates people to support climate policy.
As Climate-Related Disasters Intensify, Retreat Emerges as Adaptation Strategy
An environmental lawyer examines the legal and social challenges that could complicate managed retreat from areas at risk to climate-related disaster.
Insurers Struggle To Address Climate Risk
Tomorrow’s natural disasters won’t look like those from the past in terms of frequency, severity or location. Yet the insurance industry’s modeling of risk is based on historic disaster data, the value of which is inversely related to the rising concentration of carbon dioxide in Earth’s atmosphere.
Is Climate Risk Insurable?
As climate-related disasters become more severe and frequent, insurers and governments face an economic black hole.
Bold Climate Policy Is Coming. Investors, Take Note
A group of global investors foresees bold policy action on climate by the mid-2020s. What will such action, dubbed the Inevitable Policy Response, mean for capital markets and economies?
Climate Change And The Future Of Risk
The risk models that policymakers, insurers and communities rely on to predict the nature and frequency of weather-related disasters are becoming less reliable as climate change advances. A Wharton School climate risk expert examines how we might adequately, and equitably, prepare for future disasters.