Michael Newman On Hardening Homes Against Hail, Wind, and Fire
It’s a strange sort of research organization that spends its time finding ever more creative ways to destroy residential real estate. But that’s exactly what the Insurance Institute for Business & Hom...
11 Aug 40min
Nik Steinberg & Daisy Streatfeild On Why Climate Risk Vendors Can't Agree
Put seven leading physical risk vendors to the test on a single flood-prone stretch of road outside Paris, and here’s what you get: agreement on exactly one obvious hotspot, and violent disagreement e...
4 Aug 38min
Elyse Schupak On Fixing America's Resilient Homes Grant Programs
Climate change is laying waste to US homes. Economic losses in North America — including to residential property — from storms, floods, fires, and other shocks exceeded US$133bn ( https://www.swissre....
28 Jul 43min
David Fischer On Pricing Physical Risk Into Every Financial Decision
Ask a large company about their climate exposure and you may be dismissed with the answer: "We're insured, we're fine." David Fischer ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-n-fischer-56249849/ ) has spen...
21 Jul 49min
Meryam Omi On Why Corporate Adaptation Data Needs to Be Open
Understanding corporations’ exposure to physical risks — and their resilience to them — is essential to building a climate-proof economy. But if this information is manufactured by black box models an...
14 Jul 43min
Oliver Marchand On Why Adaptation Needs A New 'Decision Engine'
This episode is sponsored by Resilens ( https://resilens.com/ ), a "decision engine" for climate adaptation When adaptation managers approach funders with a climate-proofing measure, there's one quest...
5 Mai 32min
Jakob Thomä On How Markets And Governments Could Respond To Climate Shocks
What do investors, corporate practitioners, and climate professionals really think about the consequences of rising climate physical risks? A recent survey by Climate Proof and Theia Finance Labs ( ht...
21 Apr 52min
