Afleveringen
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In this episode of our Climate Risk podcast series, hosted by Brad Hurley, senior communications consultant at ICF, a leading climate expert discusses how floodplain maps alone may misrepresent accurate flood risk, and how climate change and access to flood risk information affects property values.
The conversation with Miyuki Hino, Ph.D., assistant professor at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, environmental science, covers topics such as:
The effect flood risk information has on residential property values in the United StatesHow property valuations will shift as flood hazards expand due to climate changeWhy it’s important to consider floodplain maps when purchasing a property and how to distinguish between historical flood data and actual flood riskHow the government could play more of a role in conveying accurate flood risk to buyers -
In this episode of our Climate Risk series, host Brad Hurley, senior communications consultant at ICF, is joined by Jesse Keenan, a social scientist at Tulane University and one of the editors of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission's Managing Climate Risk in the U.S. Financial System report, to discuss how the private sector is poised to do its part to manage climate risk.The conversation covers topics such as:
Transitional risks as society shifts to a net zero carbon strategy.The wide-reaching impacts of a regional event (e.g. wildfires, drought) on multiple commodity markets.How changing consumer preferences amplify uncertainties—and opportunities. Steps regulators can take to prepare for risks related to climate change.Barriers to financial institutions’ ability to measure their climate risk. -
Zijn er afleveringen die ontbreken?
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How can we unlock the power of the private sector to scale up technologies and services that facilitate climate resilience and adaptation?
That’s the question on our minds in this podcast, as we continue to explore climate risk from a variety of perspectives.
Hosted by Brad Hurley, senior communications consultant at ICF; and Peter Schultz, Ph.D., vice president, climate and resilience; this conversation with Jay Koh, co-founder and managing director of The Lightsmith Group, a sustainable private equity firm in New York City, covers topics such as:
The differences between investing in climate resilience and making climate resilient investments.The range of tools—from data and analytics to products and services—that investors use to help assess the evolving challenges that climate change introduces as risks become more complex and move from one area to another.How to use investment in the policy context as a tool for supporting sustainable development. New frontiers and untapped opportunities in advancing resilience in the private sector.Why it’s important to create and invest in products and services that are both designed for a more climate-changed future and superior in quality to present-day alternatives.
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In this podcast, hosted by Brad Hurley, senior communications consultant at ICF, one of ICF’s leading climate experts discusses how businesses plan for climate uncertainty and the corresponding risks. The conversation with Peter Schultz, Ph.D., vice president, climate and resilience, covers topics such as:
The difference between the key forms of climate risk: physical and transition.The drivers pushing businesses to evaluate their climate risk.Which countries and business sectors are leading the way in being proactive about climate risk.The different approaches businesses can take to mitigate their climate risk.
