A group of experts was assembled by the Society of Actuaries Research Institute (SOA) on June 4, 2024, to discuss how climate change is influencing insurance affordability, availability, and adequacy in North America. Specific topics that were addressed included concerns the insurance industry has including ones of which they may yet be unaware, factors that […]
New York Times: New Yorkers are spending billions on houses in flood-prone areas despite growing awareness of the effects of climate change.
Home Sales in Flood Zones Are Booming. Here’s Why Buyers Take the Risk. Read More »
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 | 1:00-2:00 p.m. ET All journalists welcome! As extreme weather continues to impact the U.S., Rebuild by Design, a climate adaptation research and planning organization based out of New York University, has launched the Atlas of Accountability, an interactive mapping tool designed to empower journalists, along with communities, planners and policymakers, to
Arch Daily: The Obel Award is an international prize seeking to highlight unconventional and original initiatives within the architectural profession. Supported by the Henrik Frode Obel Foundation, each annual award is centered around a specific theme. By exploring a different challenge of the built environment each year, the award remains open to a wide range of solutions and
Pioneering Change: The Obel Award Recognizes Transformative Innovations Since 2019 Read More »
Ingenio: New York City, come molte altre città del mondo, sta affrontando la difficile realtà del cambiamento climatico e dei suoi pesanti impatti sull’ambiente urbano. La “città che non dorme mai” è considerata infatti una delle metropoli più vulnerabili, sottoposta a tempeste intense, precipitazioni estreme e all’innalzamento del livello delle acque del mare. Gli uragani Sandy (2012) e Ida (2021) sono
Crisi climatica: i piani anti-alluvione per Lower Manhattan Read More »
News Journal: The Six and Twenty Book Club met at Jill Borton’s home on Aug. 9. Ruth Dooley was the program leader for the day.
Dooley talks conservation, adapting to habitat loss at Six and Twenty Book Club meeting Read More »
CT Insider Opinion by Amy Chester and Tom Swan
Extreme weather events are the new normal for CT. Don’t let neighbors die in vain. Read More »
Amsterdam News: Normally, Estefani Nuñez parks the small yellow school bus she drives each day by the side of her home in the Rosedale neighborhood in Queens. On the day before she knows it’s going to rain, she parks her school bus a block away. When it does rain, she puts on her tall black boots to
Double-whammy: How heavy rains and high tides hurt NYC’s Black and Brown neighborhoods Read More »
Grist: Hello and welcome to week three of State of Emergency, a limited-run newsletter about how disasters are reshaping our politics. I’m Jake Bittle.
Your Guide to a Disaster Prone Election Year Read More »
