From a $600 million storm-resilience bond in St. Petersburg to drainage renewals in coastal Louisiana, Tuesday’s election results show strong local support for well-defined adaptation investments.
Data from the wettest summer in five years reveals three opportunities to invest in resilience.
Alabama’s approach to scaling the FORTIFIED standard has become a blueprint nationwide.
Alabama used five financing levers to get insurers and homeowners to pay for FORTIFIED roofs.
Municipal markets overlook the cost of aging infrastructure. New tools can help cities size their reserve funds against their actual exposure.
If we don’t build it right and build it to last, new housing supply won’t solve today’s housing crisis.
For most of the country, in most years, the post-disaster window is not the second-best time to invest in resilience. It is the only time anyone does.
From a $600 million storm-resilience bond in St. Petersburg to drainage renewals in coastal Louisiana, Tuesday’s election results show strong local support for well-defined adaptation investments.
Data from the wettest summer in five years reveals three opportunities to invest in resilience.
Alabama’s approach to scaling the FORTIFIED standard has become a blueprint nationwide.
Florida and Alabama have spent hundreds of millions fortifying homes. Isaias is the first mainland hurricane to test that resilience since 2024.
Resilience benefits are often spread so widely that no single payer sees the payoff. New models and policies are starting to close that gap.
Two years ago, sessions on resilience were hard to find at Climate Week NYC. This year, they were everywhere.
There is a 75% chance that El Niño strength will exceed every event on record since 1950.
To address the housing crisis in the U.S., we need a three-part strategy for centering resilience.
With fire seasons now roughly two months longer than they were in the 1970s, 2026 could reset the ceiling on wildfire losses again.
Climate change and federal policies are making wildfires more frequent and intense. Migration patterns are increasing the exposure of assets to wildfire threats. And assets that are more vulnerable to wildfires translate into higher costs.
Part II of our Wildfires Briefing explores four categories of opportunity for the private sector: 1) Implementing modern building materials and codes; 2) Technologies for better fire management; 3) New insurance models; and 4) Private financing for forest management.
Several drivers are contributing to the rise in expensive severe convective storms: 1) population growth in high-risk areas; 2) non-resilient physical assets; and 3) rising building premiums.
Data from the wettest summer in five years reveals three opportunities to invest in resilience.
Resilience benefits are often spread so widely that no single payer sees the payoff. New models and policies are starting to close that gap.
Two years ago, sessions on resilience were hard to find at Climate Week NYC. This year, they were everywhere.
We need to move beyond asking simply, How do we fund this project? and start asking, What financial risk does this community face, what outcomes could change that trajectory, and how should we invest accordingly?
