The Weekly: Alabama Used Five Financing Levers to Scale Resilient Building Standards Across the State
Alabama’s approach to scaling the FORTIFIED standard has become a blueprint nationwide.
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Alabama Paid for Stronger Roofs. Hurricane Claims Fell Up to 74%.
Alabama used five financing levers to get insurers and homeowners to pay for FORTIFIED roofs.
The Weekly: Hurricane Isaias Is a Test of the Gulf Coast’s Bet on Hardened Homes
Florida and Alabama have spent hundreds of millions fortifying homes. Isaias is the first mainland hurricane to test that resilience since 2024.
The Weekly: Resilience Went Mainstream at Climate Week NYC. Our Team Shared Three Takeaways.
Two years ago, sessions on resilience were hard to find at Climate Week NYC. This year, they were everywhere.
The Weekly: Earnings Calls Are Full of “Resilience” Talk. But Physical Resilience Moves Stock Prices
S&P 500 companies mentioned "resilience" 600 times on earnings calls last quarter. The word is exploding, and it's losing meaning. New research shows only one kind of resilience moves stock prices.
The Weekly: The Warning Signs of Uninsurability Are Visible Before the Tipping Point
Insurance markets don't become uninsurable overnight. The transition from insurable to uninsurable is the final stage of a sequence that can take years or decades to play out.
Insurance Markets Don't Collapse Overnight
Insurance markets don't become uninsurable overnight. But the transition from insurable to uninsurable is the final stage of a sequence that can take years or decades to play out.
The Weekly: U.S. Data Shows Resilience Investments Pay Back $1.86 Per Dollar
The economic losses from disasters that are not covered by insurance continue to grow, but resilience projects are generating measurable positive returns.
The Weekly: Building Codes Can't Keep Up. Here's How States Can Take Back Control.
As climate-driven hazards accelerate, a dangerous structural misalignment has emerged: What building codes deem legally permissible to construct is increasingly at odds with what catastrophic risk models deem financially viable to insure.
Building Codes Can’t Keep Up With Climate Risk. Here’s How States Can Take Back Control.
As long as building codes lag behind climate realities, private insurance markets will continue to dictate local safety standards by default. Resiliency Codes offer a clear, actionable strategy to change this dynamic.
The Weekly: Unaffordable Housing—A Hidden Driver of Wildfire Risk?
The housing affordability crisis and the wildfire crisis aren't distinct challenges. They're a self-reinforcing cycle that requires investing in resilience to break.
The Weekly: Takeaways from 2025’s Climate Disasters
Twenty-three billion-dollar disasters, $115 billion in damage, and not one hurricane: 2025 was a masterclass in how climate risk in the U.S. has changed.
What 2025’s Costliest Disasters Mean for U.S. Real Estate, Insurance, and Public Infrastructure
Twenty-three billion-dollar weather and climate disasters struck the United States in 2025, revealing important takeaways for decision-makers in the real estate, public infrastructure, and insurance sectors.
