Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.19.2017
Read the entire article at The San Francisco Chronicle. An ambitious design competition that seeks to make the Bay Area a model for how to prepare for sea-level rise kicks off this week. The competition, dubbed “Resilient by Design,” will select 10 interdisciplinary teams to tackle 10 sites around the bay, with at least one […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.16.2017
Read the entire article on GreenBiz. Earlier this year, Hilton trumpeted the arrival of its latest hotel brand, one comprised of unique properties with especially close ties to the communities in which they are located — the foundation for a sustainable relationship. It’s notable that the first property in the so-called Tapestry Collection, […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.14.2017
Read the entire article at The Miami Herald. On mainland Miami, miles away from the pumps that keep Biscayne Bay from slowly swallowing South Beach, the neighborhood around Ray Chasser’s riverfront house seems like it’s drowning one high tide at a time. When the moon is full and the bay bloated, a salty soup […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.12.2017
Read the entire article on MultiBriefs. As an interior designer, I have always believed what we put into our building influences our well-being. By choosing finishes, furniture and lighting that are sustainable, we are increasing our chances of having a better quality of life inside our buildings. Keeping in mind that air and water quality […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.09.2017
Read the entire article at Fast Company. A new report predicts that we’re on the edge of an incredibly rapid transition to an entirely new transportation system – where it will be so much cheaper and easier to not own a car, you’ll get rid of it as soon as you can. Self-driving cars, […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.07.2017
Read the entire article at YaleEnvironment360. Sea level rise and more severe storms are overwhelming U.S. coastal communities, causing billions of dollars in damage and essentially bankrupting the federal flood insurance program. Yet rebuilding continues, despite warnings that far more properties will soon be underwater. The federal insurance program has subsidized thousands […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.05.2017
Read the entire article at CityScope. In a bid to boost resilience in the face of disaster, some 200 cities say they will start using a new tool to develop strategies for curbing disaster losses from climate change and other risks. The tool was released last week at the Global Platform for Risk Reduction summit held in […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 06.02.2017
Read the full article at Future of Sharing. Millennials, worried about climate change, are looking to new ideas and companies for solutions. They’re rejecting the resource-trampling, gas-guzzling ways of the 20th century and seeking cleaner ways to live. There’s plenty of research to indicate that millennials prefer access over ownership – three out […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.31.2017
Read the entire article at World Environment Day. In 2015, engineering student Jorge Zapote and his team from the University of Calgary decided to take on a problem that affects millions of poor, rural families around the world – and one whose solution could be key to remedying climate change. They wanted to find a […]
Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager • 05.29.2017
Read the full article on ImpactAlpha. All of a sudden, majorities of oil company shareholders are voting to force a full accounting of climate risks and opportunities. Last week, Occidental Petroleum’s shareholders voted overwhelmingly (393 million votes to 191 million) to direct management and the board to assess the impact of the “2-degree scenario” on […]