Wildfires Here Now: We Have to Adapt as We Mitigate

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 07.20.2024

 

NOTE: As I write this on a July weekend in Portland OR… here’s today’s headline in the New York Times: “Pacific Northwest Faces Critical Fire Risk as Wildfires Burn”. About 1.7 million people are under fire danger warnings on Sunday as a heat wave continues to bake the region and several large blazes burn in Oregon. […]

 

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Parts of Spaceship Earth are Becoming Uninsurable

Bob Leonard - Climate Risk Manager 02.20.2024

 

The rate of climate change surged alarmingly over the past decade, posing a ‘code red’ emergency for the world and the insurance industry.   $122 billion total insured losses worldwide from weather-related natural catastrophes in 2023. (Swiss RE)   250% rise in economic losses over the past three decades due to climate change. (Capgemini)   […]

 

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