Corporate Climate Risk Management: Rising to the Challenge
The sky was grey, but the air still warm from the late Indian summer. It was October 25, 2012; I was in New York City. I had quit my corporate job the week before, and was visiting friends and business...
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What is behind the US-China climate deal?
The US and China reached a landmark climate change deal to cut greenhouse gases on November 12. The agreement is a groundbreaking departure from the two countries’ reluctance to commit to aggressive...
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When Global Warming Brings Snow, Sleet, and Ice.
The recent winter weather that buried Buffalo, NY under more than 5 feet of snow and ground life to a halt should attract the attention of US businesses leaders across the country. Although Buffalo is...
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Lima’s Tragedy of the Climate Change Commons
Delegates talk during a break at a plenary session of the U.N. Climate Change Conference COP 20 in Lima December 12, 2014. REUTERS/Enrique Castro-Mendivil The UN Climate Summit in Lima has been...
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City Adaptation in the Spotlight
ND-GAIN’s upcoming climate change adaptation index of US cities’ highlights the vulnerability and critical role of cities in preparing for climate change. MOMA The University of Notre Dame Global...
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What are businesses doing to prepare for climate change?
Climate change has brought millions of dollars of damages to businesses over the past years, yet little is known about how businesses are preparing and planning for the physical impacts of climate...
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Supporting Climate Resilience in the Health Care Sector
On April 7, 2015 the Obama Administration announced a series of actions and partnerships to help analyze and translate the linkages between climate change and public health impacts for policy makers...
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Inside the Black Box: How Companies Prepare for Climate Change
Corporate Adaptation: The Blackbox of Economic Resilience Climate change presents a multitude of new risks, challenges and opportunities for corporations and communities around the globe. Successfully...
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The Resilience Sandbox
Welcome to our new website! As you’ve surely noticed, we just gave our home page a major do-over. The revamp has been in the works for a while, and we hope the new layout and content helps you find...
View ArticleAudio Cast: Climate Data and the Bottom Line
We recorded Emilie’s presentation at the Risky Business Climate Data Summit in New York, NY – September 24, 2015, during the panel discussion Listening to End-Users: Climate Data and the Bottom Line....
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Can we prepare better? Managing risk in a context of uncertainty
On October 3rd, the Obama administration declared a state of emergency in South Carolina in the wake of Hurricane Joaquin, which dumped a foot and a half of rain in approximately 24 hours on the...
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COP21: Climate Adaptation in the Paris Agreement
At the 21st session of the Conference of the Parties (COP) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in Paris, France, 196 countries reached a landmark climate change agreement,...
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From Data to Action: Climate Adaptation in 2015
I remember 2014 as the year of climate science. The unfolding of the IPCC Fifth Assessment Report, and, in the US, the publication of the National Climate Assessment and the first Risky Business report...
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Insights in Resilience: Local Government and Adaptation
We reached out to Aleka Seville, our Director of Community Adaptation, and asked her about what makes a resilient community.. Aleka’s responses speak to the intersections between public planning,...
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Insights in Resilience: Climate Change and Human Health
The healthcare sector is often the first to witness the impacts of poor air quality, extreme weather patterns and other climate related hazards that impact the health of their community. From heat...
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Resilient Hospitals: Using Climate Data for Better Healthcare Planning
A busy medical ward is the last place you want the lights to go out in the event of a hurricane, flood or extreme weather event. These are also the conditions that can drive surges of patients to...
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From Science to Action: Using Climate Science for Adaptation
We have all heard about the doomsday climate change can bring. Rising seas, blistering heat waves, and epic storms are but small samples from the chronicle of destruction possible due to climate risk....
View ArticleRedefining Climate Risk
Comment Letter from Four Twenty Seven to Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures. (Download full letter here) May 23, 2016 Dear Chairman Bloomberg, Four Twenty Seven, Inc., a climate...
View ArticleInsights in Resilience: International Adaptation
We asked our Director of Advisory Services Yoon Kim, about her work on international adaptation and for insights from her recent trip to the 2016 Adaptation Futures Conference in Rotterdam Netherlands....
View ArticlePolicy Brief: Climate Adaptation in the California Budget
California is a leader on climate resilience and adaptation efforts in the U.S. Yet translating adaptation policies into clear budget priorities can be a challenge. This Policy Brief provides a...
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