Insuring our uncertain future

Is the disaster insurance industry hurtling toward a climate crisis? Learn how we can shore up programs that buffer the financial devastation that follows floods, fires and hurricanes — and help individuals and communities strengthen their climate resilience. Speakers: - Alice Hill, Senior Fellow for Climate Change Policy, Council on Foreign Relations - Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, Environmental Defense Fund Moderated by Emily Underwood, Science Content Producer, Knowable Magazine == RELATED ARTICLES == More from Knowable Magazine - Rethinking insurance for floods, wildfires and other catastrophes https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2022/rethinking-insurance-floods-wildfires-other-catastrophes - A rise in US flooding — and a rethink https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2022/rise-us-flooding-and-rethink - It’s time for a government reset — and the ideas are flourishing https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2021/its-time-government-reset-and-ideas-are-flourishing - Rising to meet the tide https://knowablemagazine.org/article/physical-world/2020/rising-meet-tide - Don’t let climate change take all the blame https://knowablemagazine.org/article/food-environment/2022/dont-let-climate-change-take-all-blame Unpersuasive: Why arguing about climate change often doesn’t work https://knowablemagazine.org/article/society/2018/unpersuasive-why-arguing-about-climate-change-often-doesnt-work Related Annual Review articles - The Role of Natural Disaster Insurance in Recovery and Risk Reduction https://knowmag.org/KouskyReview - The Economics of Natural Disasters https://knowmag.org/Kellenberg_Review - The Economics of Wildfire in the United States https://knowmag.org/Bayham_Review - Understanding the Improbable: A Survey of Fat Tails in Environmental Economics https://knowmag.org/Conte_Review - The Social Consequences of Disasters: Individual and Community Change https://knowmag.org/Arcaya_Review More from Slate -How to Convince People to Leave Homes at Serious Risk from Climate Change https://slate.com/technology/2022/04/managed-retreat-government-policy-climate-change-flooding.html -Fire is Here to Stay. Can We Live With It? https://slate.com/technology/2022/06/wildfire-management-climate-change.html -How Miami Can Survive Climate Change https://slate.com/technology/2022/05/miami-climate-change-survival.html == ABOUT == This event is part of an ongoing series of live events and science journalism from Knowable Magazine and Annual Reviews, a nonprofit publisher dedicated to synthesizing and integrating knowledge for the progress of science and the benefit of society. This series is supported by a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation. Future Tense is a partnership of Slate, New America and Arizona State University that examines emerging technologies, public policy and society. Sign up for Future Tense’s newsletter: https://slate.com/sign-up-for-the-future-tense-newsletter.