Building for Tomorrow: Climate Adaptation in Real Estate
Call for Speakers: New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics January 12-16, 2025, at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
The real estate sector is currently grappling with the urgent and increasing economic impacts of our changing climate. Weather-related disasters are causing significant financial stress to property owners, leading to rising insurance costs or even loss of coverage, as seen in recent years in areas such as the US Gulf Coast and wildfire-prone regions of the western US. As the impacts of climate change continue to escalate, the need for improving resiliency has never been more pressing.
These sessions first examine how escalating weather disasters reshape the real estate sector and the challenges posed to property owners and insurers. While challenges are mounting, new tools and techniques are being developed. Industry experts will share their knowledge and examples of new and ongoing work to help make the real estate sector more resilient to extreme weather today and tomorrow. Finally, existing opportunities and gaps will be addressed as motivation for future research and development.
Building for Tomorrow: Climate Adaptation in Real Estate is part of the New Orleans Forum on Climate Linked Economics
Chaired by Brock Burghardt, Consulting Meteorologist, and Stephen Bennett, Chief Scientist at Demex
Organized by the American Meteorological Society’s Financial Weather and Climate Risk Management Committee
