Lunch & Learn: Insurance as a Policy Lever for Addressing Climate Change
Join this lunch & learn with Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Kleinman Center senior fellow and founder and executive director of Insurance for Good.Climate change is escalating the risks of many weather-related extreme events, with communities and local governments in the crosshairs and insurance markets at a breaking point. In this talk, Dr. Carolyn Kousky will explore the history of disaster insurance, the important role it plays in communities' post-disaster economic recoveries, and the current challenges facing housing markets across the US related to insurance. In spite of the challenges facing the insurance sector, private, public, and nonprofit sector actors are partnering