Nov 11, 2020
Already the most common natural disaster in the United States, climate-related flooding is increasing, even where floods previously were rare.
ERIS Originals
Feb 12, 2020
REPORT: Green lending programs offer financial incentives for energy-efficient developments
By Keely Felton, CEA, CMVP. Major “green" lending programs help to offset the costs of such sustainable and energy-efficient...
Industry News
Oct 14, 2021
Investors face a hit of $8.4 trillion to assets and revenues over the next 15 years as the climate crisis damages ocean health, unless action is taken to hold down global temperatures, the WWF has found.
Oct 11, 2021
Flood-Threat Assessment Finds Danger Goes Far Beyond U.S. Homes
Nearly a quarter of U.S. critical infrastructure—utilities, airports, police stations and more—is at risk of being inundated by flooding, according to a new report by First Street Foundation...
Oct 11, 2021
One-fourth of US infrastructure is at risk of floods. These 4 states are in the most peril.
One-fourth of the United States' "critical" infrastructure is at risk of flooding, a report released Monday warns.
Oct 06, 2021
Reinsurance industry underestimating climate risk, says S&P Global
An empirical scenario analysis undertaken by international ratings agency S&P Global has indicated that the reinsurance industry could be underestimating its exposure to climate risk by 33-50%.
Sep 29, 2021
Sembcorp on a corporate journey to go from brown to green
It aims for its sustainable solutions portfolio to comprise 70% of the group's net profit by 2025, up from around 40% in 2020.
Sep 23, 2021
Environmental Impact Review and Environmental Justice: How Hard Will It Be To Merge the Two?
Environmental justice is clearly an idea whose time has – finally – come. The need to find the intersection between the search for racial justice and efforts to save the planet is undeniable.
Sep 20, 2021
4 Famous Giant Trees Unharmed by Sequoia National Park Fire
Authorities say four famous giant sequoias were not harmed by a wildfire that reached the edge of Giant Forest in California’s Sequoia National Park.
Sep 20, 2021
CRE Braces for the Climate Disclosures Regs Coming from the SEC
When SEC chair Gary Gensler testified before the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs recently, he was clear, if not detailed, that disclosures about climate risk, as well as human capital and cybersecurity, were on the short list.
Sep 06, 2021
‘No point in anything else’: Gen Z members flock to climate careers
Colleges offer support as young people aim to devote their lives to battling the crisis...
Sep 04, 2021
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans experienced a weather disaster this summer
Nearly 1 in 3 Americans live in a county hit by a weather disaster in the past three months, according to a new Washington Post analysis of federal disaster declarations.
Aug 26, 2021
Building climate-resilient cities. Exploring the five lenses of climate action
Cities should take a multidimensional approach to climate change. Based on insights gleaned from our survey, we recommend that cities view climate action through five lenses: governance, innovation, risk reduction, operational sustainability, and climate equity.
Aug 22, 2021
Needless Construction And Architectural Arrogance: Climate Crisis And The Future Of Work
The shift to hybrid work has the potential to have a huge impact on the battle against climate change — if the real estate industry can change its idea about the best way to make a profit, and corporate occupiers change their view on what constitutes an environmentally friendly building.
Aug 16, 2021
Lack of climate risk data could impact real estate values – report
Physical climate risk is ”fundamental and critical to all real estate investors, but there is a lack of information and understanding” about how these risks could affect property values in the long term, according to a new report.
Aug 09, 2021
Climate Change Is Widespread, Rapid, and Intensifying — And Terrifying
The IPCC has released its Sixth Assessment Report on the physical science basis of climate change.
Aug 05, 2021
COVID-19, Climate Change, and Automotive 2.0 Mean Infrastructure Changes on the Horizon
Governments around the globe are facing a classic chicken and egg conundrum – do they wait for automotive 2.0 to arrive en masse before they invest untold sums of money in infrastructure to support the Automotive 2.0 movement, or do they invest now and hope the Automotive 2.0...
Jul 30, 2021
Climate Change Diligence—An Emerging Focus in U.S. Transactions
In transactions, climate change diligence is generally directed at examining the climate change impact of a potential investment.
Jul 27, 2021
ESG Legislation Targets Climate Risk Disclosure
The push for publicly traded companies to disclose information on climate risks has made its way into a number of legislative proposals, including a comprehensive bill recently passed by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Jul 20, 2021
As Disasters Spiral, Cities Confront Need for Climate Adaptation
A new report argues that cities must assume a wartime footing to protect critical infrastructure and prepare for a more dangerous future.
Jul 12, 2021
CERCLA, also known also as Superfund, in 1980 to address the horror of sites like Love Canal where discarded toxic chemicals began oozing into neighboring backyards and basements, contaminating air, soil and water, and...
Jul 07, 2021
Risk Managed? New Report Finds Chemical Disaster Risks from Climate Change
Today, the Union of Concerned Scientists, Earthjustice, and the Center for Progressive Reform released a policy brief estimating the risks posed by natural disasters to Risk Management Program (RMP) facilities and the surrounding communities.