The Los Angeles mega-fires demonstrate that climate change threatens not only people’s lives but also their access to affordable insurance. Uninsurable property is all but impossible to sell. Absent fundamental reforms, homeowners as well as renters stand to suffer. More broadly — experts say this is a global problem — the result could be crumbling housing markets, which could trigger a collapse of the larger financial system as occurred in 2007.
Join Covering Climate Now for a press briefing where leading insurance experts and journalists who’ve covered this subject offer substantive insights and practical suggestions for how you and your news outlet can tackle what promises to be a central, and contentious, part of the climate story going forward. RSVP here.
Panelists
- Dave Jones, Insurance Commissioner, Emeritus; Director, Climate Risk Initiative
- Leslie Kaufman, Climate and Environment Reporter, Bloomberg
Mark Hertsgaard, CCNow executive director and co-founder, will moderate.