Seeing the Dangers Ahead: Climate Risk Series

Every facet of our society is exposed to climate change risks. Storms are pummeling state highways and bridges. Heat waves and air pollution stress human health. Wildfires are destroying real estate and bankrupting businesses. And the transition to a clean energy economy means that billions of pension plan dollars invested in fossil fuels are unsafe. In order to chart an equitable transition to a resilient, zero-carbon future, we must first understand how to obtain the latest data about climate risks, learn what the data is telling us about our communities, and decide how to incorporate that knowledge into effective policy and advocacy. With billions of dollars of new federal funding on the way for climate adaptation and an array of new state and federal policies seeking corporate disclosure of climate risk information, the need to better understand climate risk data has never been more critical.

This three-part virtual series seeks to provide essential information and tools to help regulators and advocates understand the latest available public and private data about physical, financial, and transition climate risks, how regulators might address key data gaps, and how to harness climate risk data for better government decisionmaking—from corporate oversight to local adaptation planning and investment.

Tools, case stud­ies, and oth­er resources from ​“See­ing the Dan­gers Ahead: How Reg­u­la­tors and Advo­cates Can Har­ness Phys­i­cal and Finan­cial Risk Data to Tack­le the Cli­mate Emer­gency,” our three-part webi­nar series on climate risk.