Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, on Insuring Against Climate Risk
About this episode
Dr. Carolyn Kousky discusses the impact of climate change on insurance and the implications of a potential breakdown in insurance markets.
Are there climate risks we shouldn’t be insuring anymore? Dr. Carolyn Kousky, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy, discusses how climate change is reshaping insurance, what’s at stake if insurance markets begin to break down, and who ultimately bears the financial burden when the private market pulls back.
Topics covered
- climate risk
- insurance
- climate change
- financial burden
- insurance markets
Keywords
- climate risk
- insurance
- climate change
- financial burden
- insurance markets
- Environmental Defense Fund
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