The climate picture in South Florida by 2100 is ‘not pretty’
An interview with Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting As part of its series “The Business of Climate Change,” which highlights ...
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You know your carbon footprint, but do you know your RiskFootprint™?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting For decades, ESG (Environmental, Social, and Governance) scoring of public companies by investment ...
An EU task force recommends ways companies can measure and respond to climate change risks
By Albert Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting In December of 2015, the EU’s Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures(TCFD) was established ...
The tide is high, and getting higher, and higher, and higher
By Kimberly Miller, The Palm Beach Post A report calls last year’s high tide flooding “extraordinary.” The yearly rate of ...
Will new Florida public building sea-level rise law point the way for private developers?
By Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting Passed on June 30 and effective on July 1, 2021, the Florida Legislature ...
Broward County adopts regulations that require property owners to fix seawalls and disclose whether property is in ‘tidal-flooding area’
Albert J. Slap, Coastal Risk Consulting, and Jeff Marcus, Miller Legg, Inc. Broward County has passed an ordinance that sets ...
A 45-year-old federal privacy law makes it difficult for homebuyers to get a property’s flooding history
The Privacy Act of 1974, while laudable in its aim to provide citizens with rights to control the federal government’s ...
To manage the threats from the warming climate, we need to follow Warren Buffett’s ‘Noah rule’
Warren Buffett is known for his sage advice. One of his lesser known quotes is his Noah rule: “predicting rain ...
Technology and precise data can help lenders and investors avoid mispricing assets threatened by extreme weather and a warming climate
The “Moneyball” of Climate Change The movie “Moneyball” (and the book by Michael Lewis) are based on the story about ...
A conundrum for affluent property owners: does it make sense to build a higher home in a neighborhood that faces chronic flooding?
A month ago, I was approached by a homeowner in a well-known, but not to be disclosed, neighborhood in South ...
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