The extreme weather we’ve been experiencing lately has it roots in climate change according to most scientists. Intense heat, extreme storms that bring damaging winds and hail and that result in flooding, or raging wildfires all have human costs, but they also have powerful economic costs.
Property losses have ripple effects. Who will bear the costs? More and more, insurance companies are reluctant to offer homeowner’s insurance in vulnerable areas. What does that mean for the average homeowner?
In this program, we delve into this complicated issue with Alice Hill, Senior Fellow for Energy and the Environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Hill’s work focuses on the risks and consequences of climate change.
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Alice Hill is the David M. Rubenstein senior fellow for energy and the environment at the Council on Foreign Relations. Her work at CFR focuses on the risks, consequences, and responses associated with climate change. Hill previously served as special assistant to President Barack Obama and senior director for resilience policy on the National Security Council staff where she led the development of national policy, including executive orders related to natural disasters, national security, and climate change. In 2009, Hill served as senior counselor to the Secretary of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS). At DHS, she led the formulation of the department’s first-ever climate adaptation plan and the development of strategic plans regarding catastrophic biological and chemical threats, including pandemics. She is the author of The Fight for Climate After COVID-19 and co-author of Building a Resilient Tomorrow. Hill currently serves on the boards of the Environmental Defense Fund, the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, and Munich Re Group’s U.S.-based companies. Earlier in her career, Hill was a supervising judge on both the Los Angeles Municipal and Superior Courts as well as a federal prosecutor and chief of the white-collar crime unit at the United States Attorney’s Office in Los Angeles, California
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