Climate Risk Solutions

30 Solutions to Climate Risks: Proposals from Across the University of Pennsylvania

  • Idea #20

    As We Adapt to Climate Change, Legal Doctrine Must Also Adapt

    As climate change destabilizes the physical environment, longstanding legal doctrines are also ripe for destabilization. Today, federal, state, and local climate adaptation measures must be careful to not run afoul of the Regulatory Takings doctrine.

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  • Idea #7

    Plant Trees Strategically and Wisely

    Design is how we articulate and visualize different possibilities for our future. Designing with nature, including planting trees strategically and wisely, can help mitigate the effects of climate change as well as adapt to those fluctuations.

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Idea #22

Rewarding Communities that Build for the Future: A Resilience Policy Score

By Carolyn Kousky

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Idea #21

Incentivizing Local Governments to Manage Disaster Risk More Effectively

By Brett Lingle

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Idea #20

As We Adapt to Climate Change, Legal Doctrine Must Also Adapt

By Mark Nevitt

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Idea #19

From EJ (Environmental Justice) to CJ (Climate Justice): The Lessons of Iconic Katrina

By Regina Austin

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Idea #18

Redirecting Capital Flows of the Insurance Industry

By Alexander Braun

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Idea #17

Reducing the Risks of Water Insecurity

By Trevor M. Penning and Marilyn Howarth

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Idea #16

To Modernize US Water Infrastructure, We Need New Financial Tools

By Allison Lassiter

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Idea #15

Solving Climate Change Through a Grid Infrastructure Overhaul

By Daniel E. Walters

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Idea #14

Land Use, Labor, and Local Engagement: Transformation of Urban Sprawl

By William W. Braham

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Idea #13

An Import Tax as a Border Adjustment for National Climate Policies

By Howard F. Chang

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Idea #12

Insuring Ecosystems to Ensure Climate Resilience

By Sarah Light and Carolyn Kousky

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Idea #11

Listen to National Security Professional on Climate Change’s Risks

By Mark P. Nevitt

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Idea #10

Transition to Net Zero: No Single Silver Bullet

By Julie Keenahan

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Idea #9

It’s Time to Rethink Our Roads

By Erick Guerra

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Idea #8

Think Globally, Act Locally… Think Globally Again

By Anna Mikulska

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Idea #7

Plant Trees Strategically and Wisely

By Frederick Steiner

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Idea #6

Can the Federal Mortgage Finance System Help Manage Climate Risk?

By Benjamin J. Keys

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Idea #5

Addressing Climate Change in an Era of Denial

By Howard Kunreuther and Bob Meyer

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Idea #4

How Congress Might Address Climate Change:  Two Lessons from Past Practice

By Jean Galbraith

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Idea #3

Recruiting Values for Tough Decisions on Climate Change

By Steven O. Kimbrough

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Idea #2

The Very Effective Carbon Tax and its Political Hurdles

By Ioana Marinescu

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Idea #1

Reducing Emissions is More Important than Reducing Fossil Fuel Combustion

By Mark Alan Hughes

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