Tags: Wildfires

A home destroyed by an extreme weather event sits angled on a hill with shattered windows and doors
Risk of extreme weather and beliefs influence homeowners' risk mitigation action
Brittany Shoots-Reinhard
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Enterprise Risk Management
Risk Management, Business Management, Resiliency, Wildfires, Flooding, Climate, ESG, Sustainability
As the climate changes, extreme weather events are also likely to increase. A survey, conducted by the Risk Institute and led by Research Fellow Brittany Shoots-Reinhard, reveals the role of individual beliefs in sparking action to mitigate extreme weather risk.
Grass fire with billowing smoke spreading across a dry valley
Hawaii wildfires expose need for resilience in a polycrisis world
Joseph Fiksel
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Risk Management, Business Management, Resiliency, Wildfires, Climate, ESG, Sustainability
Disasters like the Lahaina fire are a wake-up call revealing how unprepared we are to face simultaneous threats in a warming world.
City skyline obscured by smoky haze
What risk lessons can we learn from wildfires?
Noah Jellison
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Isil Erel
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Loren E. Wold
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Mrinal Kumar
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Enterprise Risk Management
Risk Management, Business Management, Resiliency, Wildfires, Climate, ESG, Sustainability
Over the past several years, we have seen an increasing focus on climate change and other related environmental considerations from businesses worldwide. Most recently, the unprecedented increase in wildfire frequency and severity has highlighted a new and complex challenge for some businesses.