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Wharton Risk Center Annual Workshop

Climate Change and the Transition to a Carbon-free Economy:

Managing Risks and Harnessing Opportunities

Wharton Risk Center

"Climate change represents the fundamental existential threat to the $36 trillion U.S. housing market. This panel discussed to what extent mortgage and housing markets are incorporating information about climate risk, how investors in real estate and financial markets are influencing the path of adaptation and changing risk perceptions, and what tools policymakers have at their disposal to mitigate growing risks and help the most vulnerable communities.

  • David Burt, Founder & CEO, DeltaTerra Capital

  • Daryl Fairweather, Chief Economist, Redfin

  • Miyuki Hino, Assistant Professor of City and Regional Planning, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

  • Moderator: Ben Keys, Rowan Family Foundation Professor of Real Estate, The Wharton School"

-Wharton Risk Center

 

 

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Published on Dec. 3, 2021.