Rising sea levels, rising rents: How climate change will displace communities
Critical Point
English - March 15, 2023 21:00 - 22 minutes - 15.8 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsBusiness Technology milliman critical point insurance healthcare technology retirement property & casualty risk management insurtech financial services Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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As climate change causes more storms and floods, residents of coastal areas are being forced to move inland—driving up rents and displacing current residents of those regions. Milliman recently studied this issue in a paper called “Climate Displacement in New York City: Making Space for Our Neighbors,” published with Rebuild by Design, a nonprofit that helps communities build resilience. On this episode of Critical Point, two of the study authors discuss the groups most at risk, designing Manhattan to be more like Hong Kong, and how 40% of New Yorkers may be displaced without proactive city planning.
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