These comments make recommendations to the Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office on how it can monitor, analyze, and address climate-related risks in the insurance industry.
Stephanie JonesNovember 15, 2021
These comments support the development of the Federal Agency Climate Adaptation and Resilience Plans, which establish a foundation for actions to protect government operations and facilities, and all who rely upon them. The comments recommend that agencies consider the following steps as they build on that foundation: (1) Agencies should…
Stephanie JonesNovember 5, 2021
This opinion piece argues that all policy, regulatory, and legislative proposals for climate resilience should take into account the greenhouse gas emissions they create, in order to avoid maladaptation.
Stephanie JonesNovember 4, 2021
This article finds that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law. A previous version was released as a report in December 2020.
Stephanie JonesOctober 29, 2021
This blog highlights eight recent actions by federal regulators to address climate risks to the U.S. financial system.
Michael PanfilOctober 25, 2021
Michael Panfil testified in a Hearing on Climate Resilience of Transportation and Electric Infrastructure before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change. As demonstrated in these remarks, well-designed climate resilience planning is feasible using data and tools available today. The same is true with respect to existing…
Stephanie JonesOctober 4, 2021
Romany Webb testified in a Hearing on Climate Resilience of Transportation and Electric Infrastructure before the Massachusetts Senate Committee on Global Warming and Climate Change, making two key points: First, climate change poses serious risks to the electricity system, which are fundamentally different from other risks, including ordinary weather-related risks,…
Stephanie JonesOctober 4, 2021
These post-technical conference comments provide further recommendations on how FERC can support effective climate resilience planning throughout the energy system, supplementing an earlier set of pre-technical conference comments.
Stephanie JonesSeptember 27, 2021
These comments to the Michigan PSC recommend that it require electric utilities under its jurisdiction to regularly assess their climate-related vulnerabilities and identify measures to make their systems resilient to climate impacts.
Stephanie JonesSeptember 24, 2021
This article presents a historical, evidentiary, and normative case for a private tort against public utilities for failure to adjust operational and planning decisions to new conditions brought about by climate change.
Stephanie JonesAugust 23, 2021