Climate Adaptation More Than Covers Its Cost
December 31st, 2025 Via Project Syndicate, a look at how effective climate adaptation can strengthen countries’ resilience, protect vulnerable communities, and support economic growth. But while the world has the [...]
EVs Aren’t Just Cars Anymore. They Can Power Your Home Slashing Emissions — and Bills.
December 24th, 2025 Via Anthropocene Magazine, a report on a first-of-its-kind national study finds that vehicle-to-home charging can turn electric cars into grid-smart assets, reducing both energy costs and greenhouse [...]
India’s Buildings Could Be a Big Part of Its Climate Solution
December 8th, 2025 Via The Diplomat, an interesting look at how integrating solar directly into India’s buildings could turn homes and offices into decentralized power plants and cut emissions right where they [...]
Zillow Removes Climate Risk Scores From Home Listings
December 1st, 2025 Via the New York Times, a report on Zillow’s decision to remove climate score aimed to predict a property’s risk from fires, floods and storms: Zillow, the country’s largest real estate [...]
How ‘Super Roofs’ Reward Insurers, Cat Bond Investors and Homeowners
December 1st, 2025 Via Bloomberg, a look at novel program run by North Carolina’s insurer of last resort that incentivizes homeowners to install roofs that can stand up to extreme winds: North Carolina has issued a [...]
Climate ‘Shock’ Is Eroding Some Home Values. New Data Shows How Much.
November 19th, 2025 Via New York Times, a look at how climate ‘shock’ is eroding home values: Even after she escaped rising floodwaters by wading away from her home in chest-deep water during Hurricane Rita in 2005, [...]

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BLACK SWANS GREEN SHOOTS
Black Swans / Green Shoots examines the collision between urbanization and resource scarcity in a world affected by climate change, identifying opportunities to build sustainable cities and resilient infrastructure through the use of revolutionary capital, increased awareness, innovative technologies, and smart design to make a difference in the face of global and local climate perils.

'Black Swans' are highly improbable events that come as a surprise, have major disruptive effects, and that are often rationalized after the fact as if they had been predictable to begin with. In our rapidly warming world, such events are occurring ever more frequently and include wildfires, floods, extreme heat, and drought.

'Green Shoots' is a term used to describe signs of economic recovery or positive data during a downturn. It references a period of growth and recovery, when plants start to show signs of health and life, and, therefore, has been employed as a metaphor for a recovering economy.

It is my hope that Black Swans / Green Shoots will help readers understand both climate-activated risk and opportunity so that you may invest in, advise, or lead organizations in the context of increasing pressures of global urbanization, resource scarcity, and perils relating to climate change. I believe that the tools of business and finance can help individuals, businesses, and global society make informed choices about who and what to protect, and I hope that this blog provides some insight into the policy and private sector tools used to assess investments in resilient reinforcement, response, or recovery.