Tag Archives: climate change

The Department’s Proposed Rule would revise regulations governing floodplain management and the protection of wetlands to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard.

Acknowledging the looming dangers of a warming planet, CoreLogic has released new research accounting for factors such as rising sea levels, increased frequency of intense storms, and the amount of flooding that could be caused by storms in the Miami area by 2050.

New solution offers a view of physical risk, leveraging Google Cloud, combining hyperlocal property data with financial information to estimate and mitigate the impact and cost of future catastrophes.

HUD Secretary Marcia L. Fudge and Deputy Secretary Adrianne Todman addressed the 27th U.N. Climate Conference to discuss the Department’s climate action plan through improving efficient and resilient building standards.

In a continued commitment to combat the effects of climate change, HUD has allocated $1.447 billion in grants to communities nationwide impacted by natural disasters in 2021.

Areas with a higher risk of flooding are seeing an increase in the rate of mortgage application denials and withdrawals, while risks associated with other climate events are having little impact on mortgage lending in those areas.

Over the last five years, nearly $30 billion in storm and disaster related claims were not paid out by insurers, a number expected to rise as climate-related disasters become more common.

A brand-new scorecard, researched and released by Ceres, shows that federal financial regulators are taking numerous and broad steps to tackle the financial risks of climate change, as outlined by the Biden Administration, in a “clear sign” of regulatory process ...

Ten local governments and 13 state governments share in $3 billion to strengthen recovery efforts and improve inclusive resilience to future disasters and climate impacts.

A new study has found that more are factoring natural disasters in their decision-making process when it comes to moving.