Insurance companies are starting to redraw the map of where it’s safe—and affordable—to live.
Newsha Ajami of Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory says that reality shaped a key pillar of the Aspen National Water Strategy: communities are already facing limits on loans and insurance because of too much water or too little. Floods, drought, and long-term water stress are no longer abstract risks—they’re being priced into real decisions about development and investment.
The problem, she explains, is that water risk is still poorly defined. We talk about it constantly, but struggle to quantify it, translate it into action, or align the right players—from utilities to financiers to policymakers—around solutions. The strategy calls for building better tools to measure risk, bringing finance and insurance sectors into the conversation, and directing investment toward resilience before disasters hit.
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