Ethical Systems’ Breaking the FeverPodcast Series on Climate Change – Episode 23 In this episode, Charles Hecker and Michele Wucker revisit their risk assessments from early 2020 and share their perspective for the year ahead. From political division to rising inequalities, from climate to debt:  2020 avoided the worst 2021 will be very challenging on…

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Ethical Systems’ Breaking the FeverPodcast Series on Climate Change – Episode 1 Opening the series was Chicago-based strategist Michele Wucker, author of the international bestseller THE GRAY RHINO: How to Recognize and Act on the Obvious Dangers We Ignore. Her recent Washington Post article, “No, the coronavirus pandemic wasn’t an ‘unforeseen problem’“ challenges the idea…

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Ethical Systems’ Breaking the Fever Podcast Series on Climate Change – Introduction In this launch episode, Human Risk podcast presenter Christian Hunt interviews the curators of the Breaking The Fever series Alison Taylor of Ethical Systems and Jérōme Tagger of Preventable Surprises.

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Ethical Systems’ Breaking the FeverPodcast Series on Climate Change – Episode 26 In this episode, the third (and final) in our miniseries on climate finance, we speak with Colleen Orr and Graham Steele about how regulators in the United States can wield financial tools and soft power to set public- and private-sector organizations on a…

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In this episode, the second in our miniseries on climate finance, we speak with Peter Bosshard and Elana Sulakshana about the insurance sector’s role in maintaining status-quo climate policies, and what insurers can do to halt the development of more fossil-fuel infrastructure. We discuss: What might happen if insurers didn’t provide insurance for new gas…

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