Sara Joslin - Climate Risk Actuary

Human health: the UK's hidden economic cost of climate change

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When considering the costs of climate change, attention often focuses on physical damage. Less visible, but potentially significant, are the impacts on human health and their consequences for the economy and public finances. Read our latest blog.

Shaping the future under uncertainty: the challenge of transformation

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Deep uncertainty is a defining feature of transformational policy challenges. This blog explores how actuarial thinking can support appraisal and decision-making where future outcomes are difficult to predict.

Treating COVID-19 as a wake up call for climate change risk management

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The coronavirus pandemic has created multiple challenges for our society and economy. Actuary Sara Ronayne argues that it is also a valuable learning opportunity, which we can harness to improve climate risk management practices going forwards.