- July 14, 2020
We can’t ignore one of the biggest lessons of the coronavirus pandemic: if we don’t prepare for our greatest global threats, whether a deadly virus or a warming planet, they will continue to overwhelm us.
There are no neutral decisions as investments today will lock in our built environment for years to come. As we move from emergency relief to economic recovery, rating agencies, companies and investors have a responsibility to make sure that their decisions to help put people back to work and reopen our communities and economy, do not inadvertently exacerbate the climate crisis by investing in the infrastructure of today’s economy rather than helping to create the climate-resilient economy that we will need. If they don’t, we risk going from one global crisis to a potentially larger catastrophe.
With the outpouring of corporate and municipal bonds and loans to businesses big and small, to trillion-dollar US federal aid packages, and individuals impacted in every corner of the world – what are companies and investors doing to build back better? What are the implications to credit risk, our built environment and the global real estate markets? How are things shifting in where we live, work and interact across the globe?
Join this webinar to learn:
- Market trends – sectors and industries most at risk and the financial cost of COVID and the potential overlap with climate-exposed sectors
- Regions of the US that are and will be hit hardest by COVID – and local recovery efforts
- What a just recovery in commercial real estate, housing markets and major urban hubs could look like
- Shifting desires around built living environments, balancing considerations such as health, convenience, and community
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