Tail Risk

In our first episode, we talk about what we saw at the Global Risk and Stabilization Summit in Reykjavík: a field starting to see itself as a field, a lot of hedging about advocacy, and a conversation about money that’s still far too small for the risks.

In this episode:

* Why we start with the risk instead of the solution

* How Susan ended up in Iceland on three days’ notice

* What the summit was trying to do, and who was in the room

* Why insurers aren’t modeling tipping-point risks

* Chemtrails, secret cabals, and the narrative traps on both the right and the left

* Capital formation versus fundraising

* What a polar research icebreaker costs, and why we need to think bigger

Mentioned:

* Paul’s post, Thinking Bigger About Stabilization (The Overshoot Era)

* Susan’s post, The climate stabilization era is here. So are we thickening the ice caps yet? (Climate Money)

* The Global Risk and Stabilization Summit: https://globalstabilization.org

* Report: Building Permission Space & Narrative Framing for Climate Stabilization

* The Heat Will Kill You First, by Jeff Goodell

* The Strategic Climate Risk Initiative piece on insurance whistleblowers, Insurance is stuck in the delayed disclosure trap

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