I am an expert in the public-private mechanisms proliferating around the world to address the protection gap for disaster insurance in the face of climate change. I am passionate about the need to provide financial and physical protection from disaster for people, and for businesses.
As a Professor at The University of Queensland and City St George’s, University of London, I research ways to transform insurance markets into tools for disaster risk reduction, and make homes and communities more resilient to extreme weather.
To bridge the growing financial protection gap from catastrophic disasters by fostering innovative solutions that enhance individual and community resilience and promote sustainable economic development in the face of climate change.
As homes are increasingly threatened by flood, fire, cyclone and earthquake, governments are relocating or redesigning homes in an effort to make them more resilient.
With Cyclone Alfred hitting South East Queensland and insurance premiums in Australia continuing to rise as as result, Professor Paula Jarzabkowski discusses on ABC Radio on
In 2024, the cost of storms and cyclones alone was more than US$400 billion. Some 58 weather disasters around the world had damages totalling more
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