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Scientists, policy leaders, and insurance experts meet to address climate risks

March 21, 2023
UC Santa Cruz
The Coastal Climate Resilience Symposium held at the Seymour Center focused on integrating nature-based solutions into risk management and insurance.
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Forum highlights role of insurance in climate disasters

March 16, 2023
Santa Cruz Sentinel
Experts in the field of climate change, public policy and the insurance industry gathered at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center on Thursday to discuss ways to reduce the risks associated with climate caused natural disasters using insurance and nature-based solutions such as preserving and bolstering wetlands to prevent flooding.
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Climate insurance being proposed to help underserved communities like Pajaro

March 16, 2023
KSBW 8 Action News
California insurance commissioner Ricardo Lara says it's time to start talking about "climate insurance", a proposal that would provide everyone coverage in underserved areas like Pajaro.
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Scientists, political leaders explore alternatives to disaster readiness

March 16, 2023
KTVU FOX
A two-day symposium at the Seymour Marine Discovery Center in Santa Cruz brought together insurance executives, coastal scientists, and politicians.
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Waves of resilience

March 1, 2023
UC Santa Cruz Magazine
UCSC’s emerging Center for Coastal Climate Resilience is applying scientific research to develop policy around climate change and coastal sustainability, while incorporating the campus’s ideals of social justice and collaboration.
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Michael Beck to lead new Center for Coastal Climate Resilience

November 14, 2022
UC Santa Cruz
The center is part of the university’s renewed research focus on climate change, resilience, and coastal sustainability. “I am honored and excited about the opportunity to lead the Center for the University,” said Beck. “The Center will focus our campus efforts on addressing the challenges we face from climate change and in identifying solutions that can benefit people and nature in coastal communities.”
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UCSC partners in NSF research hub to use nature to protect coastal communities

September 7, 2022
UC Santa Cruz
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded UCSC and an interdisciplinary team of researchers a $20 million grant to assess climate risks and identify where coral reefs and mangroves can best protect underserved coastal communities. The project is part of the NSF’s Coastlines and People program. Professor Beck will serve as co-director of the new Climate Risks and Equitable Nature-based Solutions Hub with Professor Maya Trotz, the lead PI from the University of South Florida.
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Mangroves and Coral Reefs Yield Positive Return on Investment for Flood Protection, Study Finds

June 24, 2022
World Economic Forum
Using a benefit-risk analysis, researchers have found that mangroves and coral reefs can be cost-effective in reducing coastal flooding, a press release from the University of California, Santa Cruz (UCSC), said. Using risk and insurance industry techniques, the researchers were able to show that the gains from reduced damage from floods outweighed the costs of restoring the corals and mangroves, leading to a favorable return on investment.
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Reefense project aims to meld biology and engineering in novel structures for coastal protection

June 22, 2022
UC Santa Cruz
UCSC scientists are part of a DARPA-funded team to develop innovative solutions for coral reef restoration in Florida and the Caribbean to protect coastal infrastructure
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Hawaii’s ‘million-dollar reefs’ need more funding to protect us, study finds

April 19, 2021
Honolulu Star Advertiser
A new study shows U.S. coral reefs provide $1.8 billion in flood-risk benefits to property owners and people’s livelihoods every year, with top value assigned to the reef stretching offshore of Diamond Head, Waikiki and Kakaako.
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Coral reefs prevent >$5.3 billion in potential U.S. flood damage

April 15, 2021
UC Santa Cruz
Coral reefs provide many services to coastal communities, including critical protection from flood damage. A new study led by researchers at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and the U.S. Geological Survey reveals how valuable coral reefs are in protecting people, structures, and economic activity in the United States from coastal flooding during storms.
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Nature-Based Approaches to Urban Shoreline Protection

December 1, 2020
Biohabitats
Expert Q&A: Dr. Michael Beck. His research is strengthening the economic argument for investment in the protection and restoration of coastal ecosystems.
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