Feel welcome to join this talk about climate risk, housing developments, choices and the tools that should (but don’t) guide them.

One in three Dutch households can not afford to cover flood damage, yet most of us never check the flood risk before signing a contract. Join for an evening that puts this tension centre stage: researcher Maged Elsamny presents finding from his upcoming report on climate risk assessment tools that are supposed to help us (buyers, renters, insurers, policy makers, urban planners) make smarter decisions. But, are they actually working? Together with experts from the Dutch Green Building Council, Bouwinvest and the municipality, we join Maged’s train of thought to discuss why recognising climate risk so rarely leads to action and what needs to change: the tools, the regulation, or the market?

About Maged Elsamny

Maged Elsamny is a Living Lab Coordinator and researcher at TU Delft and AMS Institute, working on the RED&BLUE project (Real Estate Development and Building Low Urban Environments). His work centers on co-creating, developing, and implementing climate risk and adaptation strategies for real estate stakeholders and the Municipality of Amsterdam. Key questions in his research include who is responsible before and after a flood disaster, how much flooding costs buildings, and which climate adaptation measures and policies cities need. He is especially interested in translating climate-risk research into practical tools and policies that help cities and stakeholders prepare for a more resilient future.

Program

18:00 – 18:30 walk in with pizza’s from Koertino
18:30 – 20:00 event:

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