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4 CRITICAL FACTS ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE... 1. The complex interplay between sea level rise, powerful storms and high tides increases the vulnerability of businesses and communities to extreme flooding, as exemplified by Superstorm Sandy and Typhoon Haiyon. 2. Just one foot of sea level rise can move the shoreline inland more than 300 feet, the length of a football field, dramatically increasing the exposure of business critical infrastructure in coastal zones and tidal rivers. Billions of dollars of real estate world-wide will be devalued. 3. Current sea level rise forecasts may prove to be extremely low as the melting in Greenland and Antarctica continues to accelerate at unprecedented rates. 4. Sea level rise has passed the tipping point and is guaranteed to rise for centuries. Sustainability and mitigation efforts can only slow the rise but can no longer stop it. The Rising Seas Group can guide your organization to successfully plan, adapt and thrive. Risk Briefing - A half day workshop to show how your business or community will be impacted by the triple threat of storms, tides and sea level rise. Get the latest "intel", the uncensored realistic projections often missed due to the tipping points now in motion. Understand the coming unprecedented risks to coastal assets, infrastructure and supply chains. Utilizing the "5 points of intelligent adaptation? businesses and communities can do effective strategic planning, making it possible to mitigate their risks. A full perspective can also identify new economic opportunities that are now on the horizon. Vulnerability Evaluation - This full day program includes the above Risk Briefing, plus additional in-depth meetings with your senior staff to discuss the threats that rising sea level poses to your corporate or community assets and infrastructure. Using our Specific Analysis of Asset Vulnerability Exposure (SAAVE TM ) assessment, the Rising Seas Group will help you assess your organization or community's operations, supply chains, planning time frames and risk-sensitivity. SAAVE TM includes: - Our "9-Box Matrix" of timeframes and magnitudes, including the extreme scenarios, with increasing probability - Comprehensive list of 27 factors for flood vulnerability Clients will get an understanding of their business or community's vulnerabilities as well as the ways to begin strategic adaptation planning. Adaptation Due Diligence - The cost of engineered adaptations to rising sea level and storm vulnerability can be expensive. Are these options prudent in light of the full risk picture? The Rising Seas Group can provide an independent review of the assumptions being used, helping protect the interests of both decision-makers and stakeholders. We are in a new era. Rising sea levels pose a serious risk for corporations, governments, and communities with assets, infrastructure or supply chains in coastal regions.
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4 CRITICAL FACTS ABOUT SEA LEVEL RISE...
1. The complex interplay between sea
level rise, powerful storms and high t ides increases the vulnerabil i ty of businesses and communit ies to extreme f looding, as exempl if ied by Superstorm Sandy and Typhoon Haiyon.
2. Just one foot of sea level rise can
move the shorel ine inland more than 300 feet , the length of a footbal l f ield, dramat ical ly increasing the exposure of business crit ical inf rastructure in coastal zones and t idal rivers. Bil l ions of dol lars of real estate world-wide wil l be devalued.
3. Current sea level rise forecasts may
prove to be extremely low as the melt ing in Greenland and Antarct ica cont inues to accelerate at unprecedented rates.
4. Sea level rise has passed the t ipping
point and is guaranteed to rise for centuries. Sustainabil i ty and mit igat ion ef forts can only slow the rise but can no longer stop i t .
The Rising Seas Group can guide your organization to successfully plan, adapt and thrive.
Risk Brief ing - A half day workshop to show how your business or community will be impacted by the triple threat of storms, tides and sea level rise. Get the latest "intel", the uncensored realistic projections often missed due to the tipping points now in motion. Understand the coming unprecedented risks to coastal assets, infrastructure and supply chains.
Util izing the "5 points of intell igent adaptation? businesses and communities can do effective strategic planning, making it possible to mitigate their risks. A full perspective can also identify new economic opportunities that are now on the horizon.
Vulnerabil i ty Evaluat ion - This full day program includes the above Risk Briefing, plus additional in-depth meetings with your senior staff to discuss the threats that rising sea level poses to your corporate or community assets and infrastructure.
Using our Specif ic Analysis of Asset Vulnerabil i ty Exposure (SAAVETM) assessment, the Rising Seas Group will help you assess your organization or community's operations, supply chains, planning time frames and risk-sensitivity. SAAVETM includes:
- Our "9-Box Matrix" of t imeframes and magnitudes, including the extreme scenarios, with increasing probability
- Comprehensive list of 27 factors for f lood vulnerability
Clients will get an understanding of their business or community's vulnerabilit ies as well as the ways to begin strategic adaptation planning.
Adaptat ion Due Dil igence - The cost of engineered adaptations to rising sea level and storm vulnerability can be expensive. Are these options prudent in light of the full risk picture? The Rising Seas Group can provide an independent review of the assumptions being used, helping protect the interests of both decision-makers and stakeholders.
We are in a new era. Rising sea levels pose a serious risk for corporations, governments, and communities with assets, infrastructure or supply chains in coastal regions.
"This really opened our eyes to how sea level rise
is going to impact our community"
PARTIAL CLIENT LIST
PORT OF SAN FRANCISCO
BOOZ ALLEN HAMILTON
US DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY
INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS
HONG KONG OBSERVATORY
US COAST GUARD
BORGES ARCHITECTS
GEOSYNTEC
MARSTEL-DAY ENVIRONMENTAL CONSULTANTS
NEUBERGER-BERMAN FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT
GROSVENOR INDUSTRIES
NIXON PEABODY LAW FIRM
MIAMI CHAMBER OF COMMERCE
WHO CAN BENEFIT:
John Englander is founder of the Rising Seas Group, working with businesses, governments, and communities to understand the risks of rising sea level. He is an oceanographer, consultant and recognized sea level expert. For over 30 years, he has been a leader in both the private sector and the non-prof it arena, serving as CEO for such noteworthy organizations as The Cousteau Society and The International SeaKeepers Society.
High Tide On Main Street: Rising Sea Level and the Coming Coastal Crisis, his best selling book, clearly explains the science behind sea level rise, the impending devastating
economic impacts and the "intell igent adaptation" that all businesses and coastal communities must consider today.
Mr. Englander is a sought after consultant and speaker. His recent media appearances include MSNBC, ABC, Fox Business Channel, and The Weather Channel. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Marine Engineering, Science and Technology and The Explorers Club; and a member of the American Geophysical Union, the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Contact: John Englander ? [email protected]
561-299-5920 ? www.risingseasgroup.com
"Most businesses underestimate the
risk in this new era. By seeing the big
picture of storms, tides, and sea level
rise, they can protect their bottom
line and position themselves for
strategic advantage."
- Multinational corporations with global assets and supply chains
- Businesses with signif icant real estate interests, such as REITS, f inancial institutions and insurers
- Companies with signif icant infrastructure such as ports, power plants, ref ineries and railroads
- Organizations in manufacturing, transportation and distribution
- Professional practices, e.g. architects, engineers, attorneys and f inancial advisers
- Government entit ies involved in city planning, emergency response, environmental policy or science communication
