ImpactAlpha Podcasts

Insurance incentives for wildfire prevention + smarter subsidies for agribusiness


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Host Brian Walsh takes up ImpactAlpha’s top stories with editor Jessica Pothering. Up this week: Climate insurance in California that incentivizes landowners to reduce wildfire risks. Plus, making subsidies smarter by targeting the operating needs of agriculture businesses and the funds that support them.


Chapters

  • (00:00) Innovative Climate Insurance Pilot in California
  • (08:17) Concessional Capital and Africa's Farmers


Story links:

Innovative climate insurance in California gives landowners incentives to reduce wildfire risks,” by Jessica Pothering

Making subsidies smarter by targeting Africa’s farmers and the funds that support them,” by Jessica Pothering

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