The Financial Costs of Climate Risks

​Climate change is changing the financial landscape. Extreme weather events and regulatory changes are having a material impact on asset valuations and firm performance, spurring investors and insurers to develop new tools and methods for weighing climate financial risks. In this session, you'll be introduced to the scale and scope of climate financial risks, as well as their implications for managers.

​Speaker: Dr. Phillip Bruner, Professor of Practice of Sustainable Finance, Executive Director of the Climate Risk Lab, University of Washington Foster School of Business

​This ClimateCATALYST event is open only to current MBA students and incoming MBA students (students who have accepted & deposited but who haven’t started their program yet) and MBA educators.

​Speaker Bio:

​Phillip Bruner is a climate finance and technology expert with nearly two decades of experience advancing renewable energy and resilience innovation in global markets. He is a Professor of Practice of Sustainable Finance at the University of Washington’s Foster School of Business, where he leads the UW Climate Risk Lab. His research and teaching focus on equipping decision-makers with the tools to evaluate climate-linked investment risk, strengthen energy security, and unlock resilient infrastructure pathways. Dr. Bruner’s expertise spans physical risk modeling, geospatial intelligence, and the deployment of AI to support asset-level climate risk assessment and infrastructure planning. His field experience ranges from grid modernization and utility-scale renewables to capital structuring in frontier markets. He has worked extensively with global organizations including BP, Shell, Iberdrola, EDP, Engie, Mainstream Renewable Power, AWS, Microsoft, EY, Goldman Sachs, BloombergNEF, and Macquarie.