Edge hosts social media hub for Earth Hour 2014
On Saturday 29th March 2014, Edge Environment hosted the Earth Hour Social Media Team for the day. The office was turned into a hub of …
Property Resilience and Exposure Programme
In an exciting evolution of Edge Environment’s resilience work, we have started work on PREP, the Property Resilience and Exposure Programme. There is often an …
Experiences with the UN-Habitat
Jacqui Bonnitcha has returned to Edge Environment after spending six months with the Climate Change Planning Unit with in UN-Habitat. She shared some details about …
ABC National Interview 12th February 2013 – Floating Homes!
Following a week of sensational press articles in the Newcastle area, interest was spiked in the topic of “floating homes” – or more broadly – …
Insurance Council of Australia flagship project: Building Resilience Rating Tool
Edge Environment has been working with the Insurance Council of Australia (ICA) since 2010 to develop the Building Resilience Rating Tool (BRRT). The BRRT rates …
Insurance industry turns to resilience
“When developers started calling insurers worried about flood risk and insurance premiums for their clients, it was yet another signal that the industry had to …
It is time for a Commission of Inquiry into the wishful thinking which has governed climate policy
I did not see myself publishing this article five years ago. Back then at a time of optimism and change. The Kyoto Protocol had just …
Edge strengthen team with leading Environmental Risk and Due Diligence expertise
Edge Environment are extremely pleased to welcome Ken Lunty to the team. Ken joins to lead the Environmental Risk and Due Diligence practice. Ken has …
Resilient Cities 2013 Closes – Key messages are clear
Resilient Cities 2013 attracted participants from 49 countries and representatives from 60 cities. The key messages, reiterated at the closing plenary session were clear. In …
Financing and Private Industry Engagement Key Adaptation Challenges
Current climate change and resilience funding is largely channelled through national governments. In developed countries national governments collect the majority of taxes and they then …