Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Initiatives and Programs: A Collection of Essays
March 17, 2026
Authors
Jeniffer Nasike Atetwe, BSc (Actuarial Science), International Diploma in Insurance Management
Brian Hinkle, FSA, MAAA
Xinyi (Cindy) Hu, ASA, MAAA
Saliya Jinadasa, AIAA
Sathiya Livingston
Niranjan Rajendran, B.Sc. (Hons)
Yong Xian Tan (Candidate, Casualty Actuarial Society)
Introduction
The Society of Actuaries Research Institute Catastrophe & Climate Strategic Research Program Steering Committee issued a call for essays to explore programs which build resilience against climate impacts, compare expected costs vs savings, measure how well programs perform, and highlight what was learned. The essay collection explores various approaches to investigating this topic and ways of evaluating the techniques described.
The six essays that form this collection are included below. The top three essays chosen for creativity, originality and the extent to which an idea might help promote further thought in this area, are noted here:
FIRST PLACE AWARD WINNER
Applying Real Option Theory to the Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Investments
Xinyi (Cindy) Hu, ASA, MAAA
SECOND PLACE AWARD WINNER
A Quantitative Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Climate Resilience and Adaptation Programs
Sathiya Livingston
THIRD PLACE AWARD WINNER
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Actuarial Techniques to Strengthen Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Programs
Jeniffer Nasike Atetwe, BSc (Actuarial Science), International Diploma in Insurance Management
Remaining Essays
A Case for Climate Resilience
Brian Hinkle, FSA, MAAA
Improving Resilience of Post-Harvest Losses through Parametric Insurance
Saliya Jinadasa, AIAA and Yong Xian Tan
Beyond the Threshold: An Actuarial Perspective on Evaluating Climate Adaptation in an Age of Escalating Disasters
Niranjan Rajendran, B.Sc. (Hons)
Essay Collection
Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Initiatives and Programs: Collection of Essays
Suggested Citation
Hu, Xinyi (Cindy). Applying Real Option Theory to the Evaluation of Climate Adaptation Investments. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Livingston, Sathiya. A Quantitative Framework to Evaluate the Effectiveness of Climate Resilience and Adaptation Programs. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Atetwe, Jeniffer Nasike. Leveraging Artificial Intelligence and Actuarial Techniques to Strengthen Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Programs. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Hinkle, Brian. A Case for Climate Resilience. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Jinadasa, Saliya, and Yong Xian Tan. Improving Resilience of Post-Harvest Losses through Parametric Insurance. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Rajendran, Niranjan. Beyond the Threshold: An Actuarial Perspective on Evaluating Climate Adaptation in an Age of Escalating Disasters. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
Society of Actuaries Research Institute. Climate Change Resilience and Adaptation Initiatives and Programs: A Collection of Essays. Society of Actuaries Research Institute, March 2026. https://www.soa.org/resources/research-reports/2026/climate-resilience-adaptation-essays/
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