Thread by @DrNatOsborne

@FemInt - there are already significant discrepancies in the kinds of insurance products available (both in terms of options and costs). Brisbane has more options and lower costs than Cairns, folks on some islands have no options at all #GriffithClimateAction #insurance

https://twitter.com/DrNatOsborne/status/1455418248720048131

@FemInt I'm wondering about the responsibility of local governments and planners in this - approving developments in areas that are likely to rapidly become uninsurable? #GriffithClimateAction #COP26

@FemInt Great to be hearing from Lucy Graham from @cafnec, reminding us that this conversation about insurance slides into quick irrelevancy if we stay on the (woefully irresponsible) mitigation pathway we're currently on #GriffithClimateAction #COP26 #ScottMorrison

@FemInt @cafnec Lucy Graham - Where is the safety net for those who don't have insurance? This issue intersects with housing and job precarity, casualisation, poverty, and other pre-existing inequities #GriffithClimateAction #COP26

@FemInt @cafnec @EliseInTheWoods asks how to bridge the urban/regional divide on climate policy & justice. Lucy Graham replies that policy makers have limited experience of regional & remote life, so people with those experiences need to be in the room #GriffithClimateAction

@FemInt @cafnec @EliseInTheWoods Lucy Graham - people often know the impacts of local coastal hazards, but have little sense that things could be different. Solutions exist! But unless locals are involved, those solutions probably won't be that effective #GriffithClimateAction #climateaction

@FemInt There's a pretty significant conflict of interest here - local govs derive a bunch of $ from rates, which are based on land valuations. This incentivises up-zoning of properties, which may be in direct conflict with climate-aware planning #COP26 #GriffithClimateAction