Dear Friends,

It’s been six months since we launched BeechTree, an executive search and strategic advisory firm for climate change issues (see our fact sheet for more about us). As we launch this newsletter, we’re excited to bring you timely thoughts on the landscape of climate resilience, executive search insights, and the bigger picture of how organizations can be best positioned to respond to the risks and opportunities presented by climate change.

BeechTree recently contributed three articles to New America’s Future of Land and Housing program examining how climate change is impacting the housing market, and how policymakers can respond. The first was a blog co-written with Resiliency Company CEO Abby Ross entitled Adapting to the New Reality of Climate Change and Housing. The second and third were written to inform discussion at a New America event on housing affordability, homeowners insurance, and megafires in California. They looked at Climate Change, Housing, and Homeowners Insurance in Florida and Hawaii, respectively, and what lessons California could learn from those states as it develops its own housing policies in the context of climate change.

These pieces are part of our work to help shape a more informed and effective response to the climate crisis. You can find a summary of all three articles here.

BeechTree is pleased to have been featured in a number of places since our launch. We are partnering with Climate Proof’s People Moves newsletter to showcase new jobs and hires in the climate space. You can view the October edition and subscribe here. Our work was also featured in Startup Colorado’s article on how businesses can conduct climate risk assessments. Our strong partnerships with the climate resilience community are central to our mission of helping organizations build the expert teams and strategies this moment demands. 

We traveled to New York Climate Week for meetings and events. Our takeaway? We saw people relentlessly fighting for solutions, the perfect antidote to the political drama of the concurrent UN General Assembly. At Climate Week, the focus was squarely on action: from rethinking adaptation finance to deploying Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR) effectively to mitigation in the face of soaring electricity demand – this was about doing. This roll-up-your-sleeves ethos is the very reason we created BeechTree. Solutions and talent are one and the same. You can read more about our takeaways here.