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Summary
Building resilience in the face of climate change is an ever-growing imperative for municipalities globally. Physical risks pose significant financial and operational challenges, from extreme weather events disrupting infrastructure to rising temperatures increasing energy demands. Municipalities must adopt forward-thinking strategies that integrate smart technologies, resilient infrastructure, and sustainable urban planning to mitigate these risks. We will examine the following:
- The impact of fires, hurricanes and flooding on US-based municipalities and assets
- Emerging technologies, such as microgrids, battery energy storage systems, satellite-based monitoring and digital twins can make a significant impact for the municipalities that adopt them, building resilient infrastructure in the face of mounting challenges
- As energy demand rises, climate risks become more frequent and severe, technology may provide a haven for forward-thinking towns and cities
Moderator
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Zaneta Kucerova
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Associate Director Business Development - Technology & Consumer Sectors
Zaneta Kucerova is the Market Development Manager at S&P Global Market Intelligence, leading go-to-market initiatives for the Telecom, Media, and Technology (TMT) product portfolio across EMEA and APAC.
With over a decade of experience, Zaneta brings a wealth of knowledge in advising clients on TMT trends and aligning workflows with S&P’s data solutions. Prior to joining S&P Global, she gained experience with commercial roles at News Corporation and a boutique TMT consulting firm, collaborating with blue-chip companies and the investment community. Zaneta holds a degree from Goldsmiths, University of London, and an executive education certificate from Imperial College Business School.
Speakers
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Johan Vermij
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Senior Analyst, 451 Research
Johan Vermij is a research analyst for the 451 Research Internet of Things practice at S&P Global Market Intelligence. He covers the digital transformation of the energy sector. His smart energy research covers power and utilities, and oil and gas, as well as distributed energy resources, vehicle-to-grid integration and sustainability.
Secondary research areas include operational technology security, the private spaceflight sector and autonomous robotics.
As a Cambridge Institute of Sustainable Leadership (CISL) alumnus, he has a special interest in the role technology plays in sustainable innovation.
Prior to joining S&P Global Market Intelligence, he worked as an IoT and security practitioner, managing innovation projects across multiple sectors including aerospace, government and finance.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Zoe Roth
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Analyst, 451 Research
Zoe Roth is a research associate in the 451 Research technology research group within S&P Global Market Intelligence covering the internet of things. She leads coverage of smart cities and public sector IoT adoption and supporting coverage of trends and topics in smart buildings, smart home and intelligent transportation systems.
Zoe’s recent areas of concentration include intelligent infrastructure, intelligent transportation systems, mobility as a service, public sector AI policy frameworks, sustainability technology, connected vehicles and charging infrastructure and federal policy dedicated to infrastructure.
Before joining S&P Market Intelligence, she did geopolitical risk consulting focused on US-China technology and business relations, Chinese industrial and technology policy and military-civil fusion.
Zoe holds a bachelor’s degree in peace, war and defense with a concentration in intelligence and a minor in Chinese language and politics from the University of North Carolina.
S&P Global Sustainable1
Therese Feng
S&P Global
Vice President, Climate Methodology
Therese Feng is Vice President of Research in the Climate Methodology group in S&P Commodity Insight’s Sustainable1. She researches climate physical and transition risk, with an especial focus on climate hazard exposures and impacts on regions and cities. Therese has 20 years’ experience in sovereign and credit risk assessment, regulatory reporting, and stress-testing at Jefferies, Morgan Stanley, and Fitch Ratings. She has a PhD in environmental economics from Yale.
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