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Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, executive director of the Wharton Risk Center, was awarded the 2014 Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in London

major-latin”>Dr. Erwann Michel-Kerjan, executive director of the Wharton Risk
Center (a longtime partner with ASFPM), in November was awarded the 2014
Lloyd’s Science of Risk Prize in London.

major-latin”>Michel-Kerjan and his co-authors won in the climate change
category for their paper “Evaluating Flood Resilience Strategies for Coastal
Megacities,” where they considered the impact of Hurricane Sandy on New York
City and proposed four resilience strategies to cope with future storm surge
and likely impact of sea level rise.

major-latin”>Read the Lloyd announcement here.

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