No kidding!
"Displaying the probability of a specific home flooding this year or within the next five years can have a significant impact on the perceived desirability of that property”
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This is a great microcosm of many things broken in climate policy. Why we can't trust utilities to build transmission that reduces energy costs, or oil & gas companies to evaluate CCS, or emissions offset platforms to certify their wares. The referees can't have any skin in the game.
Real estate interests also shut down a wildfire property risk rating & disclosure system that was proposed by an independent panel in Colorado in 2014.
https://amateurearthling.org/2014/01/27/colorado-wildfire-climate-change-fail/
This kind of climate risk rating & disclosure is hated for the same reason that it works. It forces the material, re-valuation of assets. Carbon taxes are similar -- they (could) work because people notice them and change behavior. But current holders of the affected assets will always resist.
@ZaneSelvans and their resistance is what conservatism is in its core.
Conservatism started by people wanting to keep monarchies in its positions of power.
I don't need to wonder from whose people this was supported.(<- probably incorrect English)
Conservatism isn't about keeping the good, but to keep the powerful in their position, with them not needing to do anything or needing to adjust.
Also it is showing again, that knowledge is power. Knowing its dangers gives better negotiation basis.
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