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How will climate change affect real estate? The net-zero transition is now top of mind for many in the industry. It’s no wonder: building climate intelligence will be central to value creation and strategic differentiation in real estate. The industry will also be crucial to mitigation efforts, considering that real estate drives nearly 40 percent of total global emissions. A new article lays out three actions that can help real-estate players make the climate transition—don't miss it.

— Torea Frey, managing editor, Seattle

Climate risk and the opportunity for real estate

Real-estate leaders should revalue assets, decarbonize, and create new business opportunities. Here’s how.

Adapt to change

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“To spend a year and a half being told you’re not good enough, and finding a way to reestablish your confidence, was really important for me and carried over into what I did outside of football.”

—Jason Wright, president of the Washington Commanders football team and former McKinsey partner, in a new interview from McKinsey’s My Leadership Journey series

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Leveraging infrastructure investment to meet net-zero goals

Investors have critical roles to play in delivering sustainable infrastructure to address the rising risks of climate change. Developing innovative solutions can accelerate the energy transition.

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Building the US public-health workforce of the future

State and local health departments have an imperative to invest in their workforces as they build toward endemic COVID-19 and improving other health outcomes. Here are six strategies to act on now.

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Forward Thinking on the social contract in a postpandemic world with Minouche Shafik and Andrew Sheng

“Our social contract is broken. And that is at the heart of why our politics is so divided and so many citizens around the world are disappointed and frustrated.” “Modern society is killing Mother Nature. And if you kill Mother Nature, you kill ourselves. We really need to achieve a social contract between us and other humanity and also Mother Nature. And this conversation is only beginning.” Two stark views on the state of today’s social contract.

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