From Vulnerability to Value: Climate Risk Mitigation for Resilient Development

Climate risk is reshaping how commercial real estate assets are planned, designed, and valued, with direct implications for long-term performance, insurability and investment decisions. 

In a new climate risk management playbook published by Resiliency.com, Thornton Tomasetti’s Julie Pietrzak and Nezar Abraham contributed practical insights on risk-informed design and engineering as part of a broader, industry-wide collaboration. From Vulnerability to Value: A Risk Mitigation Playbook to Drive Resilient Development examines how physical and transition climate risks are already affecting assets and why traditional risk management approaches are no longer sufficient. 

The playbook highlights how early development decisions increasingly shape asset value, insurability, and long-term performance and how integrating climate risk at both the enterprise and project levels can help owners and developers reduce exposure while creating measurable long-term value. These themes align with Thornton Tomasetti’s integrated work in sustainability, resiliency, and firmwide climate action.

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