Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics

Abstract Information

Abstracts are closed! The deadline was 27 August 2025 at 5:00 PM ET

Abstract Fee and Author Instructions
All presenters must also register for the meeting.

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The Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics is sponsored by the American Meteorological Society and organized by the AMS Committee on Financial Weather and Climate Risk Management.

About the Forum
The Forum on Climate Linked Economics is an ongoing joint initiative across the American Meteorological Society (AMS) to create a link between the meteorology/climate communities and the broader community of economists, corporate executives, risk managers, financial planners, insurance professionals, technology leaders, and policymakers. This initiative aims to address economic factors linked to extreme weather and climate such as rising insurance premiums and disruptions in global supply chains.

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Call for Papers

Papers for the Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics are solicited on the following:

  • Building for Tomorrow: Climate Mitigation and Adaptation in Real Estate
  • From Black Box to Building Blocks: Catastrophe Modeling in a Climate-Linked Economy
  • From Crisis to Capacity: Understanding the Insurance Impacts of the 2025 LA Wildfire Event
  • Minding the Gap: Sustaining Academic–Private Sector Partnerships and Workforce Pathways in a Changing Funding Landscape
  • Other Topics in Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics
  • Toward Effective Climate Risk Stress Testing in Banking
  • Weather, Water, and Climate Applications for Financial Decision-Making

Joint Sessions

  • From Crisis to Capacity: Understanding the Insurance Impacts of the 2025 LA Wildfire Event (Joint with the Second Conference on Fire Weather, Technology and Risk [FireWx2])
  • Storm Signals: Attributing and Managing the Rising Cost of Severe Convective Storms (Joint with the 14th Symposium on the Weather, Water, and Climate Enterprise).

Student Award Opportunities

Student Presenter Travel Allowances

The Houston Forum on Climate Linked Economics is awarding two (2) travel grants of up to $1,000 each to allow student presenters to attend the AMS 106th Annual Meeting in Houston, TX 25 - 29 January 2026. The award should be used to offset travel related expenses only (registration fees, transportation, lodging and food). To apply, students (Undergraduate and Post-Graduate) should prepare a short written statement (no more than one page) declaring their financial need and circumstance, relevance of their research to the conference, how they will benefit from attending the conference and a copy of their abstract for the meeting. Students who wish to apply must submit their application to the program chairs via email with the subject line “AMS 106th Annual Meeting - Student Presenter Travel Allowance Application”:  Manda Adams (manda.adams@gmail.com), Stephen Bennett (steve@emetsolutions.com), Jason (Jay) Cordeira (jcordeira@ucsd.edu), Jon Davis  (jon.davis@everstream.ai), Josh Hacker (josh.hacker@jupiterintel.com), Jeff Massey (jeffdmassey@gmail.com), Mark Papier (papier.mark@gmail.com), Josh Darr (Josh.Darr@guycarp.com), Michael Ferrari (michael@alphageo.ai), M. Cameron Rencurrel (Cameron.rencurrel@pwc.com), Brock Burghardt (brock.burghardt@gmail.com), Gan Zhang (gzhang13@illinois.edu), Henry Goff (hgoff@ncsu.edu), and Sheila Ngu (sheila.ngu@protecdiv.com).

Deadline for applications: 31 October 2025

Recipients will be notified on or before: 7 November 2025

Conference Contacts

For more information, please contact the program chairs:  Manda Adams (manda.adams@gmail.com), Stephen Bennett (steve@emetsolutions.com), Jason (Jay) Cordeira (jcordeira@ucsd.edu), Jon Davis  (jon.davis@everstream.ai), Josh Hacker (josh.hacker@jupiterintel.com), Jeff Massey (jeffdmassey@gmail.com), Mark Papier (papier.mark@gmail.com), Josh Darr (Josh.Darr@guycarp.com), Michael Ferrari (michael@alphageo.ai), M. Cameron Rencurrel (Cameron.rencurrel@pwc.com), Brock Burghardt (brock.burghardt@gmail.com), Gan Zhang (gzhang13@illinois.edu), Henry Goff (hgoff@ncsu.edu), and Sheila Ngu (sheila.ngu@protecdiv.com).