Talley Burley
Senior Manager, Climate Risk & Insurance
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Areas of expertise:
Flood Insurance. Disaster insurance, household and community resilience, climate adaptation, disaster policy
Description
Talley Burley is the Senior Manager, Climate Risk & Insurance at Environmental Defense Fund. Talley’s professional experience lies at the intersection of urban planning, communications, and climate adaptation & disaster resilience policy. Working across teams she conducts research and policy analysis related to the roles and opportunities for insurance in a changing climate.
Background
Before joining EDF Talley worked as a Senior Policy Advisor for the New York City Mayor’s Office of Climate & Environmental Justice (MOCEJ), where she led housing resilience and financial resilience policy and program development for the City. While at MOCEJ Talley led efforts working with local communities facilitate open, transparent communication about flood risk and climate adaptation strategies; and worked on policy and advocacy efforts to support climate adaptation retrofits and investments for the City’s residential housing stock. Talley also previously worked for New York City’s post-hurricane Sandy disaster recovery program Build It Back. She holds a B.A. in Political Science from American University and a Master’s in Urban Planning from New York University’s Robert F. Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.
Latest pieces
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Bringing nature into the NFIP: Rewiring the National Flood Insurance Program pricing and models to leverage nature-based solutions to reduce flood risk
Market Forces Blog, July 28, 2026 -
Recommendations to better integrate nature-based solutions into the models and pricing used by the National Flood Insurance Program
July 27, 2026 -
Nature for insurance and insurance for nature (PDF)
EDF Library, August 18, 2025 -
Unlocking insurance to rebuild stronger and greener after disasters
Market Forces Blog, December 16, 2024