Because of the 2015 Paris Agreement, the development of ESG investing and the emergence of net zero emission policies, climate risk is certainly the most important topic and challenge for asset owners and managers now and will remain so over the next five years.

We propose a statistical methodology to quantify the financial implications of tropical cyclone-related physical risks implied by climate change.

The Conference of the Parties (COP)26 in Glasgow has been hailed as a turning point in the global fight regarding climate change amid a new US administration and a long and strenuous exit from the Covid-19 pandemic. Six years on from the Paris agreement, the objective is clear: limit the temperature rise to 1.5°C above preindustrial averages, which means reaching net zero carbon emissions by 2050, and cutting them by half this decade.

2021 will be a pivotal year to curb climate change.

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Like ESG investing, climate change is an important concern for asset managers and owners, and a new challenge for portfolio construction.

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