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The first independent diamond #OpenAccess journal of #catastrophe risk featuring online peer reviewed research and opinion.

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Journal of Catastrophe Risk & Resilience @journalcrr.bsky.social · Feb 13
Hello Bluesky!

We are the first independent #DiamondOpenAccess journal of #catastrophe risk. For those unfamiliar with Diamond Open Access, it means #JCRR is a freely accessible exchange of research, knowledge and ideas.

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The latest edition of the #JCRR #Newsletter showcases a series of papers that exemplify the collaborative spirit & rigorous inquiry that are at the heart of our mission. 

Sign-up to our newsletter today and join us in advancing the science and practice of building resilience: buff.ly/kjMir5r
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November 12, 2025 at 6:29 PM
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At #JCRR we uphold a rigorous peer-review process, ensuring scientific quality, relevance, and accuracy. By volunteering your time as a reviewer, you can help meet the demand for transparent peer-reviewed research. 
Learn more about how you can get involved: buff.ly/QrNEIIu 
#DiamondOpenAccess
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October 28, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Publishing in a #DiamondOpenAccess journal means authors benefit from greater reach and engagement, while readers gain equitable access to cutting-edge research. If you have new research in the field of #CatastropheRisk management, contact us today to see how we can help: buff.ly/bUBEnlg
October 15, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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📬 The September issue of our free Digital Newsletter just went out! Exploring #ClimateChange loss and damage, #hail climatology and #hurricane risk, this edition covers some of our most cutting edge peer-reviewed research to date.

Sign up for free today to get the next issue: buff.ly/bUBEnlg
October 2, 2025 at 6:44 PM
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“There is demand to understand the current #hurricane risk in the context of future #ClimateChange. Persistence is the simplest forecast, and the most widely used benchmark in meteorology [...] instead here we assign exponentially decreasing weights over time”:
The Hurricane Damage Index (HurDI) - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
There is demand to understand the current hurricane risk in the context of future climate change. In this JCRR research article, authors Ralf Toumi and Nathan Sparks, Imperial College London, propose…
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September 25, 2025 at 10:41 AM
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In this article, Scott Kehler and Matthieu Desorcy, @weatherlogics.bsky.social, examine the relationship between elevation and the hail-thunderstorm ratio: buff.ly/QrFqvOM

#JCRR #DiamondOpenAccess #Insurance #Impact #Resilience #NaturalHazard #Hail #Thunderstorms #Climatology
A Canadian Hail Climatology Based on Elevation and the Hail-Thunderstorm Ratio - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
In this article, authors Scott Kehler and Matthieu Desorcy, Weatherlogics Inc., explore the following question: Can elevation data and a thunderstorm climatology be used to produce a reliable hail…
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September 16, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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There is demand to understand the current hurricane risk in the context of future #ClimateChange, and so in this recent #JCRR article, authors Ralf Toumi & Nathan Sparks propose using the hurricane damage index (HurDI) as a measure of the underlying non-stationary risk of hurricanes:
The Hurricane Damage Index (HurDI) - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
There is demand to understand the current hurricane risk in the context of future climate change. In this JCRR research article, authors Ralf Toumi and Nathan Sparks, Imperial College London, propose…
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September 12, 2025 at 3:46 PM
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Hail is a major source of insured losses in Canada; it is also responsible for significant agricultural yield losses. In this recent #JCRR paper, authors Scott Kehler and Matthieu Desorcy, @weatherlogics.bsky.social, explore methods to produce a reliable #hail #climatology: buff.ly/QrFqvOM
September 4, 2025 at 3:38 PM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: In this article, authors Ralf Toumi and Nathan Sparks, Imperial College London, explore the use of the hurricane damage index (HurDI) to measure the underlying non-stationary risk of #hurricanes across the continental U.S.: buff.ly/2q9JntF

#DiamondOpenAccess
The Hurricane Damage Index (HurDI) - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
There is demand to understand the current hurricane risk in the context of future climate change. In this JCRR research article, authors Ralf Toumi and Nathan Sparks, Imperial College London, propose…
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September 1, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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The clustering of #hurricanes throughout the Contiguous United States is a poignant topic for risk carriers with interests throughout the US; the results of this recent #JCRR research article could inform decisions surrounding outwards reinsurance purchasing: buff.ly/kPITHaM

#ClimateChange
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August 27, 2025 at 2:37 PM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: “A Canadian Hail Climatology Based on Elevation and the Hail-Thunderstorm Ratio” by Scott Kehler and Matthieu Desorcy, @weatherlogics.bsky.social, is now live, and free to read or download here: buff.ly/QrFqvOM

#DiamondOpenAccess #Impact #Resilience #Climatology
A Canadian Hail Climatology Based on Elevation and the Hail-Thunderstorm Ratio - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
In this article, authors Scott Kehler and Matthieu Desorcy, Weatherlogics Inc., explore the following question: Can elevation data and a thunderstorm climatology be used to produce a reliable hail…
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August 22, 2025 at 5:02 PM
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In this recently published #JCRR research study, author Christopher Webber, Brit Insurance, investigates empirical signals of intra-annual dispersion in hurricane landfalls, at various spatial scales throughout the Gulf of Mexico: buff.ly/kPITHaM

#DiamondOpenAccess #Risk #ClimateChange #Hurricane
Satellite imagery of Hurricane Ian heading towards Florida in 2022.
August 14, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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“Anticipating [shifts in climate] risk is vital for designing effective strategies and reducing the loss and damages from future extremes."

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#JCRR #DiamondOpenAccess #Risk #Insurance #Impact #ClimateChange #TropicalCyclones #Hurricanes
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July 30, 2025 at 5:16 PM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: Our latest peer-reviewed research is now live! In this article, author Christopher Webber, Brit Insurance, takes an empirical approach to analyse the intra-annual landfall dispersion of CONUS landfalling #hurricanes throughout the Gulf of Mexico: buff.ly/kPITHaM
July 29, 2025 at 4:12 PM
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This recent #JCRR article demonstrates the ability and potential flexibility of catastrophe models to quantify impacts for both economic and non-economic loss and damage by exploring the impact of climate change on inland #flood risk in Malawi, Vietnam, and the Philippines: buff.ly/YaKaxYX
Iloilo, Philippines - August 29, 2023: Super typhoon Goring or Saola brought flashfloods and rain to the country. Man pushing his pedicab as he wades in the flood.
July 17, 2025 at 10:04 AM
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A repeat of the 1990 to 2023 #TropicalCyclone season today would result in significantly higher insured losses as a consequence of exposure growth, sea-level rise, and a climate ~0.5°C warmer than 1990: buff.ly/DzHS5Vm

#DiamondOpenAccess #ClimateChange #ClimateRisk #Hurricane
MANTOLOKING, NJ - JAN 13: A tilted house off its foundation on the beach on January 13, 2013 in Mantoloking, New Jersey. Clean up continues 75 days after Hurricane Sandy struck in October 2012.
July 3, 2025 at 10:34 AM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: Our latest peer-reviewed research, “Catastrophe risk models as quantitative tools for climate change loss and damage: A demonstration for flood in Malawi, Vietnam, and the Philippines”, is now live: buff.ly/YaKaxYX 

#DiamondOpenAccess #ClimateChange #ClimateRisk
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July 2, 2025 at 2:50 PM
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In our latest #JCRR article, “What is the Future of State-Created Insurance Programmes?”, Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, and Hannah K Friedrich, University of Arizona and Cornell University, explore state-created disaster #insurance programmes in the United States:
What is the Future of State-Created Insurance Programmes? - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, and Hannah K. Friedrich, University of Arizona and Cornell University, explain the various state-created disaster insurance programmes in the United States…
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June 24, 2025 at 3:26 PM
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In this #DiamondOpenAccess #JCRR article, the authors use a +2°C above pre-industrial climate scenario to analyse possible changes to insured losses from a present-day baseline due to #TropicalCyclones in the contiguous U.S.: buff.ly/DzHS5Vm

#ClimateChange
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June 17, 2025 at 9:12 AM
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In today’s era of uncertainty, it is more important than ever to monitor and model climate hazards - and it is more important than ever to progress catastrophe risk management. 

Discover how you can get involved in this mission today: buff.ly/GBHAsRI 

#ClimateChange #ClimateRisk #NaturalHazard
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June 12, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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“It is getting increasingly difficult for residents in risky areas [in the USA] to find homeowners #insurance from the private market... When this occurs, many residents turn to so-called residual insurance markets or state-established insurance programmes":
What is the Future of State-Created Insurance Programmes? - Journal of Catastrophe Risk and Resilience
Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, and Hannah K. Friedrich, University of Arizona and Cornell University, explain the various state-created disaster insurance programmes in the United States…
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June 11, 2025 at 10:18 AM
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Zurich Insurance Group recently published a roadmap outlining options for governments to meet the growing challenges posed by #ClimateChange & natural catastrophes.

The report, “Climate risks: Strategies for building resilience in a more volatile world”, can be read here: buff.ly/jcS7zIw
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June 5, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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#JCRR is here to strengthen collaboration between academics, catastrophe risk research, and industry. We provide a forum for experts to publish their research. We make relevant academics visible. We help generate impact.
Become a part of our community today: buff.ly/GBHAsRI 
#Risk #Sustainability
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June 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: Our latest peer-reviewed research is now live! Authors Ed Pope and Sam Phibbs show the impacts of further warming of the climate to 2°C above pre-industrial temperatures on #hurricanes: buff.ly/DzHS5Vm

#ClimateChange #DiamondOpenAccess
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June 2, 2025 at 2:30 PM
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#JCRR RESEARCH ARTICLE NOTIFICATION: In our latest comment article, Carolyn Kousky, Environmental Defense Fund, and Hannah K Friedrich, University of Arizona and Cornell University, explain the various state-created disaster insurance programmes in the United States: buff.ly/TO2xGZN

#ClimateChange
An aerial photo of the destruction left by Hurricane Ian in Florida.
May 30, 2025 at 4:43 PM