Oriana Chegwidden
@scientistoriana.bsky.social
Climate scientist @CarbonPlan.org. Opinions my own.
Reposted by Oriana Chegwidden
We also aren’t the only people concerned about the lack of transparency in private climate risk prediction. Bloomberg also published a feature today that also found differences between companies in an analysis independent from ours. (8/8) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
The Risky Business of Predicting Where Climate Disaster Will Hit
Climate tech companies can calculate the chances that a flood or wildfire will ravage your home. But what if their odds are all different?
www.bloomberg.com
August 9, 2024 at 6:17 PM
We also aren’t the only people concerned about the lack of transparency in private climate risk prediction. Bloomberg also published a feature today that also found differences between companies in an analysis independent from ours. (8/8) www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...
Reposted by Oriana Chegwidden
Bloomberg covered this work in an article released today. (7/8) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
Clashing Risk Predictions Cast Doubt on Black Box Climate Models
Insurers and investors are using private modeling tools to assess fire and flood risk that show signs of major inconsistencies
www.bloomberg.com
August 9, 2024 at 6:16 PM
Bloomberg covered this work in an article released today. (7/8) www.bloomberg.com/news/article...
As my inaugural bluesky post, proud to share some work we put out today!
We compared risk analysis results from two private firms for a sample of 342 addresses, looking at fire risk in CA and flood risk in NY. We can’t say one company is more right than the other. But we can say their results don’t always match. (2/8) carbonplan.org/research/cli...
Climate risk companies don’t always agree – CarbonPlan
A comparison of address-level fire and flood risk assessments.
carbonplan.org
August 9, 2024 at 6:21 PM
As my inaugural bluesky post, proud to share some work we put out today!