Climate Risk and Resilience Index
A resilience-adjusted approach to climate risk
Last updated
A resilience-adjusted approach to climate risk
Last updated
AlphaGeo's Global Climate Risk and Resilience Index provides comprehensive insight into the true impact of climate change for any location and any asset on Earth.
Unlike traditional approaches to physical risk, AlphaGeo's Global Climate Risk Index uses a unique that accounts for the impact of local adaptation measures on physical hazard risk, thus providing a “ground truth” view on climate’s likely real-world impact.
Our method helps users go beyond assessing risk to guiding adaptation investments, making strategic decisions, and promoting overall resilience.
Traditionally, climate risk assessments have focused purely on physical risks such as heat stress, drought, flooding, and other natural hazards. While these assessments shed light on changes in climate patterns, they overlook the role of human adaptations in influencing the actual impact of hazard risk.
To address this gap, AlphaGeo has developed a proprietary that first computes standard, physical climate risk, before applying an offset co-efficient to each risk based on the hazard-specific local adaptation measures that are in place.
This approach recognizes that while physical risks significantly contribute to overall climate risk, the ability of locations, communities, and infrastructure to adapt can also alter the risk landscape.
Climate physical risk scores
Two-in-one scoring suite, comprising: 1) Climate physical Risk Scores, based on pure physical risk 2) Resilience-adjusted Risk Scores, accounting for impact of adaptation measures in place
Climate Physical Risk Scores: Measuring the theoretical risk baseline derived from climate models with fully transparent underlying data across different time periods and emission scenarios.
Resilience-adjusted Risk Scores: Measuring the likely actual risk impact after accounting for the location's adaptation capacity, powered by AlphaGeo's proprietary global climate adaptation layer.
Heat Stress: Evaluates the potential for increased temperatures to impact building energy consumption, productivity, and ecosystems.
Drought: Assesses the risk of water shortages that could affect agriculture, water supply, and overall land health.
Inland Flooding: Identifies areas at risk of riverine or flash floods, which can devastate communities, economies, and natural habitats.
Coastal Flooding: Analyzes the threat posed by sea-level rise and storm surges to coastal areas, including the potential for property damage and loss of life.
Wildfire: Provides insight into the likelihood of wildfires, which can destroy homes, infrastructure, and natural resources.
Hurricane: Assesses the risk of tropical storms and hurricanes, focusing on their potential to cause widespread damage through high winds, heavy rainfall, and flooding.
And including benchmarks at global, regional, national, state, and city level:
Benchmarks based on different geographic scales allows users to understand how the profile of one location compares against others
Risk assessment and management
Sustainability and ESG reporting (TCFD, TCND, IFRS S2, ISSB, EU Taxonomy, etc)
Regulatory compliance
Stakeholder engagement and communications
Site selection and new acquisition based on resilience
Thematic (e.g. resilience) investment research and portfolio strategy
Resolution: Up 30 meters in spatial resolution
Timescales: 2025, 2035, 2050, 2100
Emission Scenarios: SSP245, SSP370, SSP585
