Trust, but Verify: Climate Risk Scores
Trust, but Verify: Climate Risk Scores  
Podcast: Earthsight
Published On: Sun Jun 14 2026
Description: (00:00) Chris Struggles to Define Climate Risk Scores, Arbitrary Scores(13:30) Incentive Structures: Information Asymmetry and Product Quality, Comparison with Other Scoring Industries(23:50) Practical Examples: Zillow Real Estate Scores(29:00) Uncertainty and Verification(35:00) Climate Opinion Scores(41:00) Geocoding(50:00) Parametric InsuranceCarbon Plan Open Climate Risk: https://carbonplan.org/research/climate-risk?lat=35.67165&lng=-105.93363&zoom=13.17A Risk Professional's Guide to Physical Risk Assessments:https://www.fca.org.uk/publication/corporate/risk-professionals-guide-physical-risk-assessments-garp-benchmarking-study-13-vendors.pdf