Climate risk assessment needs urgent improvement.

Arribas, Alberto; Fairgrieve, Ross; Dhu, Trevor; Bell, Juliet; Cornforth, Rosalind; Gooley, Geoff; Hilson, Chris J; Luers, Amy et al. · Nat Commun · 2022

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Abstract

Existing constraints in current climate risk assessments make them inappropriate to effectively assess the true exposure of society and businesses to climate-related risk. Using the key constraints to guide a conceptual framework, we identify four cross-cutting and inter-related critical paths for improvement.

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