Develops a climate risk model for asset managers.
problem Climate-related risks affecting asset performance and productivity.
method Uses the Vasicek model with downward jumps to represent climate impacts on asset dynamics.
result Expected losses increase over time due to climate-related extreme events.
PCL framework optimizes climate risk management across three clusters.
problem Comprehensive risk management in response to climate change impacts.
method Optimization of preemptive adaptation, contingent arrangements, and loss acceptance.
result Balanced portfolio of actions across three clusters optimized for long-term aggregate outlay.
SwiGAN generates drought scenarios for climate risk management.
problem Natural catastrophes and droughts increase insurance costs.
method Conditional GANs for generating spatio-temporal SWI maps.
result Simulates drought patterns up to 2050 for French regions.
Geospatial framework assesses climate risks for California's banking and exposed sectors.
problem Evaluating climate risks on banking and exposed sectors in California.
method Integrates hazard mapping, exposure analysis, and scenario-based financial risk assessment.
result Framework supports portfolio monitoring and institutional readiness under new standards.
Study on insurance risk management and sustainable development.
problem Lack of attention to non-climate change aspects of sustainable development in insurance.
method Analysis of recent developments and legislative initiatives in insurance risk management.
result Strategies for small- and medium-sized enterprises to manage sustainable development risks.
The study uses machine learning to predict CAT bond coupons based on climate data.
problem Predicting CAT bond coupons using climate data.
method Combining climate indicators with machine learning models (random forest, gradient boosting, etc.).
result Extremely randomized trees achieved the lowest RMSE in predicting CAT bond coupons.
EcoCast predicts biodiversity risks using satellite data and citizen science records.
problem Unprecedented shifts in species distributions due to climate change and habitat loss.
method Spatio-temporal model using sequence-based transformers and continual learning.
result Promising improvements in forecasting bird species distributions compared to Random Forest.
This study tackles basis risk in weather parametric insurance using Monte Carlo simulations.
problem Mismatch between actual loss and payout in weather parametric insurance leads to loss without payout or payout without loss.
method Empirical research using Monte Carlo simulations to test diversification and hedging strategies.
result Portfolio basis risk and volatility decrease with more contracts, and spatial relationships significantly impact basis risk.
Forest management relies on the evaluation of silviculture practices. The increase in natural risk due to climate change makes it necessary to consider evaluation criteria that take natural risk into account. Risk integration in existing software requires advanced programming skills.We propose a user-friendly software …
New model predicts banana disease risk from climate data.
problem Managing Black Sigatoka disease under climate change.
method Latent Neural ODEs to model infection dynamics.
result Superior generalization performance up to one month ahead.
Machine learning helps predict smoke types for safer forest burns.
problem Determining which fuels to burn safely to reduce wildfire risk and minimize smoke.
method Machine learning techniques like spectral clustering and manifold learning.
result Interpretable representations and tools for differentiating smoke types.
This paper introduces a new market-based carbon risk measure for portfolio optimization.
problem The challenge of measuring and managing carbon risk in investment portfolios.
method Develops a market-based carbon risk measure and applies it to minimum variance portfolio construction.
result Market-based carbon risk measures can complement fundamental-based approaches in portfolio optimization.
This paper optimizes decarbonized indices for financial tracking, balancing risk and environmental impact.
problem Balancing financial performance with environmental responsibilities in the context of climate risks.
method Develops decarbonized indices using mean-VaR and mean-ES optimization methods.
result Optimized indices reduce financial risk and carbon footprint, providing a balanced investment option.
Stochastic model prices weather derivatives for Indian states, highlighting temperature volatility impacts.
problem Quantifying financial risk in Indian markets due to seasonal weather variations.
method Modified Ornstein-Uhlenbeck process with jumps for temperature dynamics, calibrated with historical data, Monte Carlo simulations for pricing.
result Volatility significantly impacts weather derivative pricing, with higher prices in colder states and lower in hotter states.
Tackling climate change is at the top of many agendas. In this context, emission trading schemes are considered as promising tools. The regulatory framework for an emission trading scheme introduces a market for emission allowances and creates a need for risk management by appropriate financial contracts. In this work,…
CERM calculates climate risks in bank loans.
problem Estimating climate risks in bank credit portfolios.
method Adapts credit risk models to include physical and transition risks.
result Calculates incremental credit losses due to climate risks.
Study uses TV news to measure climate risks affecting clean energy firms.
problem Understanding how climate risks impact clean energy firms' financial stability.
method Developed climate risk measures from TV news coverage and analyzed their effects on clean energy firms' risks.
result Increased TV news coverage of climate risks correlates with higher systematic risk and lower idiosyncratic risk for clean energy firms.
Study uses SVM to predict weather-induced home insurance claims and losses.
problem Assessing future weather-induced home insurance claims and losses for disaster preparedness.
method Support Vector Machine (SVM) regression for forecasting future claim dynamics.
result Illustrates SVM approach in forecasting weather-induced home insurance claims in a Canadian city.
Proposes a new stochastic method to calibrate climate risks in financial models.
problem Estimating climate-related financial risks in bank loan portfolios.
method Stochastic forward-looking methodology to calibrate climate macro-correlation evolution from scientific data.
result A new framework to evaluate climate risks without specific scenario assumptions.
The study assesses carbon risk in investment portfolios and proposes new management strategies.
problem The impact of carbon risk on stock pricing and portfolio construction.
method Developed a BMG risk factor and estimated time-varying carbon beta using a multi-factor model.
result Carbon risk can be incorporated into portfolio construction to reduce unrewarded financial risks.
Climate-contingent finance helps adapt to uncertain climate risks.
problem Uncertainty in future climate scenarios makes proactive adaptation less feasible.
method Underwrite climate adaptation projects with repayment based on future climate scenarios.
result Optimal financing reduces over- and under-preparation risks.
The study examines how climate risk influences sovereign debt default decisions.
problem The relationship between climate risk and sovereign debt default decisions.
method Calibration of a model to analyze the credit spreads of sovereign bonds and the impact of climate vulnerability on bond spreads.
result Climate risk does not significantly influence the decision to default on sovereign debt.
Develops new algorithms for QRF to handle mixed-frequency and longitudinal data.
problem Handling mixed-frequency and longitudinal data in quantile regression.
method Mixed-Frequency Quantile Regression Forest (MIDAS-QRF) and Finite Mixture Quantile Regression Forest (FM-QRF).
result Valid and flexible models for complex empirical settings in financial risk management and climate-change impact evaluation.
Combines GANs and EVT for better modeling of spatial climate extremes.
problem Modeling dependencies between climate extremes, especially in high-dimensional spaces.
method Generative Adversarial Networks (GANs) combined with Extreme Value Theory (EVT).
result evtGAN outperforms classical GANs and statistical approaches in modeling spatial extremes.
Investigates how extreme temperature events affect global equity portfolios.
problem Impact of extreme temperature events on global equity portfolios.
method Panel regression analysis and multi-objective portfolio optimization.
result Extreme temperature events negatively impact most sectors' returns.
Study shows climate change can cause a 'run on fossil fuels' affecting prices and production.
problem Impact of climate change expectations on fossil fuel markets and prices.
method Dynamic, general equilibrium model of climate-change-linked transition risk.
result Climate change expectations can lead to either increased or decreased fossil fuel prices, depending on economic responses.
Bayesian framework quantifies uncertainty in portfolio temperature alignment.
problem Uncertainty in portfolio temperature alignment models.
method X-Degree Compatibility (XDC) approach with FaIR climate model, adaptive MCMC, deep learning emulator.
result Robust parametric uncertainty quantification for FaIR model.
Neural network model forecasts extreme flood risk.
problem Accurately estimating high quantiles of extreme events.
method EQRN model combining neural networks and extreme value theory.
result Forecasting flood risk with improved adaptability.
Though machine learning has achieved notable success in modeling sequential and spatial data for speech recognition and in computer vision, applications to remote sensing and climate science problems are seldom considered. In this paper, we demonstrate techniques from unsupervised learning of future video frame predict…
Then detection and identification of extreme weather events in large-scale climate simulations is an important problem for risk management, informing governmental policy decisions and advancing our basic understanding of the climate system. Recent work has shown that fully supervised convolutional neural networks (CNNs…
Models assess how USDA orange production forecasts impact FCOJ market decisions.
problem High volatility in FCOJ futures due to limited U.S. orange production.
method Developed models to assess the impact of USDA October orange production forecasts on FCOJ market participants.
result Probabilistic forecasts of USDA production forecast error can reduce FCOJ price volatility.
Climate change is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity, and we, as machine learning experts, may wonder how we can help. Here we describe how machine learning can be a powerful tool in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping society adapt to a changing climate. From smart grids to disaster management, w…
A new model selects low-carbon mutual funds considering ESG criteria, risk, and investor preferences.
problem Aligning financial investments with a low-carbon economy.
method Tri-criterion portfolio selection model using a preference-based multi-objective genetic algorithm (ev-MOGA).
result The model successfully incorporates carbon risk exposure and loss-adverse attitudes into portfolio construction.
A framework converts spatial data into embeddings for insurance risk modelling.
problem Improving underwriting precision and risk management in insurance with spatial data.
method Multi-view contrastive learning framework for generating spatial embeddings.
result Spatial embeddings consistently improve predictive accuracy across various models.
Study integrates climate and text data to improve credit default prediction.
problem Improving credit risk assessment for mSEs with limited financial histories.
method Multimodal framework using LSTM, GRU, and transformer models.
result Integration of multiple data modalities improves credit default prediction.
Developing a climate-aware pricing framework for XL reinsurance and CAT bonds under non-stationary catastrophe risk.
problem Pricing excess-of-loss (XL) reinsurance and catastrophe (CAT) bonds under climate uncertainty.
method Modeling catastrophe arrivals as a Cox process with a temperature-dependent stochastic intensity and aggregate losses following a compound Cox structure.
result Climate dependence materially changes the loss-generation mechanism and affects the valuation of catastrophe-linked contracts.
Defines SETR to measure carbon transition risk for investors.
problem Difficulty in measuring the magnitude of carbon transition risk for investors.
method Defines Single Event Transition Risk (SETR) and illustrates its use.
result SETR can approximate the magnitude of low-carbon transition risk.
Copula models for sovereign ratings improved by incorporating climate risk.
problem Modeling nonlinear dependence and clustering in sovereign rating migrations.
method Mixed-difference transformation, MAGMAR(1,1) copula process, consistent and asymptotically normal estimators.
result Gumbel MAGMAR(1,1) specification outperforms other models in empirical performance.
Modeling supply chain disruptions from climate hazards with adaptive firms.
problem Systemic physical climate risk in supply chains.
method Agent-based model integrating geospatial hazards and firm adaptation.
result Firms' adaptive strategies reduce disruption by 48%.
CE improves climate uncertainty quantification using GCM ensembles and observational data.
problem Uncertainty in climate projections due to model inadequacies and variability.
method Conformal ensembles integrating GCM ensembles and observational data.
result CE generates statistically rigorous, easy-to-interpret uncertainty estimates.
Hybrid framework predicts Arctic permafrost decline, risks infrastructure, and provides tools.
problem Tackles permafrost decline and infrastructure risk assessment in Arctic territories.
method Hybrid physics-machine learning framework integrating 2.9 million observations.
result Projects mean permafrost fraction decline of -20.3 pp under RCP8.5 forcing, with high-risk zones identified.
The paper examines spillovers between agriculture, crude oil, carbon, and climate markets.
problem Understanding dynamic spillovers between agriculture, crude oil, carbon emission, and climate markets.
method A novel R2 decomposed connectedness approach. result Overall spillovers are mainly contemporaneous, not lagged; climate change significantly impacts others; agricultural markets have heterogeneous effects; corn is a major risk contributor.
Study models risks for low-carbon economy in Balkan countries, focusing on shadow economy and populism.
problem Risks and uncertainties in establishing a low-carbon economy in Balkan countries with transition economies.
method Transdisciplinary approach combining economic policy, public opinion, and climate change models.
result Identifies shadow economy and populism as key risk factors for low-carbon economy implementation.
Study optimizes climate adaptation strategies for NYC.
problem Catastrophic damages from extreme weather in NYC.
method Real options analysis and extreme value theory.
result Optimal adaptation pathways identified for NYC.
Proposes a new framework for environmental CVA with robust wrong-way risk.
problem Limited operational implementations of translating environmental scenarios into CVA.
method Three components: hazard rate mapping, tail generators, and KL divergence-based wrong-way risk bound.
result Nature CVAs can vary significantly across different ecosystem generators.
The Heston model optimizes portfolio management based on real market data.
problem Choosing between active and passive investment strategies.
method Calibrated Heston model to real stock market data.
result Passive strategy can outperform active strategy depending on market parameters.
Study analyzes climate impact on agricultural prices, offering insurance solutions.
problem Financial risk from climate-induced agricultural price volatility.
method Historical and future climate projections, EGARCH and SARIMAX models, Black-Scholes framework.
result Improved agricultural risk modeling and insurance mechanisms.
Model shows how financial markets can decarbonize under climate uncertainty.
problem Decarbonization of financial markets under climate uncertainty.
method Mean-field game approach to model firm decisions and investor interactions.
result Climate uncertainty weakens the impact of green-minded investors on decarbonization.