April 24, 2020
Climate Risk (non-)Disclosure of the Week: 4/20-4/24
The first step in addressing a problem is acknowledging a problem, and potential climate risk for municipal bond issuers is…
April 24, 2020
How is the way investors look at climate risk in the muni market about to change? 100 meters at a time.
The partnership between risQ and ICE Data Services is a core component of ICE's corporate sustainability activities, and was profiled…
February 21, 2020
Climate Change is Coming to Your Hometown Bonds
"Startup risQ wants to be the go-to tool to assess natural-disaster risk in the municipal market." -- Bloomberg Opinion piece…
April 18, 2019
Review: BlackRock+Rhodium Climate Risk Analysis
Earlier this month, BlackRock published a report detailing a climate risk analysis they commissioned by the Rhodium Group, a New…
March 20, 2019
Quantifying Wildfire Risk to Municipal Debt in California
MMA’s interest and commitment to quantifying the risks of climate change to municipal securities has taken a significant step through…
January 28, 2019
Water, Not Wind
In the wake of Hurricane Michael’s unprecedented and tragic path of destruction from the Florida Panhandle through to Virginia, and…
November 9, 2018
Data-Driven Solutions
The fourth and fifth assessment reports by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change have declared global warming to be “unequivocal”…
November 2, 2018
Cities Threatened by Climate Risk Still Getting AAA Bond Ratings
Last fall, after a trio of deadly hurricanes, ratings companies warned vulnerable coastal cities to get ready for climate change…
