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Adaptation Capital Is Still Being Allocated on Instinct
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Adaptation Capital Is Still Being Allocated on Instinct

Adaptation planning needs the same discipline as any capital allocation decision: quantify the risk, price the intervent...

Ron DemboJun 16, 2025
Two Ways to Build a Flood Model, and Only One Answers the Question That Matters

Oil Spill #4 Oil Skimming Boat, Near Ground Zero, Gulf of Mexico, June 24, 2010 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

MethodologyClimate Science

Two Ways to Build a Flood Model, and Only One Answers the Question That Matters

There are two ways to predict flood damage in a warming world. One adjusts the past. The other rebuilds from the weather...

Ron DemboJun 1, 2026
The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority Found Most Firms Can't Quantify Their Own Climate Risk

Suguta Valley #1, Kenya, 2017 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Regulation & RiskMethodology

The UK’s Prudential Regulatory Authority Found Most Firms Can't Quantify Their Own Climate Risk

The Bank of England's PRA is clear - climate risk is a driver of financial stability, and firms are expected to quantif...

Ron DemboMay 13, 2026
Climate Risk 2.0: The Next Generation of Physical Climate Risk Measurement

Colorado River Delta #2 Near San Felipe, Baja, Mexico, 2011 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Thought Leadership

Climate Risk 2.0: The Next Generation of Physical Climate Risk Measurement

Climate Risk 2.0 is a minimum standard for physical climate risk measurement, not a product or vendor claim. It requires...

Ron DemboMay 4, 2026
The Regulator Backed One Vendor's Flood Model. Here's What Holds Up.

Homesteads #27 Coleman, Crowsnest Pass, Alberta 1985 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Thought LeadershipMethodology

The Regulator Backed One Vendor's Flood Model. Here's What Holds Up.

In 2024, OSFI and l'AMF built Canada's mandatory climate stress test on flood data from a single company. That's not a c...

Ron DemboMay 4, 2026
Climate Capital Option Theory: Why Adaptation Is a Put Option, Not a Cost

Urban Renewal #4, Old City Overview, Shanghai, China, 2004 © Edward Burtynsky, courtesy Nicholas Metivier Gallery, Toronto

Thought Leadership

Climate Capital Option Theory: Why Adaptation Is a Put Option, Not a Cost

Adaptation investments are routinely treated as sunk compliance costs, a framing that understates their true economic va...

Ron DemboMar 27, 2026