The climate intelligence glossary
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A
A
Acute risk
Acute risk
Adaptation
Adaptation
Adaptation measures
Adaptation measures
Adaptation ROI
Adaptation ROI
AI
AI
Ash Catastrophe Model
Ash Catastrophe Model
Asset
Asset
Average Annual Loss (AAL)
Average Annual Loss (AAL)
Average risk
Average risk
B
B
Bias correction
Bias correction
Business as usual
Business as usual
C
C
Carbon pricing
Carbon pricing
Catastrophe Model
Catastrophe Model
Changing temperature
Changing temperature
Chronic risk
Chronic risk
Climate-adjusted valuation
Climate-adjusted valuation
Climate hazard
Climate hazard
Climate intelligence
Climate intelligence
Climate resilience
Climate resilience
Climate risk
Climate risk
Climate risk analytics tool
Climate risk analytics tool
Climate risk assessment
Climate risk assessment
Climate scenario
Climate scenario
Climate stress testing
Climate stress testing
CMIP6
CMIP6
Coastal flooding
Coastal flooding
Combined physical risk
Combined physical risk
Compound risk
Compound risk
CRREM
CRREM
CSRD
CSRD
CVaR
CVaR
Cyclone
Cyclone
D
D
Damage curves
Damage curves
Double materiality
Double materiality
Downscaling
Downscaling
Drought
Drought
E
E
EarthScan
EarthScan
EarthScan Rating
EarthScan Rating
Emissions peak by 2040
Emissions peak by 2040
ERA5
ERA5
ESG
ESG
ESRS E1
ESRS E1
EU Taxonomy
EU Taxonomy
Exposure
Exposure
Extreme temperature
Extreme temperature
F
F
Financed emissions (PCAF)
Financed emissions (PCAF)
Financial quantification
Financial quantification
Flood
Flood
Fluvial flooding
Fluvial flooding
G
G
Global climate models
Global climate models
Greenwashing
Greenwashing
GRESB
GRESB
H
H
Hail
Hail
Hazard
Hazard
Heat maps
Heat maps
Heat stress
Heat stress
Hurricane
Hurricane
I
I
IFRS S2
IFRS S2
ISSB
ISSB
L
L
Landslide
Landslide
Lava Catastrophe Model
Lava Catastrophe Model
Liability risk
Liability risk
M
M
Machine learning
Machine learning
Materiality
Materiality
Material risk
Material risk
Mitigation
Mitigation
Multiple Futures Model
Multiple Futures Model
N
N
Net zero
Net zero
NGFS scenarios
NGFS scenarios
P
P
Paris Agreement
Paris Agreement
Paris-aligned
Paris-aligned
Peril
Peril
Physical risk
Physical risk
Pluvial flooding
Pluvial flooding
Portfolios
Portfolios
Precipitation variability
Precipitation variability
Probabilistic modelling
Probabilistic modelling
Probable Maximum Loss (PML)
Probable Maximum Loss (PML)
R
R
RCPs
RCPs
Return periods
Return periods
Risk exposure
Risk exposure
Risk management
Risk management
Risk modelling
Risk modelling
ROI
ROI
S
S
SB 261
SB 261
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