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How climate change could hit your mortgage
Banks are preparing to model the impact of climate change on their mortgage books at the level of individual blocks rather than postcodes. Bain and Jupiter are working together to model the risk of climate perils for financial institutions at a level of every 90 square meters.

Mortgage giant Fannie Mae tackles climate risk, but changes to underwriting may take several years
CNBC coverage of how Jupiter is working with Fannie Mae to figure out just how to factor climate risk into home values and mortgage underwriting and its implications for the nation’s nearly $12 trillion mortgage market.

Here Are 3 Big Areas Where AI Is Cropping Up In Agtech
“AI-based systems can give much more predictive insight to what the likely risk ranges are for farmers,” said Jason Pontin, a partner at DCVC and investor in Jupiter. “You can buy better financial products, like insurance products, since you’re literally betting the entire farm.”

Helping Society Mitigate Effects of Climate Change
CHANCE asked Katherine Bennett Ensor, president of the American Statistical Association, to interview Rich Sorkin, CEO and co-founder of Jupiter Intelligence, for his insights about mitigating physical climate risks around the globe.
How Jupiter embraces ESG to accelerate growth
Jupiter CEO, Rich Sorkin, speaks with MPower Partners about the critical role ESG plays in business growth and performance including crucial culture benefits —both internally within the company and externally to customers, shareholders, and community, as well as government, business leaders and public policy makers.

Never Seen Anything Like This': CRE Assesses Impact Of Hurricane Ian
Bisnow spoke with Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin about the impact on Florida’s commercial real estate and insurance from Hurricane Ian and climate change. “Codes will only go so far in aiding newer buildings as the intensity of storms continues to increase with climate change.”
A retirement safe from climate change? Ask the tough questions about real estate and property insurance
Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin speaks to MarketWatch about the critical need for climate analytics in the insurance industry and the concept of “duration mismatch.”
Millions Worldwide Suffer ‘Climate Whiplash’ As Extreme Drought Gives Way To Floods
The HuffPost reports on the multiple concurrent and sequential weather and climate events around the world referencing Rich Sorkin, Jupiter CEO as an industry expert. “There’s a cautious scientific perspective where you can look at the data and it’s clearly getting warmer and we’re seeing increased extreme events and economic costs, but you can’t tie any one event back to climate change in a scientifically rigorous way…. There is also an awful lot of support for global warming being the driving event for the increased intensity and frequency of severe events and perspective from those who say the world is burning down and yesterday was too late to do anything about it.”
Press Releases
Jupiter and Fannie Mae Announce Climate Risk Analytics Project
Jupiter announced a project with Fannie Mae to identify neighborhoods and communities most at risk from perils related to climate change as part of The Jupiter Promise program for historically marginalized communities.
Partnership to advance ecosystem models, water level predictions
NOAA and climate analytics company, Jupiter Intelligence, signed a formal agreement to advance understanding of coastal ecosystems, precipitation and water level predictions. The goal of the partnership is to support community response to coastal risks to mitigate effects of climate change.
Jupiter Announces Climate Risk Analytics Collaboration with Boston Consulting Group
Jupiter today announced a new collaboration with Boston Consulting Group (BCG), a global consulting firm and leader in the climate space, that will incorporate Jupiter’s best-in-class climate analytics into BCG’s existing ClimateImpact.AI platform.
Jupiter and The Nature Conservancy Announce Collaboration Addressing The Challenges To One Of The World’s Most Diverse Ecosystems
Jupiter Promise will provide best-in-class climate risk analytics to protect sensitive natural areas and estimate future heat and water stresses associated with climate change in Colombia.
Bain & Company Joins Forces With Jupiter to Bring Climate Risk Analytics and Adaptation Strategies to Its Clients
With an initial focus on Bain’s global Financial Services practice, this partnership will help Bain’s clients in banking and insurance to build a rich understanding of their exposure to physical risks, much beyond regulatory requirements.
Renowned Climate Scientist and Nobel Laureate Betsy Weatherhead Returns to Jupiter
Jupiter, the global leader in climate analytics for resilience and risk management, announced today that Betsy Weatherhead has rejoined the company as Special Representative to the Scientific Community.
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