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The U.S. Municipal Bond Market Does Not Price In Physical Climate Risk … Yet

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14 min readNov 1, 2021

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The U.S. Municipal Bond Market Does Not Price In Physical Climate Risk … Yet

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risQ, Inc.

US Carbon Transition Risk: The Highwire Act of Municipal Credit Impairment and Climate Justice

by risQ and DPC Data

23 min readAug 30, 2021

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US Carbon Transition Risk: The Highwire Act of Municipal Credit Impairment and Climate Justice

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risQ, Inc.

Climate Risk and Municipal Bond Issuer Impairment

US municipal bond investors concerned with climate change as a credit and portfolio performance risk have had little data with which to…

6 min readJul 22, 2021

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Climate Risk and Municipal Bond Issuer Impairment

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risQ, Inc.

Economic and Racial Inequality in FEMA SFHA Flood Zone Designations

● ~76% of Single-Family Residential flood risk in the US is not covered by the FEMA Special Flood Hazard Assessment (SFHA) 100-year flood…

13 min readJul 20, 2021

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Economic and Racial Inequality in FEMA SFHA Flood Zone Designations

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risQ, Inc.

Accepting the near-term reality of RCP8.5

The data doesn’t lie about which path we’ve continued to choose and the climate risk we need to be ready for.

4 min readJul 19, 2021

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Accepting the near-term reality of RCP8.5

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Climate Risk is Already Impacting US Fixed Income Fundamentals

Population, property value and financial impairment are all correlated with climate risk, and climate change will only enhance this impact

7 min readJul 7, 2021

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Climate Risk is Already Impacting US Fixed Income Fundamentals

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Wildfires, Housing Affordability and Climate Change: Virtuous Cycle or Death Spiral?

● Assuming a business-as-usual carbon emissions trajectory and resulting climate change in the coming decades, catastrophic wildfires are…

17 min readJun 30, 2021

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Wildfires, Housing Affordability and Climate Change: Virtuous Cycle or Death Spiral?

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The 20–30x Difference in Climate Risk to Agency CRT Pools is Measured in $Billions

For the last 18 months, we’ve been providing climate risk analytics for the entire municipal bond universe. We have rich underlying data to…

5 min readJun 24, 2021

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The 20–30x Difference in Climate Risk to Agency CRT Pools is Measured in $Billions

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risQ, Inc.

In a Wildfire World, California Muni Funds are not Created Equal

With a heat wave currently hammering the West Coast and longer term drought conditions being felt across California, the Golden State is…

3 min readJun 23, 2021

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In a Wildfire World, California Muni Funds are not Created Equal

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risQ, Inc.

risQ, Inc.

We quantify climate risk, carbon transition risk and social impact for US Fixed Income, covering the full municipal bond and MBS universes

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