Scientific Climate Ratings spotlights nations most at risk for economic fallout due to climate change

Scientific Climate Ratings, an EDHEC Business School venture, has announced the creation of Sovereign Climate Risk Ratings, a new scientific standard for understanding and pricing the macroeconomic impact of rising temperatures on sovereign economies.

Based on the academic research and expertise of the EDHEC Climate Institute and the in-depth market insights of Scientific Climate Ratings, Sovereign Climate Risk Ratings capture, for the first time, the winners and losers in a future global economy where the effects of chronic physical climate risk have real and lasting impacts on Gross Domestic Product (GDP).

These new ratings deliver economically interpretable, scenario-consistent expected macroeconomic impacts, enabling investors, asset managers and banks to put a price tag on sovereign climate risk.