Responsible Asset Owners Global Symposium

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Physical Climate Risks

Physical climate risks are either acute or chronic. Acute risks include droughts, floods, extreme precipitation and wildfires. Chronic risks include rising temperatures, the expansion of tropical pests and diseases into temperate zones, and an accelerating loss of biodiversity. These threats pose both idiosyncratic and systemic risks to investors. The physical impacts of climate change are increasingly obvious and expensive.