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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). (2019, February). Physical risk framework: Understanding the impacts of climate change on real estate lending and investment portfolios. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership.

Physical risk framework: Understanding the impacts of climate change on real estate lending and investment portfolios

Creator: Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
Type of methodology: Methodological recommendations
Approach type: CVRA (Climate Vulnerability and Risk Assessment)
Short description: The report suggests that natural catastrophe models can be used to understand changing physical risks and the impacts on investors/lenders portfolios
Hazards covered: Others
Audiences: Architects and engineers
Assessment level: Asset-level
Evaluation system:

N/A

Strengths:

Describes steps to applying catastrophe modelling to understand physical risks and impacts on investors/lenders portfolios

Limits:
  • Does not describe steps of a specific methodology
  • Involves modelling

The report suggests that natural catastrophe models can be used to understand changing physical risks and the impacts on investors/lenders portfolios. This can be done in 4 main steps:

  • Data collection
  • Selection of natural catastrophe model
  • Selection of climate change scenarios
  • Execution of natural catastrophe model