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Rating climate risks to credit worthiness

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Credit ratings agencies are now accounting for climate change risks in their ratings of credit worthiness. This could incentivize climate risk reduction efforts if it allows organizations access to cheaper credit. Karl Mathiesen investigates the extent to which this is happening in practice.

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Mathiesen, K. Rating climate risks to credit worthiness. Nature Clim Change 8, 454–456 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-018-0184-z

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