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Climate risk insights, methodology notes, and analysis from the Degree Day team.

Did Our Wildfire Model See It Coming?
Published: August 14, 2026
ScienceInsights

Did Our Wildfire Model See It Coming?

A model scored on the data it learned from will always look good. The real question is how it performs where it has never looked. This is how we tested our wildfire layer.

What to Do When Climate Risk Models Disagree
Published: July 29, 2026
InsightsScience

What to Do When Climate Risk Models Disagree

One coastal property. Thirteen vendors. One of them found no flood risk at all. If the models cannot agree, what should an organization actually do?

Four Climate Data Myths in ESG Reporting
Published: October 17, 2025
ScienceInsights

Four Climate Data Myths in ESG Reporting

Climate analytics promise detailed views of future physical risk: flood damages by property, wildfire scores by facility, loss estimates decades out. But these are analytical products built through layers of assumptions. We unpack four common myths about climate data in ESG reporting and what decision-makers should ask before relying on it.