The Climate-Value Paradox: What the Markets Are Getting Wrong

According to political scientist Jeff Colgan, climate change creates risks for oil companies, insurance companies, and property owners. But because governments, firms, and investors are reacting to climate forecasts in different ways, we can't rely on financial markets to accurately evaluate those risks. And taxpayers are most likely to pay the price. Jeff Colgan bio: [https://watson.brown.edu/people/faculty/colgan] Read More: [https://www.globalpolicyjournal.com/blog/06/07/2018/market-valuing-climate-risk-all-wrong] You can read a transcript of this episode here: [https://watson.brown.edu/files/watson/imce/news/podcast/trending-globally/transcripts/E56_Jeff%20Colgan_mixdown.pdf] Theme music composed by Henry Ross Bloomfield: [http://www.heybloomfield.com/]