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Avoided emissions are increasingly used to measure the climate value of renewable energy assets and inform investment decisions. But they are not a fixed number. They evolve with energy production, grid decarbonisation and the physical impacts of climate change. In this publication, the Altitude team at AXA Climate explores how…

By Laurent Richème, Global Chief Underwriting Officer for Property at AXA XL and Gwendal Pougnet, Head of Parametric practice, in charge of Capacity development at AXA Climate.Parametric insurance is increasingly being used to complement traditional property insurance and help address climate-related gaps in coverage, according to Laurent Richème, Global Chief…

Portugal is one of Europe’s most fire-prone countries, facing a growing wildfire risk driven by climate change, prolonged droughts, and increasingly frequent extreme heat events. Forests cover approximately 35% of its land area and contribute around 2.5% to its GDP (1). Yet, only an estimated 10% of wildfire losses between…

The Global Risk Modelling Alliance (GRMA) programme has provided a contract to Madagascar’s Cellule de Prévention et d’appui à la Gestion des Urgences (CPGU) to expand its support to the Government of Madagascar through a second phase of technical assistance. The new phase will be implemented with a consortium led…

The Colombian government has contracted five parametric agricultural insurance policies which directly cover 14,402 smallholder farmers, benefitting up to 41,600 people across their households in five departments — Sucre, Córdoba, Cundinamarca, Meta and Chocó. A public-private partnership delivering climate risk financing at scale The policies provide up to US$20.14 million in coverage…

The Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund), together with WTW, the InsuResilience Solutions Fund (ISF), and AXA Climate, has announced the sixth annual placement of the MAR Insurance Programme. This pioneering regional initiative uses parametric insurance to provide rapid financing for emergency reef response efforts following hurricanes across the Mesoamerican Reef.…

New mapping by AXA Climate shows that conditions conducive to wildfires are now extending across the entire country. For decades, wildfire risk in France was seen as a challenge largely confined to the Mediterranean coast. But climate change is not only increasing the severity of wildfire conditions, it is redrawing…

Microfinance institutions (MFIs) are a cornerstone of local development in emerging and developing economies. By financing small entrepreneurs, farmers and underserved households, they often serve as the primary bridge between vulnerable populations and the formal financial system. This positioning, however, places them directly in the path of climate shocks, which hit hardest in the territories and…

The Dominican Republic has become the first country in Latin America and the Caribbean to integrate parametric insurance into its adaptive social protection system. Developed through the Tripartite Agreement between the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Insurance Development Forum (IDF), and Germany’s Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development…

Targeted investments in resilient infrastructure can reduce financial losses, protect millions of jobs and asset value, and minimize disruptions of essential services in emerging markets, according to a new report by the World Bank Group, AXA Climate, and Scientific Climate Ratings. “Low Cost, High Yield: The Adaptation and Resilience Investment…