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Media Coverage
Millions Worldwide Suffer ‘Climate Whiplash’ As Extreme Drought Gives Way To Floods
The HuffPost reports on the multiple concurrent and sequential weather and climate events around the world referencing Rich Sorkin, Jupiter CEO as an industry expert. “There’s a cautious scientific perspective where you can look at the data and it’s clearly getting warmer and we’re seeing increased extreme events and economic costs, but you can’t tie any one event back to climate change in a scientifically rigorous way…. There is also an awful lot of support for global warming being the driving event for the increased intensity and frequency of severe events and perspective from those who say the world is burning down and yesterday was too late to do anything about it.”

More CRE Firms Are Putting a Price on Their Climate Exposure
“If you hold a mortgage, or a commercial loan for real estate, even if you assume that it’s going to get refinanced, you have to evaluate what the economic environment is going to be at the time it’s refinanced,” Sorkin added. “Now people don’t price [climate risk] in, but they will in 10 years.” —Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin speaks with Commercial Observer about the expanding requirements and demand for “climate intelligence” to inform investment decisions.
The Climate Risk Analytics Software Scene is Expanding
Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin speaks to GreenBiz about how Jupiter is expanding to meet the growing interest and requirements in climate analytics and insights. Increasing number of global companies use Jupiter’s flagship ClimateScore to assess the physical impact of what Sorkin calls “climate pollution.”
Exclusive: Jupiter Intelligence raises $54 million
“Jupiter is one of the leading corporate players working to help reduce the climate risks to the public and private sectors,” says Axios in their continuing coverage of Jupiter’s Series C investment round, while Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin reveals that the company is developing new services and plans to add 50 people to its workforce.
A Flood of Risk
$15 billion in damages; record insurer losses; a 10-year high in payouts, all in the first half of 2021 and even before Hurricane Ida has been factored in. In the face of a rapidly changing climate, Jupiter helped FEMA develop Risk Rating 2.0 using climate risk modeling. “I think most people inside FEMA would like to be moving much faster than they have the resources or permission to do,” Jupiter CEO Rich Sorkin told The American Prospect.
Press Releases
Jupiter Recognized as 2021 Global Cleantech 100 Company
The 100 companies on the list represent the private, independent, and for-profit companies best positioned to contribute to a more digitized, de-carbonized and resource-efficient future. Jupiter’s climate change risk analytics were selected among winners from 15 countries and various industries.
Acclaimed Climate-Change Expert Dr. Jesse M. Keenan Joins Jupiter's Board of Advisors
“2020 has proven beyond a doubt that the private sector has much work to do to prepare for future disruptions, and this is especially true regarding the risks that climate change presents to the stability of financial markets,” Keenan said. “I’m excited to join Jupiter on their mission to not only help organizations adapt to the shocks and stresses of climate change, but to also take advantage of the opportunities for sustainable investment.”
Jupiter Announces Launch of ClimateScore Global
ClimateScore Global™ is a next-generation climate risk analytics tool that provides physical risk assessment designed to support decision-making across a wide range of industries—for any point on the land surface of the planet through the year 2100.
Jupiter Raises Additional Capital from Liberty Mutual, MS&AD, and SYSTEMIQ
“With the support of industry leaders including Liberty Mutual and MS&AD, Jupiter will continue to deepen our analytics to help customers make complex financial decisions as they emerge from a global economic crisis,” said Rich Sorkin, CEO and Co-Founder.
Jupiter Receives Grant from the Moore Foundation To Accelerate California Fire Control Efforts
The $1M grant will go towards the deployment of Jupiter’s FireScore™ Operations service, a wildfire threat and intelligence platform, to accelerate readiness for the 2020 wildfire season.
Jupiter Announces Partnership With Hawaiian Electric Companies
Jupiter today announced an agreement with the Hawaiian Electric Companies to provide ongoing climate risk analytics services for generation, transmission and distribution infrastructure across five major islands of Hawaii. Jupiter also recently announced a capital investment from Elemental Excelerator (Elemental), a global infrastructure innovation accelerator. The funding, as part of Elemental’s Demonstration Track, will enable Jupiter to accelerate deployment of its flood and wind risk analytics services in the Pacific, beginning in Hawaii.