Unlocking the benefits of transparent and reusable science for climate risk management.

ABSTRACT: People around the world seek climate risk information to guide their decisions. For instance, projections about future flood risk inform where households choose to live, how lenders manage credit risks, and which communities receive federal funding. Yet data limitations and fundamental validation challenges raise important concerns about the reliability of such projections. The principles of transparency and reusability help address these concerns by enabling scrutiny of assumptions and methods, development of foundational data and tools, and consistent application of evaluation standards. While there is ongoing debate about how much transparency commercial climate risk services should provide, many expect noncommercial actors to lead the way on operationalizing transparency and reusabilit

SUBMITTER: Pollack AB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12818561 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature