Ep 90: Rich Sorkin, Co-Founder & CEO of Jupiter Intelligence

In today’s episode, we cover:

• Jupiter and its mission
• Rich’s journey from data analytics to climate change
• Parallels between the opportunity around cybersecurity and climate change
• The importance of physical climate risk
• How Jupiter initially narrowed its focus on flood risk
• How Jupiter develops a “peril model” to assess the risk of flooding and fires
• Profile of Jupiter’s customers
• How critical infrastructure companies represent a major customer
• Why insurers are not the ones who bear the financial risk of worsening climate disasters
• Corporate indictments as a symptom of unaddressed climate risk
• The U.S.’ “armed lifeboat diplomacy”
• Jupiter’s nonprofit work
• Resilience planning in the face of climate-related catastrophes
• The need to restrict land use in at-risk areas

Links to topics discussed in this episode:

• Jupiter Intelligence: https://jupiterintel.com/
• PG&E bankruptcy: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/22/business/energy-environment/pge-bankruptcy-newsom.html

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