NOAA Chief Scientist Dr. Sarah Kapnick on Pricing Climate Disaster Risk

What grade does the finance industry deserve in terms of pricing
climate risk? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with National
Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) Chief Scientist Dr.
Sarah Kapnick, about the scope of NOAA’s mission; NOAA’s
billion-dollar Weather and Climate Disasters dataset and what it
means for weather attribution; and why NOAA itself represents a
remarkable value to the US people as an argument against
dismantling or privatising it. Dr. Sarah Kapnick is Chief Scientist
at NOAA, which plays a critical role in understanding and
predicting changes in climate, weather, oceans, and coasts.
Bringing a unique mix of science and finance to NOAA, Dr. Kapnick's
background includes serving as a senior climate scientist at JP
Morgan Chase, a leadership role at NOAA's Geophysical Fluid
Dynamics Laboratory, and an early career in investment banking.
Note: This episode was recorded prior to Dr. Kapnick’s departure
from NOAA.