Julian Richardson

@Richardso1Alban please contact me as I have some important news.

Do join this afternoons discussion about #ESG and #insurance where I will be joining @StanderDI Dana Hanby @Justin Cheng and Linda Freiner. 3pm BST kick off. lnkd.in/eBxhhP_6

Buffer pools have been getting a good deal of attention recently. They are the main mechanism in the Voluntary Carbon Market (#VCM) and the California Air Resources Board cap & trade scheme to deal with 'reversal' or 'permanence' risks. However, as a fi…lnkd.in/eci8jr6v

200 Hundred Million atomic bombs! Do I have you attention? That is the amount of energy stored in the earths atmosphere that will result in a 2C average global temperature increase i.e. the target of the #Parisagreement Agreement. However, the focus on…lnkd.in/ePCTnnyf

Very relevant and good report from the actuarial community IFoA General Insurance Community looking at the use of climate scenarios by companies when calculating and reporting #Climaterisk. If companies don't know how to use clim…lnkd.in/eaPRic9E lnkd.in/eGwP2HJ7

More good work being done to resolve some real and complex issues. Additionally and baselines are important topics to ensure the environmental integrity of carbon market mechanism. Understanding how these concepts interrelate at VCM and host country level…lnkd.in/euiZ-6ch

Please join me at this on line event to discuss insurance and its role in #climate and #ESG on Tuesday 11th at 3pm BST. Great fellow panellists and thanks to ESG Nexus and Dana Hanby for facilitating. lnkd.in/evYaXnSF

How can we increase the environmental integrity and financial security of the Voluntary Carbon Market #VCM? Some brief comments on the role of buffer pools and how insurance can help deal with the permanence / reversal risk. lnkd.in/e6EzgyBS

Good article by @dcabral_instech looking at the voluntary carbon markets, recognising the challenges of getting it right and considering the role of insurance in transferring risk. As David notes, the challenges are real but they are out-weighed by the…lnkd.in/eJTzR2y2

See some of you there I hope. lnkd.in/eq9DXGUt

This had escaped my attention so thanks to Jeremy T. Mathis, Ph.D. for pointing it out. The French government is opening up a public consultation to try and define a roadmap for climate change adaptation in a 4 degree C scenario…lnkd.in/e7Rt7Jyn lnkd.in/ebJZsbwT

Well said Rich Gilmore lnkd.in/eRCWZY3A

Well said @EnvMkts lnkd.in/eycJrH_r

Sensible comments as usual from @ClimateRoulette. A couple of points to note: 1) The Guardian article again repeats its claim that certain offsets were worthless and only says that Verra disputed this. I read both the accusations and the rebuttal. Verra…lnkd.in/e7hHk8kb

@boxsupport over the last 6 days I have sent you 2 messages via Twitter seeking urgent customer support. I have logged 4 requests on your website and sent 5 email. All marked urgent and business critical. Yet I have not had any response. Why?

The article below highlights why countries and communities can not and should not rely on handout by donor governments as a way to finance disasters. There always has been a shortfall in donor funding for disaster response. And eve…lnkd.in/e-FbyRie lnkd.in/ebKiSEQP

A lot of people have been asking me about the major insurers who have withdrawn from the Net-Zero Insurance Alliance. In short it is a shame that anti-trust regulations are being mobilised as an extension of the culture wars to pre…lnkd.in/eEwHckkr lnkd.in/eUsUXCg4

Here in Bilbao for the The World Bank #innovate4climate event. Do reach out if you’re here and would like to catch up and hear how Parhelion Underwriting Ltd is continuing to lead on insurance solutions for the #voluntarycarbonmarket and #climaterisk. lnkd.in/dvqqpSFh

Not wanting to reinvent the wheel, here is an excellent digest of thoughts and comments on the recent move by Zimbabwe to void all existing carbon offset deals. Zimbabwe is of course at the far end of the political risk spectrum but this action highlights…lnkd.in/ehV-BiGx

Parhelion Underwriting Ltd hosted a fantastic ideation workshop in Nairobi yesterday on de-risking and financing the #UNSDGs and delivering the Kenyan Nationally Determined Contribution #NDC and National Adaptation Plan. We managed to bring together rep…lnkd.in/eBVh9arS