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• BYO Umbrella: The Trillion-Dollar Adaptation Opportunity

  October 2, 2026 · 21 min

  Climate adaptation is already a trillion-dollar market, and it's set to keep growing — but most companies aren't labelling it as one. We map where the real opportunity sits, how to tell durable demand from a good story, and why backing…

• The Gap Between Climate Shock and Recognition

  September 18, 2026 · 17 min

  AT&T filed many weather-related 8-Ks before it finally named hurricanes as a business risk in its annual report. It isn't an outlier: more than 80% of companies acknowledge physical climate risk is material, but fewer than a third lay out…

• Riding Shotgun: Mega IPOs and Founder Control

  September 11, 2026 · 14 min

  Founders are increasingly keeping outsized voting control when companies like SpaceX go public. In this episode, we explore how this growing trend, known as control skew, has lined up with performance across a decade of major US…

• Can AI Really Extract Emissions Data?

  August 21, 2026 · 22 min

  An AI agent can pull emissions data in seconds. But can it tell you whether two companies’ numbers actually mean the same thing? We look at the risks hiding behind AI’s speed and precision. Host: Bentley Kaplan, MSCI R&D Guest: Tanguy…

• Sustainable Finance Summit, Part 4: Rheia Khalaf and Harlan Tufford

  July 29, 2026 · 30 min

  This is the episode four of four we did in partnership with Finance Montreal, recording panelists at their Sustainable Finance Summit. And, fittingly, this last one is on AI. In this episode, Rheia Khalaf, who leads financial sector…

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