Articles | Volume 21, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2075-2017
https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-2075-2017
Research article
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19 Apr 2017
Research article |  | 19 Apr 2017

A water risk index for portfolio exposure to climatic extremes: conceptualization and an application to the mining industry

Luc Bonnafous, Upmanu Lall, and Jason Siegel

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ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (further review by Editor) (15 Feb 2017) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
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ED: Publish as is (16 Mar 2017) by Stefan Uhlenbrook
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Short summary
While water-risk management plans for economic assets are the norm on a local basis, it is possible that there is correlation in the climate induced portfolio water risk across operational sites. Therefore, from an investor's perspective, a need exists for a water risk index that allows for an exploration of the possible space and/or time clustering in exposure across many sites. This paper represents an attempt to develop such an index using long daily global modelled rainfall data sets.