Authoritative Climate Projections for Strategic Planning and Investment
INTRODUCING FORTY2 SCIENCE
Our world is challenged by a need for socio-economic transformation in response to climate change.
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Adaptation to a new reality will require changes across all aspects of human endeavour, from global energy usage and governance through to local decisions taken by individuals.
This is a global problem that requires local solutions, presenting unique challenges for strategic planning, decision-making and risk mitigation at the local level.
It is the mission of Forty2 Science to enable society-wide adaptation to climate change by making available high resolution, accurate projections of climate and climate-related futures, empowering informed decision-making at all levels of the community.
Forty2 Science was established in 2021 by world-leading scientists and mathematicians following highly successful research careers in academia.
It is not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change.
Charles Darwin
The name Forty2 Science reflects our pursuit of answers to everything, using a uniquely flexible approach to gain expert data and knowledge for any subject. The original 42 books of Thoth, the Egyptian God of Wisdom, allegedly contained all knowledge and were hidden at the bottom of the Nile.
CLIMATE PROJECTIONS
Climate driven socio-economic transition requires widespread adoption of new planning approaches.
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Strategists and investors need information based on a reliable understanding of future climate and its local consequences across a 2-50 year planning/investment time horizon.
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Forty2 Science combines big data and advanced models with real-world observations to provide clients with reliable climate and climate-related projections.
Accurate
Moving beyond theoretical predications to integrate real-world weather observations
Unbiased
Based on consensus of up to 50 IPCC-validated models to minimize model-specific errors or extremes
Location-Specific
Describing local geography at a resolution approaching a standard household block
User-Directed
Client-specification of geographical locations and climate-related thresholds for risk and opportunity
Global in Coverage
Enabling standardisation, international benchmarking and comparability across geographies
TURNING CLIMATE PROJECTIONS INTO ACTION
The interface between the changing climate and human enterprise takes the form of Risk to existing activities, including legal liability, and Opportunity for the creation of new socio-economic purpose.
Forty2 Science exploits our deep connections with international researchers to Translate our climate projections into quantitative assessments of risk/opportunity for the environment and human activity.
Proprietary algorithms provide a quantitative assessment of climate-based risk to existing infrastructure and activities including:
Five first-generation products that assess Fire Risk, Flood Risk, Heat Risk, Vegetation and Land Use
Client-specified areas ranging from geographic regions to site-specific locations the size of a housing block
Quantitative calculation of climate, physical, environmental and physiological conditions to risk ratings
Measurable mitigation strategies based on modification of physical and environmental conditions and human behaviour
Opportunities for new industries/land uses in climate-sensitive regions are captured within proprietary algorithms that:
Indicate the suitability of a wide range of commercial activities including crops, horticulture, animals, housing and energy generation/storage
Quantify the effects of climatic change on human, animal and vegetation health
Assess the impact of interventions such as irrigation, shade/cooling and pest management
Location-Specific climate and climate-related projections
Risks & Opportunity
Risk Mitigation & Actions
Forty2 Science Model
Translation
Expert Advice
Fire
Flood
Heat
Vegetation
Land Use
Options
Expert Advice
Fire-resistant plantings
Levees/WSUD
Tree plantings
Irrigation
Infrastructure location/design
Crop choices
CLIENTS
Forty2 Science climate and climate-associated projections are important for decision-makers engaged in management, strategic planning and/or investment in climate-sensitive activities. In particular:
Managers, investors and insurers responsible for infrastructure exposed to climate-associated risk
Investors and landowners exposed to climate-sensitive economic risk that requires either mitigation to preserve existing activities or replacement with new industries
Managers and investors of enterprises where depreciation schedules may be accelerated by future climate
Strategic planners and consultants responsible for determining how long-term investment can be matched to a future that differs progressively from the present
PEOPLE & CAPABILITY
Forty2 Science has assembled a team of world-class mathematicians, statisticians, scientists and software engineers.
The Founders were educated at Oxford, Cambridge and Harvard Universities, include 2 former state Scientists of the Year and are recipients of the highest individual and team research awards in Australia. The team is extensively connected across a broad spectrum of leading researchers at the world’s finest universities, and experienced in start-up formation, commercialisation and client service.
PARTNERSHIPS
Forty2 Science works in close partnership with clients and research providers to ensure that our products are world-class, up to date and matched to user needs.
Product Design and Delivery
Forty2 Science has established deep partnerships with existing clients to drive advanced product development for their specific needs. A formalised governance structure ensures that the design and delivery of Forty2 Science products is informed by real-world expertise, and matched to requirements for strategic planning and application.
Expert Advice
A proprietary model for engagement with leading researchers underpins the translation of the Forty2 Science climate projections into specialist advice on Risk/Opportunity and Use/Application. This model has proven attractive to researchers across a wide range of specialist areas and also to institutions.