JBA Risk Management, a specialist company focused on flood hazard modelling and climate risk analytics, has introduced a new suite of global flood maps that incorporate climate change projections.
The tools are designed to help insurers, investors, corporates, and other stakeholders assess how physical flood risk may shift over time.
According to JBA Risk Management, the new maps extend its existing climate risk offering by enabling users to visualise potential changes in flood exposure under different future climate scenarios. The datasets are intended to support decision-making related to investment strategy, asset valuation, and regulatory reporting requirements.
JBA Risk Management states that the product supports both individual site-level analysis and wider portfolio assessments. Users can examine spatial variations in flood risk, identify higher-risk locations, and compare outcomes across multiple climate pathways.
The company explains that the modelling approach is built on its established global flood mapping framework, with the addition of climate model–derived change factors. Rather than applying uniform adjustments to current flood conditions, the method modifies flood behaviour in line with projected climate signals, allowing for scenario-based analysis of future risk trends.
JBA Risk Management adds that the new climate change flood maps are designed to work alongside its wider suite of climate-related products, including datasets providing flood depth estimates, risk scores, and pricing-related information, as well as its global flood models adjusted for climate conditions.
The tools are available as standalone products or as part of an integrated offering, allowing users to tailor the level of insight required. Coverage includes river, surface water, and coastal flood hazards on a global scale.
Judith Ellison, Head of Business Development, JBA Risk Management, said: “Our climate change flood maps provide a visual representation of the same future flood risk science that underpins our data and models. For many organisations, seeing how risk patterns change spatially is critical to understanding what climate scenarios actually mean for assets, portfolios and long‑term decisions.
“By adding a map‑based view across river, surface water and coastal flooding, we are giving clients another way to interrogate future flood risk and connect detailed analysis to strategic planning.”
