{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Risky Science Podcast","title":"Opening China’s Weather Risk Markets with climateHedge’s Jim Huang","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2547,"description":"China was once seen as a vast, untapped frontier for global risk finance — drawing interest from New York to London. Yet a combination of geopolitical headwinds and trade tensions has cooled expansion plans for many executives hoping to grow their Asian footprint.That hasn’t stopped real innovation — especially in weather and physical-risk finance, where the market potential is becoming increasingly difficult to ignore.In this episode, we speak with Jim Huang, founder of climateHedge, a firm with operations in both the U.S. and Shanghai. With a background in product strategy at the CME Group and a deep passion for opening Asian markets to weather-derivative trading, Jim is on a mission to educate the Chinese market. We discuss his on-the-ground progress so far — and how he sees weather derivatives, insurance, and reinsurance products evolving over the next decade.Risk Market Briefing: Inside China’s Bid to Industrialize Weather Risk Trading","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/3X78H4LzkYVdV3_JNhYpCkRuhSbbSSm8qcc9B0n2z2M/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS8zYzVh/YmVlMjFlNzE1OGUw/NjVhMTBjMDUwZWVk/YWI1NS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}