In this first of a series of Climate Papers podcasts produced in conjunction with the UK Universities Climate Network we talk with experts Alyssa Gilbert from Imperial College London, Emily Shuckburgh from Cambridge Zero, Kris De Meyer from King’s College London and Craig Hutton from the University of Southampton to get an insight and introduction to climate risk and why it is so important to understand, quantify and mitigate it as far as possible. Building on the work of the Climate Risk project managed by Cambridge Zero (University of Cambridge) and the Grantham Institute, Imperial College London, the series will look at climate risk from a variety of angles – how it is assessed, communicated, and translated into action.