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China Eyes Weather Derivatives Market to Hedge Climate Risks

Investors in the US can tap exchange-listed options to protect against abnormally hot or cold days, but there’s currently no meaningful system in the Asian nation.

Soldiers help local residents remove debris as flood recedes in Guizhou Province on June 29.

Source: VCG

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When there’s volatile weather, revenues of energy and agricultural companies can be put at risk. And when that risk exists, there’s an incentive to mitigate it somehow.