Axion: Extreme Events Hotspots

Table of Contents

• Navigation
• Extreme Events Hotspots
  • Extreme Events Climate Filters
  • Regional Hotspots
  • Overall Extreme Events
  • Extreme Events
  • Facilities
  • World Map
• Facility Summary
• Filters

Navigation

• Navigate to Insights and select Worldly Axion.
• This takes you to the Worldly Axion Overview page.

Select the Hotspots tab.

Extreme Events Hotspots 

Hotspot charts help you pinpoint the impact of your emissions. Browse through the charts to get overall summaries by regions, facilities, and emissions source distribution. 

The Extreme Events Risk Area has the following hotspots:

• Extreme Events Climate Filters
• Regional Hotspots
• Overall Extreme Events
• Extreme Events
• Facilities
• World Map

Extreme Events Climate Filters

Filter data by climate scenario and time line to explore the changing impact and distribution of extreme events on your facilities. Options available are:

• Low Emissions / Net Zero 2050 Aligned (SSP1-2.6)
• Moderate Emissions / Policy Progress (SSP2-4.5)
• High Emissions / Limited Progress (SSP5-8.5)

Near Term 2025–2030: Short-term climate outlook to support immediate planning and adaptation.

Medium Term 2031–2035: Mid-range projection for assessing medium-horizon risks and strategies.

Long Term 2036–2040: Long-range view to evaluate future climate risks and long-term resilience needs.

A full description of SSP scenarios is available in the Methodology.

Regional Hotspots

View a breakdown of the % of the facilities in a given country that are at high risk from different extreme events.

A higher number indicates more facilities located in regions with elevated climate hazards. This view helps identify geographic concentrations of climate risk and supports prioritisation of adaptation or relocation strategies.

• Production Volume kg: Facility production volume in kg
• Production Volume pc/pr: Facility production volume in pc/pr
• No. Workers: The number of workers at the facilities in the selected country

Source for the above: Higg FEM

• Fac. High Fire Risk %: The percentage of facilities projected to have a high risk of disruption caused by wildfires within the selected time period. 

Source: Global Fire Atlas, CMIP6 & PVI

• Fac. High Wind Risk %: The percentage of facilities projected to have a high risk of disruption caused by extreme wind speeds within the selected time period. 

Source: CORDEX & CMIP6

• Fac. High Flood Risk %: The percentage of facilities projected to have a high risk of disruption caused by flooding within the selected time period. 

Source: CMIP6, CaMa v4 & EFAS

• Fac. Near Historic Fire %: The percentage of facilities in proximity to a historic fire event.

Source: Global Fire Atlas

Extreme Events

This section provides a combined extreme event risk exposure score, which includes the potential risk from fire, flooding and extreme wind. Please refer to the Methodology for a full explanation of how this is calculated.

Stacked bars show the proportion of facilities in each country, factory type or production process that fall into different exposure risk levels. The donut chart gives an overview of the total distribution across all categories shown in the above bar chart. Higher risk levels indicate both increased damage as well as greater potential disruption to operations.

This view helps you identify which regions may need more attention for climate resilience planning.

Source: Global Fire Atlas, CMIP6, PVI, CORDEX, CaMa v4 & EFAS

Facilities

This section provides a detailed table of individual facilities and their exposure to different types of extreme event risk: flood, fire, wind, and proximity to historic wildfire zones.

Each risk type is shown using a qualitative scale of Very Low to Very High. A checkmark under “Near Historic Fire” indicates that the facility is located close to areas with a history of wildfire events.

Use this table to scan and compare facility-level vulnerabilities and sort by different risk levels to prioritise where action may be needed most.

Click on the blue facility name to open the Facility Summary to explore data visually and identify outliers or trends.

Source: Global Fire Atlas, CMIP6, PVI, CORDEX, CaMa v4 & EFAS

World Map

Use the interactive map to analyze regions and facilities with the highest risk and opportunity.

The colored gradient legend shows the carbon intensity of facilities. As carbon intensity increases, the color changes from green (very low carbon intensity) to red (very high carbon intensity).

Click on the color coded facility to switch to the Facility Summary to explore data visually and identify outliers or trends.

Facility Summary 

The Facility Summary can be found by:

1. Selecting the blue facility name on the Facilities table
   
2. Selecting the color coded facility on the World Map.
   

Facility Section

This section provides a snapshot summary of all available metrics for the specific facility selected. Facility data is provided for the most recent assessment submitted. Heat and Extreme Event risk ratings are calculated using the Climate scenario SSP2-4.5 and for near term (2025-2030) timescales. Full details can be found in the Methodology.

Facility Summary

This section displays specific headline metrics in a radar chart, contrasting the selected supplier data with all other suppliers.

Carbon 

This section displays emissions data and existing targets, which can be further interrogated in Direct and Indirect groupings by the emissions graph below. Available scenarios are:

• Low Emissions / Net Zero 2050 Aligned (NGFS Net Zero 2050)
• Moderate Emissions / Policy Progress (NGFS Nationally Determined Contributions)
• High Emissions / Limited Progress (NGFS Current Policies)

The doughnut chart displays a breakdown of the carbon emissions fuel sources by %.

Energy 

This section displays energy intensity data and existing targets. The country and facility grid mix fuel sources are displayed by % in the bar chart and doughnut graph below.

Water 

This section displays water intensity metrics, current water risk exposure and vulnerability ratings, existing water reduction targets and water sources by % in the doughnut chart below.

Heat 

This section summarizes the number of Heat Discomfort and Stress warning days, whether climate control is in operation at the facility and the % of productivity at risk.

Extreme Events

This section provides the facility direct risk rating for each of the main physical risk hazards considered on this platform; flood, wildfire and extreme wind.

Filters

The left-hand filter column automatically updates all metrics throughout the dashboard to reflect the filtered data set. Filters that are applied once are applied to all tabs within Worldly Axion. The dashboard filters enable users to organize and slice the data to quickly determine which facilities are best suited for intervention.

Adjust these filters to model different future states by country, facility type, production process and year. This enables more specific scenarios by facility, region or other combination of facilities based on filters. Further detail on how these metrics are defined can be found in the Methodology.