Resource Database

The Climate Web is a comprehensive knowledge management system comprehensively covering climate risk and opportunity topics, including scenario planning.

This report explores the connection between climate hazards and financial risks in Australia and shares examples of corporate adaptation and investor engagement to build resilience.

This piece of research was published by PRI and global law firm Baker McKenzie as part of a series of country reviews examining how these voluntary recommendations integrate into existing regulation and soft law in specific markets. This paper looks at Japan.

In this edition of the blog series on the implication of climate change for various sectors, we explore the issues as they relate to power utilities. The TCFD has identified electric utilities as one of the sectors potentially most affected by climate change with a wide range of possible financial implications. As with the previous installment on the Financial Sector, this blog explores climate change risks and opportunities for power utilities, discussing both the financial and non-financial drivers and translating them into decision-useful considerations. This discussion will help provide clarity and propel internal discussions and management of climate-related risks and opportunities within the sector and beyond.

This first entry in Zizzo Strategy’s blog series explores the implications of climate change for various economic sectors and the organizations, and individuals within them. Climate change is recognized as a global challenge and a “threat multiplier” to other existing challenges. Climate change’s magnitude can make it seem like an overwhelming topic, especially if all you want to know is what the next steps should be for your organization or your specific role. Throughout this series, Zizzo will delve into the significance of climate change for particular sectors, discussing both the financial and non-financial impacts, and translating them into decision-useful considerations to provide clarity on relevant issues and help propel internal discussion and management of climate-related risks and opportunities. Each post will conclude with suggestions on next steps and tools you can use to prepare your organization for the challenges presented by climate change.

After the publication of the TCFD recommendations in June 2017, C2ES identified that companies needed support in implementing certain aspects of them – including how to use scenario analysis to assess climate-related risks and opportunities. This report identifies best practices that companies are employing. It also includes a discussion of some challenge areas, including how companies are navigating a more complex disclosure landscape, addressing legal concerns related to disclosure, and taking a holistic look at both transition and the physical risks of climate change.

The financial risk from carbon pricing schemes depends on a company’s carbon efficiency, location of operations, business model, and the market conditions of the sector. At present, many companies measure their carbon footprint, which is an essential first step in understanding carbon efficiency of past operations, but it has a blind spot in regard to future carbon pricing risk exposure. Because a significant share of carbon pricing risk could come from supply-chain activities and energy-intensive products, it is essential for companies to account for companies to account for their carbon risk beyond their direct operations. Meaningful disclosure by companies on future carbon risk, as recommended by the TCFD, will help decision-making of investors and help accelerate mainstream green finance.

This database contains examples of emerging practice in Integrated Reporting that illustrate how organizations are currently reporting concise information about how their strategy, governance, performance and prospects, in the context of their external environment, leading to the creation of value over the short, medium and long term.

This blog considers how the TCFD recommendations can support sustainability experts to elevate the impact of climate volatility onto their Board's agenda.

This piece of research outlines the key challenges for banks in assessing and disclosing climate change risk as based on initial stages of the UNEP FI project supported by Mercer and Oliver Wyman. The TCFD recommendations are aimed to assess the impact of climate change on bank performance, however, many will face challenges in implementing the recommendations.

This report tracks the progress of RE100 member companies working towards their 100% goals, provides key annual findings of RE100, and gives insights into some of the most critical issues around the role of businesses in future energy markets.

This paper highlights the extraordinary pace and variety of change in the world, and the resulting fractures in global cooperation. For businesses, the report raises critical questions about building resilience and adaptability in the face of these seemingly unmanageable risks.