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This publication summarizes the findings of the Climate Risk Management Study for the Port of Manzanillo in Mexico. The analysis includes estimates of the financial impacts of climate change on the Port over the coming decades, if no action is taken to adapt.

This report looks at the economic and financial impacts of climate risk over the next five years from 2015 in order to identify opportunities for reducing climate-related investment risks.

The Guidance developed by IPIECA aims to assist oil and gas companies in developing and enhancing the quality and consistency of their sustainability reporting. This includes information on climate change, and governance and management systems.

This report published by the OECD and CDSB takes stock of mandatory climate change reporting schemes in G20 countries and identifies commonalities and divergences between the various schemes.

The Aqueduct Global Flood Analyzer is a web-based interactive platform which measures river flood impacts by urban damage, affected GDP, and affected population at the country, state, and river basin scale across the globe. It aims to raise the awareness about flood risks and climate change impacts by providing open access to global flood risk data free of charge.

This guidance document published by WRI, 2Dii and UNEP-FI reviews the strategies and metrics available to investors seeking to measure and improve the climate friendliness of their portfolios, defined as the intent to reduce GHG emissions and aid the transition to a low-carbon economy through investment activities.

This study aims to gain further insight into the investment implications for climate change. The report provides the estimated return implications under four climate scenarios and four climate risk factors, modelled between 2015 and 2050, with commentary on the specific implications for the NYSCRF.

The Paris Agreement is an agreement within the framework of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) dealing with greenhouse gases emissions mitigation, adaptation and finance starting in the year 2020.

Climate risk management is a process for incorporating knowledge and information about climate-related events, trends, forecasts and projections into decision making to increase or maintain benefits and reduce potential harm or losses. It is a multidisciplinary activity that calls for an integrated consideration of socioeconomic and environmental issues.

The Energy Multi-Criteria Analysis (MCA) tool allows energy decision makers and planners to conduct a comprehensive and integrated assessment of the major energy challenges of the 21st century and, in so doing, to make more informed choices about the sustainable energy development pathways on which they will embark in the future.

This article examines how growing scarcity of freshwater due to rising water demands and a changing climate is increasingly seen as a major risk for the global economy.