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Summary of and commentary upon responses to TCFD Guidance from financial regulators, issuers, institutional investors, credit rating agencies, and voluntary sustainability reporting frameworks. The responses from financial regulators indicate that they largely favor international regulatory alignment.

Climate change is already having profound effects on world economies. Disruptions and costs associated with extreme events, sea level rise, heat waves, ecological degradation and resource scarcity will only increase as global warming progresses, and far outweigh any short term costs of meaningful climate action. In this Bootcamp, instructors will lay out the basic economic argument for businesses and governments to tackle climate change mitigation and adaptation, and show such action can safeguard the stability of our societies in generations to come.

From global supply chain disruptions to local power outages, from rising commodity prices to facilities flooding, climate change hazards and their cascading effects can have major consequences on companies’ financial results. This course addresses whether and how climate risks should be included in public disclosure and reports. Course curriculum includes a methodical breakdown of climate impacts, and an overview of legal requirements and best practices in disclosure and reporting through a combination of interactive discussions and scenario analyses.

This report updates CDP’s research and League Table for diversified miners, first published in November 2015. It ranks 12 of the largest publicly listed diversified miners (by market capitalization) on business readiness for a low-carbon economy transition. The areas assessed in the CDP League Table are aligned with the TCFD recommendations.

This input paper describes insights and shares environmental risks analyses conducted in banking, bond markets, among institutional investors and insurance firms as well as financial authorities.

This report by CDP discusses trends in carbon pricing usage including how companies use it and how it supports integration of climate risk into business planning.

This report from CICERO Climate Finance identifies the biggest risks of climate change that require the immediate attention of investors. It finds that some physical impacts are already happening earlier than anticipated and new ones are expected in the time horizon used by investors. It provides guidance on scenarios for stress-testing is also provided.

This is a recent study by Acclimatise for the IDB’s PROADAPT program, shows that assessing climate change risks and their effects helps businesses better understand their supply chains and strengthen their resilience, and in that process, give them a competitive advantage in the market.

The Reporting Exchange is a free online platform that provides information about over 1,750 sustainability reporting requirements and resources. Use this tool to find out what, when and how to report wider sustainability issues, including climate related reporting requirements. It includes information about regulations, standards, guidance and tools that help companies report ESG information.

This paper is a briefing note prepared by Acclimatise ahead of a TCFD-led conference on 'Climate Scenarios, Financial Risk and Strategic Planning' in 2017. It provides insight into the role of scenarios in physical risk assessment, including what scenario analysis can and cannot offer without the context of disclosure and as a strategic business-planning tool.

This paper describes the impact of climate risks and opportunities on businesses and argues that if the current momentum, built from the market, is supported by public policies it could help mature the practice faster and lead it to gain significant prominence in a shorter period of time.

This paper defines suggested new standard ESG and integrated ratios and notes. Indicators were selected through a combination of the recently published ESG reporting guidelines from the London Stock Exchange, incl. FTSE Russell’s recommendations of generic indicators and the Nasdaq Nordic & Baltic, combined with the research results from a study that was performed in 2016 for UNCTAD/ISAR.