1. collections

Assessing and disclosing climate-related financial risk

Image

Introduction

Physical climate risk has emerged as a prominent threat to the financial sector and the global economy. Understanding investments’ exposure to risk from climate hazards is a critical step toward building resilience.

Share this
www.preventionweb.net/quick/65549 Copy to clipboard

Knowledge base

Updates

Bank of Canada begins disclosing climate-related risks

The Bank of Canada began disclosing climate-related risks to its operations and balance sheet this week – a move intended to inspire other financial institutions to raise their game on climate-related disclosure.
Globe and Mail, the
Research briefs

Wildfire threats not commonly disclosed by U.S. firms despite risk to economy

Public companies bury such risks, UC Davis researchers suggest.
University of California, Davis
Cover
Documents and publications
2022

Sovereign climate and nature reporting: Proposal for a risks and opportunities disclosure framework

The purpose of this report is to raise awareness and initiate a discussion on the need for sovereign sustainability reporting.
World Bank, the
Updates

NZ biggest firms will soon have to disclose their climate risk – but will it really curb climate change?

Climate change has many catastrophic consequences, including droughts, floods, wildfires, heat waves, rising sea levels and biodiversity loss. These all have adverse implications for social cohesion, economic development and financial stability.
Conversation Media Group, the
This image shows the first page of the publication.
Documents and publications
2022

Results of the 2021 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES)

The Bank of England (Bank) has published the results of the Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario to explore the financial risks posed by climate change for the largest UK banks and insurers (participants).
Bank of England
Documents and publications
2021

Climate change - a looming challenge for the world, and now the banks

This paper discusses how banks can prepare for future technological innovations, with a focus on the post-trade process where we see most of the ongoing and planned activities taking place. It also presents an outlook into the coming years and

CAPCO
Updates

EXCLUSIVE-Fed privately presses big banks on risks from climate change

Fed supervisors have begun pressing large lenders to detail the measures they are taking to understand how climate-related events could impact their loan books.
Thomson Reuters
Documents and publications
2021

Adapting central bank operations to a hotter world: Reviewing some options

This report discusses how under all possible scenarios, climate-related risks will have consequences for the economic outlook, for the financial system in which central banks operate and, thus, for the conduct of monetary policy. The timing and severity

The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System Banque de France
Updates

New Zealand introduces climate change law for financial firms in world first

The new law will require banks, insurers and investment managers to report the climate impacts of their businesses and explain how they will manage risks.
Thomson Reuters
Updates

Flying blind: What do investors really know about climate change risks in the U.S. equity and municipal debt markets?

New report assesses how rising concerns about climate change affect disclosures to financial markets.
Brookings Institution, the