Integrating Climate Risk Insights into Investment Decisions | Data ReFined #54
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In this edition:
Climate Risk Management
🛡️ The Social and Economic Implications of Physical Climate Risk
🛡️ Parametric Solutions for Solar and Wind Energy Companies
🛡️ Integrating Physical Climate Risk Data into Investment Decisions
🛡️ Why Companies Should Step Up Their Climate Resiliency Efforts
Carbon Finance & Digital MRV
🌳 UK Government Backs High-Integrity Carbon Markets
🌳 A Buyer’s Guide to J-REDD Credit Quality
🌳 Fintech Innovations in the Voluntary Carbon Market
🌳 Verra Launches First ICVCM-Approved Project in West Africa
Climate Data & Intelligence
🌎 Google Introduces Geospatial Reasoning to Enhance Climate Resilience
🌎 Columbia University Launches Interactive Climate Hazard Platform
🌎 New Satellite-Based Monitoring System Helps Safeguard Peru’s Rainforests
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The Social and Economic Implications of Physical Climate Risk
Cornell’s Global Labor Institute and Schroders have released a first-of-its-kind toolkit to guide investors in engaging companies on climate adaptation, focusing on the social and economic dimensions of physical climate risk.
Why this matters
This framework empowers investors to address climate resilience in sectors like apparel, where extreme weather poses significant risks to workers and supply chains.
Parametric Solutions for Solar and Wind Energy Companies
Arbol highlights how parametric insurance offers renewable energy companies a way to safeguard revenues against weather volatility, providing rapid, data-driven payouts when predefined conditions are met. Read more →
🛡️ Physical climate risk assessment platforms, such as Aegis, can help you understand climate-related financial risks and provide valuable insights for mandatory corporate climate disclosures.
Integrating Physical Climate Risk Data into Investment Decisions
UBS Asset Management, in collaboration with Nest and the Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, has developed a framework to integrate forward-looking physical climate risk data into investment decision-making, addressing the current gaps in corporate disclosures. Read more →
Why Companies Should Step Up Their Climate Resiliency Efforts
In a recent article, Julie Gorte of Impax Asset Management urges businesses to move beyond emissions targets and assess how their operations perform under climate disaster scenarios. Read more →
UK Government Backs High-Integrity Carbon Markets
The UK government has launched a consultation to formalize VCMI’s guidance and standards as best practices, signaling a stronger national push for high-integrity carbon markets and credible climate claims.
Why this matters
Endorsement from a major economy could boost confidence and participation in high-integrity carbon credit markets globally.
A Buyer’s Guide to J-REDD Credit Quality
Calyx Global’s checklist offers buyers a framework to assess the quality of jurisdictional REDD (J-REDD) credits, focusing on government actions, baseline setting, and leakage accounting. Read more →
🛰️ Digital measurement, verification, and reporting (dMRV) platforms like CYCLOPS provide the essential data needed to issue high-integrity carbon credits in global carbon markets.
Fintech Innovations in the Voluntary Carbon Market
The voluntary carbon market has seen a decline from a $2.1 billion peak in 2021 to $1.4 billion today. However, fintech innovations, including blockchain-based exchanges, are emerging as key players due to improved automated processes and more transparent data flows. Read more →
Verra Launches First ICVCM-Approved Project in West Africa
UK-based NGO Tree Aid has launched the Tond Tenga project in Burkina Faso, the first in the region to receive ICVCM approval through Verra’s new VM0047 methodology, focusing on land restoration and carbon sequestration through community-led agroforestry. Read more →
Google Introduces Geospatial Reasoning to Enhance Climate Resilience
Google Research has unveiled Geospatial Reasoning, a new initiative that combines generative AI with geospatial foundation models to accelerate problem-solving in areas like climate resilience and crisis response.
Why this matters
Making geospatial insights more accessible can empower a wider range of organizations to engage in effective climate risk assessment and mitigation strategies.
Columbia University Launches Interactive Climate Hazard Platform
Columbia Climate School’s National Center for Disaster Preparedness has launched an interactive tool that projects climate perils at the county level through mid- and late-century scenarios. Read more →
New Satellite-Based Monitoring System Helps Safeguard Peru’s Rainforests
Utilizing satellite data, researchers from the University of Sheffield have created a tool that detects subtle changes in Peru’s rainforest canopy, enabling authorities to pinpoint and address illegal logging swiftly. Read more →
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