Climate
Climate change is creating complex financial risks as institutions assess the potential impact of physical hazards and the transition to a lower-carbon economy on businesses, markets and portfolios.
Risk.net explores the latest approaches to climate risk management, spanning physical and transition risk, scenario analysis and stress testing, climate modelling and data, regulation and disclosure, and the integration of climate considerations into lending, investment and risk management.
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A scientific approach to sovereign climate risk assessment
The challenges of calculating sovereign climate risk and the steps taken in this direction by Scientific Climate Ratings
Predictive risk for resilient portfolios: climate adaptation, valuation and strategy
Redefined responsibilities for financial advisers, building portfolios that can withstand change and ways to invest amid climate-related risks
The future is now: corralling diversity and complexity with ‘climate digital twin’ technology
This collaborative paper considers Riskthinking.AI and its solutions
Riding the storm: banking in the era of climate risk
Climate-related risk is playing an increasing role in banks’ future strategies, resilience and prosperity
Riding the storm: banking in the era of climate risk
Climate-related risk is playing an increasing role in banks’ future strategies, resilience and prosperity
Integrating climate into market and credit risk frameworks: what’s next?
A webinar on climate risk, discussing how and why it needs to be integrated into short-term risk assessments
Navigating technology integration in an altered buy-side risk landscape
Luke Armstrong discusses the expanding role of buy-side risk teams, the comprehensive integration of risk factors and how technology can help risk managers navigate a dynamically shifting risk landscape
Assessing the importance of liquidity and climate risk in an evolving risk landscape
In a Risk.net webinar sponsored by S&P Global Market Intelligence, five experts discussed the challenges that evolving risks pose and how the buy side is having to adapt its approach. This article examines the key themes that emerged from that discussion
Q&A: The evolution of climate risk assessment
Prerna Divecha of S&P Global Market Intelligence discusses the changing requirements for financial institutions in developing a robust and comprehensive view of climate risk
Climate risk models and metrics: what works and what doesn’t?
Panellists at Risk Live Europe 2023 discussed what has been achieved so far in climate risk stress-testing and modelling, alongside what needs tackling next
360° of climate: indexes for every objective
This white paper explores climate strategies targeting objectives – including low carbon, fossil fuel-free and net zero – to help investors respond to the risks and opportunities of the climate challenge
Climate risk: a more positive approach pays dividends
As the world grapples with the impacts of climate change, organisations are racing to keep up with new ESG disclosure requirements and climate risk analysis methodologies. But what separates those ahead of the curve from those that are lagging? The…
Incorporating climate risk into ALM frameworks at banks
In this webinar convened by Risk.net in collaboration with SS&C Algorithmics, experts discuss the challenges and benefits of incorporating climate risk into asset-liability management frameworks at banks
Complying with climate risk framework standards for streamlined processes
Financial institutions worldwide are actively studying ways they can integrate climate risk management into their more traditional risk frameworks
Banks and financial powerhouses map out climate risks
A day after the hottest Double Ninth Festival on record in Hong Kong, experts gathered at Asia Risk Live at the Ritz-Carlton to explore how banks can manage climate risk for a net-zero economy
ESG and climate risk: special report 2022
This Risk.net Environmental, social and governance (ESG) and climate risk special report brings together a collection of articles that explore the latest issues in assessing and managing ESG and climate risk. The tide is turning, with many more firms now…
Sustainable finance, Ibor transition and China bond investment take centre stage
Sustainable finance, moving to risk-free rates, and the further liberalisation of China’s capital markets will all remain a focus for Crédit Agricole CIB in Asia-Pacific
ESG strategies: special report 2021
This Risk.net special report comprises a series of articles that reflect on the latest initiatives for consistent standardised global frameworks for measuring ESG, consider the methodologies investors are using to make measurable progress for people and…
ESG strategy, investment and risk
Sponsored Q&A
Climate risk takes scenario analysis and stress-testing to the next level
Financial institutions are facing several challenges as they prepare for the transition risk journey that will see them evaluating their existing risk and finance solutions. Ludwig Dickens, client advisor, risk business consulting, at SAS discusses what…
Did COP26 deliver?
Jaspreet Duhra, S&P Dow Jones Indices (S&P DJI), explores the opportunities that came out of the 2021 UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow, and why S&P DJI will continue to produce rules-based indices that align with a 1.5° Celsius scenario