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Submission on Proposed Climate Risk Management Guideline by the Autorité des marchés financiers’ (AMF)
The Autorité des marchés financiers’ Climate Risk Management Guideline is an important acknowledgement that climate-related risks can significantly affect the safety and soundness of Québec-regulated financial institutions, in turn affecting the integrity of the Canadian financial system. The Canada Climate Law Initiative has three recommendations that will amplify Autorité des marchés financiers’ (AMF) protection of […]
Read moreClimate tech for industrial decarbonisation: What role for insurers?
This Geneva Association report examines the barriers to commercialising new climate technologies for global decarbonisation and the role re/insurers can play as both risk managers and investors.
Read moreInteroperability considerations for GHG emissions when applying GRI Standards and ISSB Standards
This document illustrates the areas of interoperability between GRI 305: Emissions 2016 (GRI 305) and IFRS S2 Climate-related Disclosures (IFRS S2) that a company should consider when measuring and disclosing Scope 1, Scope 2 and Scope 3 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in accordance with both Standards.
Read moreClimate risk assessments must engage with the law
Climate-related financial risk is the dominant frame through which many companies, investors, and regulators engage with climate change. The authors argue that developments in legal action mean that the basis for these assessments, which focus on physical and transition risks, is no longer accurate. Accounting for the legal system substantially alters the distribution of climate-related […]
Read moreFrom Risk to Reward: The Business Imperative to Finance Climate Adaptation and Resilience
This report by BCG articulates a framework for how businesses can invest in adaptation and resilience, especially in emerging markets and developing economies. To protect private sector assets and the workforces they rely on, businesses can zero in on specific investments in adaptation that are producing at-market or above-market returns, and fast-track those returns by […]
Read moreNature and social aspects of climate-related risks and opportunities
IFRS S2 requires an entity to disclose information about its climate-related risks and opportunities. Entities might identify climate-related risks and opportunities at the nexus of climate and nature (for example, those related to water or deforestation), as well as those closely associated with socioeconomic aspects, such as the just transition to a lower-carbon economy. Stakeholders […]
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