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Investors call for ‘double down’ on energy transition
The overhaul of the global energy system may represent the single biggest investment opportunity in history, reports the Financial Times. However, as the energy transition
Transition Plan Taskforce Call for Evidence
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has launched a Call for Evidence on a Sector-Neutral Framework for private sector transition plans. The consultation period closes on
A sectoral approach to tackling sustainability data quality and integrity in sustainable finance
The data used in the analysis of sustainability-related factors has much room for improvement. Data quality affects our ability to understand exposures to different climate
HM Treasury launches UK Transition Plan Taskforce
HM TREASURY LAUNCHES UK TRANSITION PLAN TASKFORCE UK Transition Plan Taskforce launched by the Economic Secretary in speech at City Week. Taskforce will develop rigorous
Compound Wind and Flood Events Collaborative Workshop Summary
Compound Wind and Flood events collaborative Workshop Summary (14th March 2022) Dr Hannah Bloomfield This workshop was jointly hosted at the University of Reading by
The EU taxonomy needs rescuing – Ben Caldecott comments
The EU taxonomy, a system for identifying what economic activities count as sustainable, has been in the spotlight since the news broke on new year’s
CGFI Annual Forum
The Annual Forum will focus on the role of data, analytics and innovation to advance green finance and capture the opportunities for the UK. The
Say on Climate
Say on Climate 23 February 2022 | Westminster The ‘Say on Climate’ initiative asks companies to set out their strategy to manage the transition to
Finance and Biodiversity: Business@Biodiversity Sweden
Finance and Biodiversity with Business@Biodiversity Sweden 17 March 2022 | Online Christophe Christiaen is joining the Digital network event: Finance and Biodiversity, which will bring together speakers
Trends In AI4ESG
Trends in AI4ESG 24 February 2022 | Online Christophe Christiaen, Innovation and Impact Lead for the Spatial Finance Initiative, will join an online event exploring
Launch event: Green Finance Innovation Network
Launch event: Green Finance Innovation Network Monday 28 February 2022, 12:00 – 18:15 | Nexus, Discovery Way, Leeds, LS2 3AA The Green Finance Innovation Network at
GRiF Technical Talks – The Challenge Fund: Innovation in Risk Financing
GRiF Technical Talks: The Challenge Fund: Innovation in Risk Financing Wednesday 12 January, 8am | Online Deputy director of CGFI Nicola Ranger gave the opening
Discussion Paper: “Aligning Finance with Climate-resilient Development”
Achieving climate-resilient economies and societies will not only require increasing the billions of financial flows for adaptation, but also to shift broader — public and
A global inventory of photovoltaic solar energy generating units
An important new asset-level study focused on identifying solar PV assets globally using earth observation and machine learning by Lucas Kruitwagen, co-founder at Oxford Earth Observation, has
Report: State and Trends of Spatial Finance
Spatial finance is the integration of geospatial data and analysis into financial theory and practice. This report, published 14 July 2021, is the Spatial Finance
Asset-level Data Annual Meeting 2020 Report
On 8th June 2020, the GeoAsset Project at the University of Oxford, as part of the Spatial Finance Initiative, partnered with 2° Investing Initiative to
Climate Risk Analysis from Space
Remote sensing, machine learning, and the future of measuring climate-related risk Accurate asset-level data can dramatically enhance the ability of investors, regulators, governments, and civil
Establishing the world’s best framework for climate-related and sustainability-related financial disclosures
City of London Green Finance Initiative Working Group on Data, Disclosure and Risk The introduction of a comprehensive and world-leading UK climate-related and sustainability-related financial
