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Two startups backed by CGFI in The Greenhouse accelerator
Two startups in the new cohort of the Greenhouse accelerator will be supported by the UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI). Biofonic and Fidata have just embarked on Cohort 7 of the leading climate innovation accelerator programme.
Transition Plan Taskforce’s mandate extended
via the Transition Plan Taskforce The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) was announced at COP26 in Glasgow and launched in April 2022 with a two-year mandate
Enabling Data-Driven Investment in Adaptation and Nature: Introducing the Resilient Planet Data Hub
Enter the Resilient Planet Data Hub. Launched at COP28, the Hub provides high quality, globally consistent, open climate and nature risk and resilience data, accessible to all. Discover the Hub’s work in this blog from the CGFI and ECI team.
Podcast: Geospatial Data, Climate Risk and Financial-Decisionmaking in Spatial Finance – Climind
Christophe Christiaen, Head of the Spatial Finance Initiative, discussed spatial finance with Climind’s “Talks at Climind” podcast.
CGFI at COP28
Experts from across the CGFI will be on the ground in Dubai throughout COP28.
8th October – What comes next after CBES, and what role for integrated climate-nature risk analysis?
Join leading researchers, mortgage providers and data and analytics businesses at the CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub to network and share challenges and opportunities around climate data and analytics.
Greenhouse Demo Day
Interested in climate innovation? Join us on 19th September to celebrate The Greenhouse Demo Day, as the sixth cohort of The Greenhouse’s ambitious climate positive start-ups graduate.
Green Fintech 2.0 report launch and networking event
Join us in London on 11th July for the launch of our Green Fintech 2.0 report, followed by networking drinks.
Climate Investment Challenge 2024 Finale
CIC finalists pitched their innovative solutions in the CIC finale, with awards including the Data Analytics Prize for solutions applying data and analytics to climate/financial challenges.
CGFI Annual Forum 2024
The third CGFI Annual Forum 2024, a full-day event in the heart of London, brought together leading experts across industry, government and academia. The Forum explored emerging trends in research, policy and innovation for the greening of finance and the latest science, data and analytical solutions relevant for financial institutions.
Building Societies Association Annual Conference: Exploration and advancement of climate risk analytics for the building society sector
The CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub team are leading a session on climate and environmental risk analytics for finance, at the Building Society Association (BSA)’s Annual Conference on 8th May.
Scaling up Green Fintech 2.0: Insights from our CGFI report launch
On 11th July 2024, CGFI launched its ground-breaking Green Fintech 2.0 report in London. Get the insights from the launch and panel discussion with industry.
Collaboration for Impact: Exploration and Advancement of Climate Risk Analytics for the Building Society Sector
The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) Leeds Innovation Hub hosted a breakout session at the Building Societies Annual Conference. Learn more about the findings and discussions here.
Green Fintech 2.0: Next Generation Climate and Environmental Analytics to Accelerate Green Finance
Our “Green Fintech 2.0: Next Generation Climate and Environmental Analytics to Accelerate Green Finance” report is the first of its kind to explore the current landscape and evolution of green fintech analytics companies in the UK.
Building on our database of 200 UK-based green fintech businesses, we present an overview of the most popular product categories, funding received, growth stage, regional distribution, notable acquisitions and more.
Collaborating for Impact: Bridging the gap between climate science and insurance industry practice
Table of Contents The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI) Leeds Innovation Hub, in collaboration with the Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS), hosted an
Blog: Credible firm-level transition plans need credible national actions
There has been a steady increase in the number of climate-related corporate commitments to align business models with the Paris Agreement. While many of these commitments are not backed by clear action plans, transition plans detailing how these goals would be achieved are becoming more common.
A key prerequisite for corporate transition plans to be credible is country-level actions. In each sector, public action can support (or hinder) the transition. Policies targeted toward the workforce and the population can also impact firm-level transition plans. Assessment of firms’ transition plans also requires assessing national commitments and transition plans. Legal frameworks and civil society engagement are key elements to hold countries accountable.
An input–output sensitivity analysis of climate–economy integrated assessment models
This paper analyses the underlying interactions between input and output variables of three process–based climate–economy integrated assessment models according to a standardised sub- set of social and economic input variables, and how they contribute to variability in scenario outputs.
