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TPT updates on building momentum for transition plans
The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) has announced sectors selected for additional guidance to supplement its Disclosure Framework, as well as headlines from its consultation on the draft Framework.
Matt Scott joins CGFI as first Executive Director
Matt Scott is a leading global authority on greening finance and leads day-to-day management of the CGFI team. He is based at the Smith School, University of Oxford.
Climate Investment Challenge Final 2023
The UKCGFI is supporting the Data Analytics Prize as part of the Climate Investment Challenge (CIC). Find out more about the Grand Finale and results.
Global Resilience Index Initiative secures new agreements and funding to provide open, globally consistent climate risk data
The UNDRR, Insurance Development Forum, the University of Oxford and the GEM Foundation signed a new agreement to advance the Global Resilience Index Initiative (GRII) and establish a Global Resilience Hub to help countries, financial institutions and investors, map and quantify their current and future climate and disaster risks and demonstrate the benefits of investing in resilience.
CGFI research cited in the Economic Report of the President 2023
CGFI research by Dr Nicola Ranger has been cited in the Economic Report of the President (ERP) 2023.
UK Green Finance Strategy 2023 – CGFI announces development of new Transition Finance Centre of Excellence
The CGFI will develop a new Transition Finance Centre of Excellence, announced in the UK Government’s new Green Finance Strategy.
13th October: GEO BON 2023 – Innovative uses of Earth Observation products to support nature finance challenges
10-13th October 2023 | Montreal See more Christophe Christiaen (CGFI Head of Impact and Innovation) is speaking at the GEO BON Global Conference: Monitoring Biodiversity
12th October: Sustainable Futures Conference
Matt Scott, CGFI Executive Director, will be speaking at Sustainable Future Conference on Thursday 12th October, sharing his thoughts on the future of transition planning.
9th October: The Transition Plan Taskforce – Final Disclosure Framework Launch
9th October, 8.30am | Online Register to watch The Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) are launching their best practice Disclosure Framework for climate transition plans, jointly
28th September: New Frontiers in Climate Finance Conference – Imperial College Centre for Climate Finance and Investment
The Centre for Climate Finance and Investment at Imperial College is holding the New Frontiers in Climate Finance Conference on 28th September features CGFI speakers.
UNEP FI Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Europe
The UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)’s Regional Roundtable on Sustainable Finance for Europe on 12-13 September 2023 in Madrid, Spain, featured CGFI’s Dr Nicola Ranger.
6th Annual GRASFI Conference
23-25th August 2023 | Yale University, USA Full programme The 6th Annual Conference of the Global Research Alliance for Sustainable Finance and Investment (GRASFI) featured
Aligning Finance with Adaptation and Resilience Goals – Targets and Metrics for Financial Institutions: Technical Note
A new Global Resilience Index Initiative synthesis and preliminary analysis of targets and metrics for aligning finance with climate-resilient development.
Insurance and Climate Science – Research, Analytics and Grand Challenges
On 19th April, the CGFI and Royal Meteorological Society (RMetS) Insurance Special Interest Group (SIG), welcomed practitioners and experts from research, insurance and analytics businesses for a CGFI Connect event.
Blog: What if it’s a perfect storm? Stronger evidence that insurers should account for co-occurring weather hazards
This blog discusses co-occuring weather hazards in the UK and impacts on insurers, featuring CGFI research.
Learning from CBES: Survey Report
The UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (UKCGFI) and the Climate Financial Risk Forum (CFRF) worked together over 2022 to gather and synthesise the lessons from the process of the Bank of England’s Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES), both to capture the learning for UK FIs and to share this internationally.
This paper focuses on the findings of the survey and brings in some initial perspectives from the analysis of interview findings.
Learning from CBES: Recommendations
This report outlines proposed recommendations for Central Banks and Supervisors, Financial Institutions, Government, Professional Bodies and Research and Technical Institutions that emerged from the CGFI study “Learning from the 2021/22 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) Exercise”. This report is a CGFI publication which does not represent the views of research partners including the UK Climate Financial Risk Forum.
Learning from CBES: Banking Consultation Workshop
This document provides a summary of the discussions at the Insurance workshop on January 16th 2023 for the project: “Learning from the 2021/22 Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) Exercise”. It should be read alongside the survey report and the recommendations report.
