Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford and the Systemic Resilience Initiative at Oxford Martin School joined The World Bank Group, Insurance Development Forum and Global Shield against Climate Risks to deliver a new Climate and Disaster Risk Finance Executive Education Programme. More than 30 senior finance leaders from Ministries of Finance and financial regulators from over 20 countries gathered together at University of Oxford to learn a comprehensive framework for contextualising disaster risk finance and mobilising resilience finance within their own countries’ settings and to share their experience in implementing climate risk finance solutions and instruments. Read more about our partnership with The World Bank Group on supporting #systemicresilience and #climateadaptation. https://lnkd.in/ePYFGvGz Watch Dr Nicola Ranger present the executive education programme and speak of its importance for adapting to climate change.
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Energy, Organizations & Society
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Marie Sklodowska-Curie Individual Fellow, Departmental Tutor, and College Advisor at Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford
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Managing Director at Oxford Climate Policy
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Senior Researcher at the University of Oxford; Research Fellow at the University of Bath; and Senior College Lecturer at Keble College
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Director of Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford and Senior Research Fellow at ECI Dr Nicola Ranger will speak at the The Royal Society on 3 October 2024 at the event discussing the impact of ecological risks on business and investment.
Do you want to understand how ecological risk relates to commercial risk? On 3-4 October 2024, The Royal Society will host a conference chaired by Sir Partha Dasgupta FRS, to bring together scientists and businesses to discuss how trends in environmental decline are leading to new risks to business models and investments. The proceedings will help business leaders to understand the latest science on the ways in which the natural world is changing, the risks their businesses face as a result, and actions that will help mitigate those risks. IFB Partner, Dr Nicola Ranger, is a speaker in the session, "How do ecological risks compare with other supply chain risks?" in the afternoon on the 3rd. #infinbio #financebiodiversity #commercialrisk #environmentalrisk https://lnkd.in/eDXyF58u
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The first annual report of Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford is out! Learn about the new data, analytics, and solutions for climate adaptation in the financial decision-making developed during the first year of work. The full report: https://lnkd.in/eqTMyB8n
📢 Our first annual report is now live! 📢 The Resilient Planet Finance Lab was established last year (in collaboration with United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR) and Insurance Development Forum) as an accelerator programme that aims to radically scale the mobilisation of finance and action for resilience, nature and SDGs globally. Over the last year, we've delivered a whole suite of new evidence, analytics, and solutions to centre climate adaptation, nature and resilience in financial decision-making. This would not have been possible without our partners to whom we are super grateful. Check out our report for a full summary of our work - some highlights include: 🌍 Designing new ways to integrate climate and nature into scenario analyses 🤖 Developing an AI tool to assess corporate alignment with climate adaptation 💼 Enabling conditions for adaptation finance by looking at adaptation-inclusive transition plans and making policy recommendations for the UK 🔍 Making the case for action now through improved risk analyses 🛠 Creating user-friendly guides for the use of resilience metrics, climate risk data, specialist data providers, adaptation taxonomies and more Looking to the future, we're excited to continue working with our partners and are open to exploring new collaboration opportunities for impact. We'll be scaling up our activities, particularly on #naturefinance and #adaptationfinance, to equip institutions with the tools necessary for enhanced action. 👉 Explore the report further here and learn about our achievements and our future priorities: https://lnkd.in/eE5FX7GG Climate Arc, NERC: Natural Environment Research Council, High-Level Climate Champions, Kamal Kishore, Ekhosuehi Iyahen, Dr Iain Williams, Meryam Omi, Nigel Topping, CMG, Marcia Toledo Sotillo, Emma Howard Boyd CBE, Dr Nicola Ranger, Mark Bernhofen, Dr Jimena Alvarez, Roberto S.
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Global Finance and Economy Group at Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford, Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford and Department of Biology, University of Oxford is kicking off a new series of academic seminars on nature finance - #NatureFinance@Oxford. For the inaugural seminar on Monday, 16 September, at 5pm, we are delighted to welcom Professor Josh Ryan-Collins of UCL on “Mapping Financial System Interactions with Ecosystem Tipping Points: Evidence from the Brazilian Amazon and Indonesian Peatlands” For more information on the series, please see: https://lnkd.in/er2dbXq5 To register, please visit: https://lnkd.in/e_sbX3-x.. We hope these seminars will provide a great opportunity to share knowledge, exchange ideas, create links with fantastic experts from around the world, and build a vibrant nature finance expert community in Oxford. They are targeted at researchers and technical experts on nature finance in the university and local professional organisations. The seminar is convened by Dr Nicola Ranger and Sophus zu Ermgassen. The seminar is in person at the Seminar Room, Department of Biology, Mansfield Road (note a change of venue from what was previously advertised). Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery Nature-Based Solutions Initiative The Nature Conservancy Global Canopy Saïd Business School, University of Oxford Blavatnik School of Government, University of Oxford Integrating Finance and Biodiversity The Biodiversity Consultancy Ltd Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)
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Climate change poses significant risks to financial stability, taking a toll on sovereign finances, especially in emerging and developing economies, which are often the most vulnerable to climate change and already face high levels of debt. This creates a 'climate investment trap': increased debt from climate disasters limits investments in adaptation and resilience, further raising future risks. A new discussion paper, authored by Mark Bernhofen, Matt Burke, Akaraseth Puranasamriddhi, Dr Nicola Ranger, and Gireesh Shrimali, explores how climate risks and adaptation can be integrated into sovereign credit ratings. By linking catastrophe modelling with a macroeconomic model and a credit rating model, the paper shows that failing to account for these risks leads to mispriced debt with implications for financial stability. Incorporating adaptation efforts into ratings could break this cycle, drive smarter investments, and improve financial resilience. Read the authors' blog on this research: https://lnkd.in/eNdzXxR6 Read the full discussion paper: https://lnkd.in/ePjHDRP3 Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment - University of Oxford Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Oxford Martin School #ClimateRisk #SovereignDebt #CreditRatings #ClimateAdaptation #FinancialStability
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We are #hiring! Research Associate in Nature Finance: Data and Analytics Our growing Nature Finance research team at the Resilience and Development Group is looking for an excellent new colleague with strong quantitative skills to help us advance methods for understanding nature-related risks, impacts, and opportunities, as part of the UKRI Integrating Finance and Biodiversity initiative. You will be working in areas including nature-climate-economy modelling, supply chain analysis, and asset-level geospatial analytics, with opportunities to contribute to a range of initiatives aimed at increasing the mobilisation and alignment of #finance and #investment for #naturerecovery. You will collaborate with partners across academia, government institutions, and the private sector both in the UK and internationally, including a wider collaboration in Oxford with The Leverhulme Centre for Nature Recovery, Nature-Based Solutions Initiative, Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford and the Oxford Martin School. Lear more about this opportunity and apply by 30 August 2024: https://lnkd.in/gs52X5rM
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Researchers at the Resilience and Development Group of Environmental Change Institute (ECI), University of Oxford have contributed to the e-book on sustainable finance policy priorities for the new UK government, published by King's Business School. 32 essays from thought-leaders across the sustainable finance ecosystem laid out steps for climate finance policies to be taken in the government’s first 100 days. Emma O'Donnell and Dr Jimena Alvarez came forward with a set of recommendations for aligning financial resilience, climate and biodiversity goals, which included: - integrating ecosystem risk assessment in financial supervision and regulation; - promoting mandatory corporate disclosure frameworks for nature-related financial risk; - developing sectoral nature positive pathways for the UK to guide and mobilise investment; - recognising and managing the systemic-level risks of nature degradation to financial resilience; - facilitating international and interdisciplinary cooperation and engagement. Read more in the full version of e-book: https://lnkd.in/eQMidBjs Press release: https://lnkd.in/eMS9M2-w #climate #sustainablefinance #climatefinance #netzero #climaterisk #climatepolicy #uk
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We’re excited to announce a new partnership with XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative) and Climate Arc to develop new #physicalrisk and #adaptation capabilities that will introduce much needed transparency and accountability of corporations globally. Last week, Climate Arc launched #TransitionArc – a new one-stop tool to assess corporate transitions. The tool allows anyone to see where a company lies on the path to achieving key climate goals, including progress on greenhouse gas emissions, capital allocation, #governance, #policy engagement, and specific climate targets such as ‘net zero by 2030’. The new initiative involving XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative) and Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford at the ECI aims to bring similar transparency and comparability by providing company level physical risk metrics covering the frequency of extreme weather disruption, insurance costs, supply chain effects and climate driven impairment to annual revenues. With this information, financial institutions can begin to fully embed these risks into financial decision-making and shift financial flows towards those businesses that support resilience. A preview of this work will be showcased at #NewYorkClimateWeek, with full integration planned for 2025.
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Celebrating the first anniversary of the Resilient Planet Finance Lab, a research and impact accelerator at the University of Oxford. We develop and share analytics on #resilience and #adaptation for governments, financial institutions and regulators to radically upscale the #mobilisation of finance for #nature. To celebrate the first anniversary, we released a “candy store” of new analytical tools for #physicalriskassessment and #adaptation: - A synthesis of 25 adaptation #taxonomies from both non-state actors, nations and regional bodies (literally in one downloadable file!) and analyses of their commonalities and differences and a set of recommendations for future development: https://lnkd.in/e93aei-5 - A framework for integrating resilience within #transitionplans, building off the Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT) framework, and a set of indicators to measure progress of corporates on risk management and alignment, as well as an initial analysis of the Nature Action 100 companies: https://lnkd.in/eP3EFjks - Synthesised adaptation and nature #targets and #metrics from more than 30 different standards bodies and reports, including ISSB, TCFD and SASB. Updated with 2024 standards: https://lnkd.in/eKpwU-qr - Climate Data 111+ – a database of climate data for risk assessment, adaptation planning, policy, and resilient infrastructure. Each data source is described with a detailed and standardised set of attributes, ensuring that users can easily understand and compare the data. https://lnkd.in/eDei95-i Huge gratitude to our funders Climate Arc, NERC: Natural Environment Research Council, Oxford Martin School, and our partners. More exciting news to follow this week! Resilient Planet Finance Lab @UniofOxford Green Finance Institute Ingrid Holmes Shewly Choudhury Impax Asset Management United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Paul Smith Mark Bernhofen Anna Freeman Roberto S. Andrey Levitskiy Benedikt Signer Federico Mazza Jenty Kirsch-Wood Rowan Douglas CBE Matthew Foote Marcia Toledo Sotillo Sabrina Nagel Puninda Thind Nick Moody Ekhosuehi Iyahen Meryam Omi Felix Preston Owen Grafham David Carlin Alice Anders Dr. Johanna Dichtl Emma Howard Boyd CBE Dr Nicola Ranger