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Using scenario analysis for future resilience: Top tips for pension fund chairs and trustees

Accounting for Sustainability (A4S)
This guide from Accounting for Sustainability supports pension fund chairs and trustees to move beyond simplified climate scenario analysis. It outlines the limitations of current models, provides practical examples from USS, NBIM and APG, and offers six actionable tips to embed scenario insights into strategic decision making.
Research
1 June 2026

From climate crisis to insurance crisis: Designing solidarity-based natural disaster insurance

Urgewald
This report examines rising climate-related insurance losses and Germany's lack of comprehensive natural disaster coverage, with only 57% of residential buildings insured against such risks. It analyses international public-private insurance models — particularly France's CatNat system — and recommends a solidarity-based approach alongside measures to hold the fossil fuel industry financially accountable.
Research
9 April 2026

EDHEC Climate Institute Resource Hub

EDHEC Business School
EDHEC Climate Institute is a climate finance research resource that provides research, analytical tools and data on climate-related financial risks, transition pathways and climate policy. It supports finance professionals with evidence-based insights for investment analysis, risk assessment and decision-making on climate-related issues.
Resource hub

Navigating towards water resilience: An introductory guide for central bankers, financial supervisors and regulators

World Wide Fund for Nature (World Wildlife Fund – WWF)
This WWF Greening Financial Regulation Initiative guide introduces central banks, financial supervisors and regulators to the financial risks posed by the global water crisis. It covers physical, transition and systemic risks, emerging responses from the financial sector, available assessment tools, and policy recommendations for integrating water risks into supervisory frameworks.
Research
7 May 2026

Business breakthrough barometer 2026: The annual pulse check from business on the pace of the climate transition

World Business Council for Sustainable Development
The Business Breakthrough Barometer 2026 surveys over 500 companies on the climate transition, finding 92% expect sustainability to deliver competitive advantage. While investment momentum holds, 68% of leaders see rising risks of a disorderly transition, urging predictable policy strengthening from governments to unlock private capital.
Research
18 June 2026

Beyond the parcel: Unlocking risk assessment of complex infrastructure assets

First Street
This First Street report applies climate risk modelling to five infrastructure asset types — airports, residential developments, rail networks, transmission lines, and toll roads — demonstrating how localised physical hazards translate into material revenue losses and operational downtime, and why traditional parcel-based risk tools are inadequate for complex infrastructure.
Research
28 May 2026

Responsible AI in practice: 2025 global insights from the AI Company Data initiative

United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO)
This report analyses publicly disclosed data from 2,972 companies across 11 sectors, revealing a significant gap between AI adoption and governance maturity. Only 13 per cent align their strategy with a formal framework, and few demonstrate adequate worker protections, ethical impact assessments, or training data oversight.
Research
31 March 2026

Applying planetary boundaries: Effective risk management and value creation

First Sentier MUFG Sustainable Investment Institute
This report examines how the Planetary Boundaries Framework translates nine critical global processes into material risks and value creation opportunities for investors and corporates. Seven of nine boundaries have already been breached. Tools, frameworks, and an investor engagement plan are outlined to support Earth-system-aligned capital allocation and long-term value creation.
Research
19 June 2026

Weapons, dual use tech and financial institutions

Power Shift Africa
This Shift briefing examines how financial institutions should approach human rights due diligence in relation to weapons and dual-use technologies. It identifies four key challenges, six anchors grounded in international humanitarian law, and six practical approaches to support responsible defence-related lending and investment decisions.
Research
14 April 2026

Urban heat risk management: Resource package

United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDDR)
This resource package provides practical guidance for local and national governments on managing urban heat risks through governance, planning, nature-based solutions and emergency preparedness. Drawing on global evidence and city case studies, it outlines strategies to strengthen urban resilience to increasing extreme heat.
Resource hub
14 April 2025

Unlocking climate risk insurance: The role of public development banks

Climate Policy Initiative
This report examines how public development banks (PDBs) can expand climate risk insurance in emerging markets and developing economies. It identifies five key barriers to insurance uptake, analyses distinct roles for national, regional, and multilateral development banks, and provides recommendations to scale insurance solutions that build climate resilience.
Research
7 May 2026

Climate Central

Climate Central
Climate Central Resources is an online library of climate science content, interactive tools, graphics and datasets. It provides evidence-based information on climate change impacts, extreme weather, sea level rise and climate risk, supporting analysis, communication and decision-making across sectors, including finance.
Resource hub

ResilienceArc

ARC Centre of Excellence for Climate Extremes
ResilienceArc is an open-access platform assessing corporate exposure and resilience to physical climate risks by linking asset-level data.
Online tool/database
4 November 2025

The Ocean framework: An investor guide to navigating ocean risks and opportunities

Chronos Sustainability Ltd
This investor guide examines ocean-related risks and opportunities across nine ocean-dependent sectors. It outlines five key drivers of ocean degradation, introduces a seven-step portfolio assessment framework, and provides sector-specific engagement guidance for fisheries, aquaculture and maritime transportation.
Research
8 May 2026

Biodiversity loss will decrease the future creditworthiness of nations

This study examines how biodiversity and ecosystem service loss affect sovereign creditworthiness across 23 countries. Using ecological-economic modelling, it finds that a partial ecosystem collapse could generate US$162 billion in additional annual debt servicing costs globally, highlighting that sovereign credit ratings are systematically underpricing nature-related financial risks.
Research
27 May 2026

Stablecoins in Africa: Translating global principles into local regulatory practice

Alliance for Innovative Regulation (AIR)
This paper is the African Chapter of GDF's Global Stablecoin Regulatory Playbook. It examines how global stablecoin regulatory principles can be applied across Africa's diverse markets, addressing reserve management, consumer protection, AML/CFT compliance, and cross-border coordination, while accounting for local financial infrastructure, dollarisation risks, and varying supervisory capacity.
Research
1 May 2026
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