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Climate risk self-assessment survey series

Australian Prudential Regulation Authority
This series presents APRA’s Climate Risk Self-Assessment Surveys, which review how APRA-regulated entities approach governance, risk management, metrics, targets and disclosure of climate-related financial risks. It provides a consistent, periodic view of industry practices and alignment with prudential guidance over time.
Benchmark/series
12 November 2024

Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (BOCC)

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Banking on Climate Chaos Coalition (BOCC) exposes global banks’ financing of fossil fuel projects and tracks lending and underwriting by the world’s largest banks to coal, oil and gas companies. Its annual Banking on Climate Chaos reports highlight fossil fuel finance data, frontline community impacts and drive climate accountability in banking.
Organisation
1 research item

State of finance for nature 2026: Nature in the red: Powering the trillion dollar nature transition economy

United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP’s State of Finance for Nature 2026 finds global finance remains heavily skewed towards nature-negative activities. In 2023, US$7.3 trillion harmed nature versus US$220 billion for nature-based solutions. Meeting Rio Convention targets requires more than doubling nature investment by 2030.
Research
22 January 2026

CGAP's Impact Path Finder

Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP)
Impact Pathfinder is an interactive evidence platform developed by CGAP that maps how financial inclusion interventions contribute to development outcomes. It synthesises global research to inform investors, funders and policymakers on effective pathways, contextual factors and evidence gaps.
Online tool/database

Global Energy Monitor

Global Energy Monitor
Global Energy Monitor is an open-access research database that compiles and analyses global energy infrastructure data, including fossil fuel and renewable projects, via interactive tools, maps and downloadable datasets to support informed analysis of energy trends and ownership structures.
Online tool/database

Fair4All Finance

Finance / Corporate Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Fair4All Finance is a UK-based organisation focused on improving financial inclusion. It funds, researches, and supports affordable credit, savings, insurance, and financial resilience solutions for people in vulnerable circumstances, working with policymakers, charities, and financial service providers to scale social impact.
Organisation

Paris Agreement Capital Transition Assessment

Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI)
PACTA for Banks is a free, open-source climate scenario analysis toolkit that enables banks to assess how well their corporate lending portfolios align with climate scenarios, using sector and asset-level data to inform lending strategy and climate target-setting.
Online tool/database

Nature Enters the Boardroom: Why Directors Are Paying Attention

Drawing on Australia’s first national study of board-level engagement with nature, this article shows how directors are treating nature as a material governance and financial issue. It highlights how boards are extending climate governance systems to manage nature-related risks, adopt frameworks like TNFD, and build resilience and long-term value despite policy uncertainty.
Article
16 January 2026

The Linux Foundation

Other Industry / Sector Specific Groups & Sponsored Organisations
Linux Foundation is a global non-profit that enables open source collaboration at scale. It hosts and supports critical projects across cloud, Linux, security and AI. Activities include governance, research, training, certification and events, helping organisations build, adopt and sustain open source technologies worldwide for industry, public sector and developer communities.
Organisation
1 research item

Carbon Bombs

Data for Good
CarbonBombs.org is an open-source global database mapping large fossil fuel extraction projects (“carbon bombs”), new oil, gas and coal developments and LNG terminals, with estimated future CO₂ emissions and links to companies and banks involved. Data is consolidated from multiple research sources and regularly updated.
Online tool/database

LINGO (Leave it in the Ground Initiative)

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
Leave it in the Ground Initiative (LINGO) is a non-profit climate advocacy organisation focused on ending new fossil fuel extraction. It produces research, policy analysis and campaigns supporting a just energy transition, climate finance reform, and alignment with Paris Agreement goals, engaging policymakers, civil society and financial institutions globally worldwide.
Organisation
1 research item

Éclaircies

Other
Éclaircies is an independent expert collective producing open-source climate, energy and environmental analysis. It develops data tools, methodologies and reports to improve transparency on fossil fuel exposure, emissions and transition risks. Outputs support researchers, journalists, civil society and policymakers seeking evidence-based insights across global climate finance and energy systems worldwide.
Organisation
1 research item

How the circular economy can revive the sustainable development goals: Priorities for immediate global action, and a policy blueprint for the transition to 2050

Chatham House
This report argues that embedding circular economy principles within the Sustainable Development Goals could revive stalled progress. It outlines five global policy priorities and proposes a 2050 blueprint linking circularity, inclusive growth, trade, finance and standards to post-2030 development agendas.
Research
18 September 2024

Scaling finance for nature: Barrier breakdown

Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership
This report analyses barriers to scaling private finance for nature, highlighting a US$700 billion annual biodiversity finance gap. It clarifies nature-positive finance, assesses risk–return challenges, regulatory gaps and data issues, and outlines instruments to redirect capital from harmful activities towards halting and reversing nature loss.
Research
14 October 2024

Defining climate finance justice: Critical geographies of justice amid financialized climate action

The article defines “climate finance justice” as a framework for analysing how financialised climate action shapes equity, power, and outcomes. It critiques climate finance mechanisms, including UNFCCC processes and voluntary carbon markets, and argues for justice-centred approaches that address historical responsibility, governance, and uneven impacts.
Research
29 October 2024

Time to plan for a future beyond 1.5 degrees

Nature Finance
The report argues that limiting warming to 1.5°C is no longer realistic and may hinder preparedness. It calls for acknowledging higher warming scenarios, accelerating mitigation, and adopting disruptive policy, financial, and governance approaches to manage climate and nature risks in a likely 2°C-plus world.
Research
14 November 2023
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