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ESG Integration and analysis

Tools, methodologies, and frameworks for embedding ESG factors into financial analysis, valuation, credit assessment, underwriting, and portfolio management, while separating out broader strategic elements.

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WESR: Air Visual

IQAir
The IQAir × UNEP air quality tool aggregates real-time PM2.5 data from thousands of monitors worldwide to show current air pollution exposure and estimates by age group, relative to WHO guidelines. It supports global air quality assessment through an interactive map and hourly updated exposure statistics.
Online tool/database

UNEP Strata

United Nations Environment Programme
UNEP Strata is a free, web-based geospatial platform that maps where climate, environmental and security stresses overlap with socio-economic vulnerabilities to support analysis, planning and monitoring by practitioners, analysts and policymakers.
Online tool/database

Minamata Convention Data Platorm

Minamata Convention Data Platorm is an open-source, cloud-based geospatial platform for managing, analysing and visualising spatial data on natural resources and the environment. It supports dashboards, maps and story maps to aggregate and share authoritative data for decision-making and impact monitoring.
Online tool/database

World Bank CMIP5 Global Climate Change Viewer

The World Bank
The World Bank’s Climate Knowledge Portal – CMIP5 section provides access to historical and future climate projections based on the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Phase 5. It supports analysis of temperature, precipitation and climate risks for countries/regions using multi-model ensemble data to inform climate risk assessment and adaptation planning.
Online tool/database

FIRMS Fire Information for Resource Management System

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)
NASA’s Fire Information for Resource Management System (FIRMS) provides global near-real-time satellite data on active fires and thermal anomalies, viewable via interactive maps, alerts and downloadable files. It uses MODIS and VIIRS instruments to detect fire locations and deliver data within hours for monitoring, analysis and decision-making.
Online tool/database

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

Data for Good

Issue Focused NGOs & Think Tanks
data.org is a global initiative advancing data science and artificial intelligence for social impact. It convenes governments, foundations and practitioners, funds innovation challenges, publishes applied research, and builds capacity to use data responsibly across climate, health, equity and development, supporting evidence-based decision-making worldwide through partnerships, training programmes and open collaboration.
Organisation
1 research item

Climate risk index series

Germanwatch
The Climate Risk Index is an annual benchmark series that compares countries’ exposure and vulnerability to extreme weather events using a consistent, historical, data-driven framework. Across all editions, it supports comparative assessment of physical climate risk over time and informs policy, risk analysis, and climate-aware financial decision-making.
Benchmark/series
11 November 2025

Scaling finance for nature: Barrier breakdown

University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL)
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

Assessing the credibility of a company’s transition plan: framework and guidance

World Benchmarking Alliance
This report presents a harmonised framework to assess the credibility of corporate climate transition plans. It defines core plan elements, assessment principles, and a four-step process to evaluate ambition, feasibility, consistency, governance, and financial alignment with Paris-aligned decarbonisation pathways.
Research
1 September 2024

Doing business within planetary boundaries

The Beijer Institute of Ecological Economics
This report argues that corporate reporting must incorporate absolute, location-specific environmental impacts aligned with planetary boundaries. It proposes science-based disclosures and the Earth System Impact score to improve assessment of cumulative nature-related risks, support credible investment decisions, and enhance comparability beyond carbon-focused metrics.
Research
5 November 2024

The 13th national risk assessment: Climate, The 6th “C” of Credit

First Street
The report analyses US climate-driven mortgage risk, showing floods as the dominant driver of post-disaster foreclosures. Rising insurance costs, coverage gaps and falling property values create hidden credit losses. It argues climate risk should be treated as a sixth core credit assessment factor.
Research
23 May 2025

IQAir

Commercial Research Providers
IQAir is a commercial air quality technology company providing real-time air pollution data, analytics and monitoring solutions. It operates a global air quality platform, publishes World Air Quality Reports, and supplies air monitoring hardware. IQAir data supports public health, environmental research, urban planning and policy decision-making worldwide across multiple regions.
Organisation
2 research items

Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS)

Scientific Bodies
Integrated Carbon Observation System (ICOS) is a European research infrastructure providing long-term, high-precision observations of greenhouse gases. ICOS delivers open, standardised climate and carbon cycle data through its Carbon Portal, supporting climate science, modelling, and evidence-based policy across Europe and neighbouring regions.
Organisation
1 research item

The impact of sustainable investing: A multidisciplinary review

This multidisciplinary review examines how sustainable investing affects environmental and social outcomes. It identifies three investor impact strategies—portfolio screening, shareholder engagement, and field building—and 15 mechanisms producing direct and indirect effects. The study argues impact emerges gradually through coordinated actions by diverse shareholders.
Research
30 June 2025

BPI France: European Defence Bond Framework

Bpifrance
Bpifrance’s European Defence Bond Framework defines principles for issuing use-of-proceeds bonds financing eligible defence-sector projects, mainly SMEs, to support European sovereignty. It details eligibility criteria, exclusions, ESG safeguards, governance, reporting, and proceeds management, while stating the bonds are not ICMA-aligned sustainable instruments.
Research
30 May 2025
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