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The Paris Agreement’s of 2015 aim is to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change by keeping global temperature well below 2 ̊C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature rise even further to 1.5 ̊C. In 2015 global temperature had just reached 1°C above pre industrial levels […]
In a changing climate, the financial sector will more than ever need precise data, predictions and projections to assess investment risks and identify opportunities. Having reliable information at hand will help to accelerate the switch to a climate-resilient global economy. Read the story on Euronews
A key paper on the emergence and possibilities of climate services for the financial sector appeared today in Nature Climate Change. Emerging awareness of climate-related financial risk has prompted efforts to integrate knowledge of climate change risks into financial decision-making and disclosures. Assessment of future climate risk requires knowledge of how the climate will change […]
We are presenting tomorrow our services at the Climate services for a climate-resilient Europe workshop. In the context of the European Green Deal, the new EU Adaptation strategy and the Horizon Europe Adaptation Mission, this workshop will: Showcase the added-value and potential of climate services to mainstream adaptation across several sectors and different levels of decision-making. Discuss barriers to full deployment […]
On September 24th, October 1st, 8th, 15th (virtual forum), the climate data factory will be a sponsor of the Sustainable Investment Forum North America in partnership with Climate Action and UNEP Finance initiative. A great opportunity to showcase our Copernicus Climate Change project Climate hazards data to prepare financial institutions for the future to asset managers and […]
On October 13th we will be live at The Economist Climate Risk Virtual Week: Measuring, managing and mitigating the threat from climate change. The five-day event focusses on the effects of climate change on the global economy, from a range of perspectives, from politics to finance and supply chains. How can Climate Change data be […]
On September 08th, 11th, 15th, 22nd (virtual forum) the climate data factory will be a sponsor of the Sustainable Investment Forum Europe in partnership with Climate Action and UNEP Finance initiative. A great opportunity to showcase our Copernicus Climate Change project Climate hazards data to prepare financial institutions for the future to asset managers and owners, banks, […]
On February 11th 2020, the climate data factory will attend the 6th International Conference on Climate Services in Pune (India). The conference is organised by The Climate Services Partnership (CSP), a platform for knowledge sharing and collaboration aimed at promoting resilience and advancing climate service capabilities worldwide. It is an informal, interdisciplinary network of […]
We are happy to announce that our project TCFD-aligned climate hazards data set was selected by the Copernicus Climate Change Service for deployment as a Demo Case. The project aims at assembling a climate hazards data set to support financial institutions to assess physical risk for climate related financial disclosures in line with TCFD recommendations. […]