Climate risk
Climate risk research house of the year: Veyt
Energy Risk Awards 2025: Veyt’s unique views help clients navigate low-carbon markets
Podcast: Investing, climate risk and energy firms
How are investors enabling the move to the low-carbon economy?
Calls to hike climate policy raise risk for oil firms
A ramp-up in policy could place more oil and gas assets under threat of stranding
When climate risk starts to bite
Energy firms under increased pressure to assess physical climate risk
HKMA unveils measures to combat climate change risks
HKMA will be government’s representative in a potential HK$100 billion green bond offering
Climate risk disclosure gains momentum but work needed: TCFD
Few firms disclose financial impact of climate risk, review finds
No escape from climate change tail risks
Harsh decisions need to be made on the future of energy financing now, before we run out of time
Climate risk joins ethics in driving lending decisions
Barclays, BNP Paribas and others are analysing risk of climate change-related losses
EU ETS risk and climate risk
Vertis has been active in carbon markets since 2001 – starting out as a developer of joint implementation projects, before entering into brokerage and dealing when the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) was established in 2005. Vertis…
Turning Points: Yvo de Boer, special global advisor for climate change and sustainability at KPMG
With Phase III of the Kyoto Protocol starting in 2013, Lianna Brinded talks to former UNFCCC head Yvo de Boer about what led him to be a figurehead for the climate change sector
Ex-UNFCCC chief: no legally binding agreement at Cop16
Yvo De Boer, previous executive secretary of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) says that there will be no legally binding agreement drawn out at COP16
Managing climate change risk
Climate change poses two main risks to business – reputational risk and financial risk. Francis Hervé , non-executive director at Utilyx and former chief executive of EDF trading, provides some guidelines for managing both sets of risk
The hidden costs of climate change
The business risks posed to energy companies by climate change go well beyond compliance with emissions reduction schemes. Most companies that have taken climate risks into account have only considered half the picture, says John Firth
Climate change: FSA warns of risk, predicts opportunities
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has stated in its Financial Risk Outlook 2007 report that climate change poses “considerable risks and challenges to the financial sector”.
Green risks for the black stuff
The impact of environmental risk on oil companies may be substantial, says a new report by the World Resources Institute. What will the effect be on the oil majors’ stock prices? James Ockenden reviews the report
Weathering the storm
Mandeep Sidhu, Kent Voss and Marty Makulski of Accenture discuss the climatic changes in the energy industry over the past year and how this may impact future trends