Strategic Focus: Improving Climate Resilience With Digital Solutions

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Climate Financial Data & Analytics

Alice Saunders

Kim Knickle

09 Jun, 2022

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Executive Summary

Increasingly costly extreme weather events, and the mandating of disclosures aligned with the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) in the UK and EU – and developing in the US – are driving the need for firms to invest in digital solutions for climate risk management. This report breaks down the key climate risk management challenges facing customers and identifies the digital solutions in which firms can invest to address these. Executives, risk managers and heads of sustainability can use this report to assess the climate risk management digital solutions that align with their requirements and which can add value to their operations.

Table of contents

Extreme Weather Events And TCFD Reporting Make Climate Change Risk Management A Priority
Pressure Is Building On Firms To Tackle Near-Term Climate Risks
Five Categories Of Climate Resilience Innovations That Respond To Customer Challenges
Investment In Digital Solutions For Climate Resilience Will Be Driven By Climate Strategy Ambition

Table of figures

Figure 1. Billion Dollar Disaster Events In The US 2010-2022 (CPI-Adjusted)
Figure 2. Corporate Digital Strategies For Climate Change And Sustainability For The Next Two Years
Figure 3. Examples Of Investments And Acquisitions Of Climate Resilience Solutions

Organisations mentioned

Anglian Water, Bank of England, Baringa, BlackRock, Cervest, Climate X, CLIMsystems, Conning, Copperleaf, Deloitte, Ecometrica, Entelligent, ERM, EU, Fathom, GRESB, Gro Intelligence, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), International Energy Agency (IEA), ISS, Jupiter Intelligence, Manifest Climate, McKinsey & Company, Mercer, Moody’s, Munich Re, Nestlé Brazil, Oasis Loss Modelling Framework, One Concern, Ortec Finance, Planetrics, Risilience, riskthinking.AI, RMS, S&P Global, Santander, Terrafuse AI, The Climate Service, Transition Plan Taskforce, UK HM Treasury, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction, Urgentem, US National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI), US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), Verco, WayCarbon, World Meteorological Organization, XDI Systems

About the Authors

Alice Saunders

Industry Analyst

Alice is an Industry Analyst in the Verdantix Net Zero & Climate Risk practice. Her current research agenda focuses on climate risk solutions and biodiversity. Alice holds...

Kim Knickle

Research Director

Kim Knickle is a Research Director at Verdantix, bringing more than two decades of analyst experience to the evolving world of sustainability. Her current research spans ESG a...

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