Friday, Nov 03, 2023

Integrating Climate Change Risk into Institutional Investing: From Rhetoric to Action

The Intact Centre for Climate Adaptation at the University of Waterloo recently released a report on Integrating Physical Climate Change and Extreme Weather Risk into Institutional Investing. The report examines the strategic and financial impact physical climate risks have on businesses.

In this podcast, the speakers address some topics financial supervisors and regulators should consider:

• the impact of physical climate change and extreme weather risk on the financial sector;
• the state of global disclosures and frameworks; and,
• tools available to reduce risk.

Speaker: 

Kathryn Bakos, Director, Climate Finance and Science, Intact Centre on Climate Adaptation, University of Waterloo

Host: 

Shelina Visram, Senior Program Director, Toronto Centre

Read the transcript here. Read their biographies here. 

Listen to the Podcast: