3 days ago
Weathering the Storm: Climate Risk Stress Tests
Extreme weather has always meant extreme risks for businesses and investors. Yet climate change has varied the calculus, and many businesses are facing new, potentially existential risks as the world and the energy transition heat up. As such, central banks and financial supervisors have begun conducting climate risk stress tests, to ensure these institutions are capable of mitigating the potential impacts of a changing climate. But what do these tests entail, which markets have been the most proactive in conducting them, and what exactly is 'climate risk' anyway? On today's show, Tom Rowlands-Rees is joined by Tifenn Brandily, BloombergNEF's head of transition risk and alignment, and special guest Edo Schets, Bloomberg's head of climate, nature and regulatory financial solutions, to discuss findings from the note 'Climate Risk Stress Test Review'.
