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Webinar: Innovative Insurance Solutions for a Climate Resilient Future

Climate change-driven events — such as heat waves, droughts, floods, and wildfires — pose a direct threat to the health and safety of individuals and communities. But beyond the immediate physical impacts, these events also jeopardize the financial stability of communities across the U.S., disrupting markets and local economies. This…
Carolyn Kousky and Stephanie Jones
November 22, 2024
Financial DisclosureFinancial RegulationReport

New Report: Upcoming Debates on the SEC’s Climate Disclosure Rule

Organizations Involved: Sabin Center, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development Source: Sabin Center, Columbia Center on Sustainable Development Abstract What will happen to the SEC’s March 2024 climate disclosure rule under the new U.S. federal administration? This paper seeks to contribute to the upcoming debates on this question after the 2024…
Andrew Bernstein, Cynthia Hanawalt, Lisa Sachs and Chloe Field
November 19, 2024
Agency FilingEnvironmental JusticeRisk Management

Comments on the National Flood Insurance Program’s Community Rating System Redesign Effort

The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) issued a Request for Information regarding potential future changes to the Community Rating System (CRS) under the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP). CRS is a voluntary incentive program offering NFIP premium discounts to eligible communities that exceed minimum NFIP floodplain management requirements. The program…
Talley Burley, Jesse Gourevitch and Carolyn Kousky
September 6, 2024
Agency FilingEnergy RegulationRisk ManagementState Energy Regulation

Comments to the New York Public Service Commission on the Electric Utilities Climate Change Resilience Plans

Organizations Involved: Sabin Center Abstract These comments were submitted to the New York State Public Service Commission in response to the request for comments concerning climate vulnerability and resiliency plans submitted by six New York State electric utilities on November 21, 2023 in compliance with New York Public Service Law §66(29).
Romany Webb and Chloe Field
August 30, 2024
Blog/News ArticleFinancial DisclosureFinancial RegulationRisk Management

Investors, bipartisan former officials, others defend SEC climate risk disclosure rule

Abstract Extreme weather caused by climate change is a threat to human health and safety, but it is also increasingly the cause of serious economic disruptions. And in the transition to a lower carbon economy, companies are navigating both opportunities and challenges. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) recently adopted…
Marie Li
August 22, 2024
Agency FilingFinancial DisclosureFinancial RegulationRegulatory Activities

Amicus Brief in Case Challenging SEC Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Rules

In March 2024, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) finalized its rules on The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors (Rules). The Rules will require public companies in the United States to make certain climate-related disclosures in their registration statements and annual reports, giving investors critical information to…
Donald Goodson, Bridget Pals and Erin Shortell
August 15, 2024
Agency FilingFinancial DisclosureFinancial RegulationRegulatory Activities

Amicus Brief in Case Challenging SEC Climate-Related Financial Disclosure Rules

This amicus brief was filed by the Americans for Financial Reform Education Fund, Environmental Defense Fund, Natural Resources Defense Council, Sierra Club, and Sierra Club Foundation, a coalition of non-profit organizations that have differing missions and areas of focus but share a common assessment that climate-related impacts pose significant and…
Hana Vizcarra, Deena Tumeh, Adrienne Y. Lee, Andres Restrepo, Thomas Zimpleman, Stephanie Jones, Gabrielle Stephens and Peter Zalzal
August 14, 2024
Financial DisclosureFinancial RegulationJournal ArticleRegulatory Activities

The Boundaries of Corporate Physical Climate Risk: Definitions and Frameworks

This white paper examines the concept of corporate physical climate risk and how it is reported in company disclosures. First, the paper presents the emerging market of climate analytics and how various firms in this market purport to measure physical climate risk. Next, the paper examines the current state of…
Caroline Cox and Chick Hallinan
August 2, 2024
Energy RegulationReport

Consensus on Carbon Dioxide Removal

Organizations Involved: Institute for Policy Integrity Abstract Many analysts project that large-scale, widespread carbon dioxide removal (CDR) will be necessary to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions, and thereby stop exacerbating climate change before United Nations temperature limits are exceeded this century. However, concerns about costs, technological constraints, safety, environmental justice…
Peter Howard and Derek Sylvan
July 31, 2024