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Comments to the OCC on Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Banks

These comments to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) support the OCC's draft principles on banks' management of climate-related financial risks, and offer recommendations for the OCC as it continues building on these principles with more detailed guidance. The comments recommend that the OCC consider: (1) providing…
Stephanie Jones, Michael Panfil, Jack Lienke and Bridget Pals
February 14, 2022
Adaptation as Risk ManagementBlog/News ArticleEnvironmental JusticeFinancial DisclosureFinancial RegulationPrivate GovernanceRisk Management

Climate Change Comes to Insurance

This opinion piece explains the risks climate change poses to insurers, both as underwriters and as investors. It argues that it is necessary to align incentives in the insurance industry to prevent widespread defaults that would leave policyholders unprotected and examine areas where risks are distributed inequitably.
Bridget Pals and Michael Panfil
December 3, 2021
Adaptation as Risk ManagementAgency FilingEnvironmental JusticeFinancial DisclosureFinancial RegulationPrivate GovernanceRisk Management

Comments to Federal Insurance Office on the Insurance Sector and Climate-Related Financial Risks

These comments make recommendations to the Treasury Department's Federal Insurance Office on how it can monitor, analyze, and address climate-related risks in the insurance industry.
Jack Lienke, Bridget Pals, Alex Song, Madison Condon, Michael Panfil, Stephanie Jones and Romany Webb
November 15, 2021
Blog/News ArticleFinancial DisclosureFinancial Regulation

Mandating Disclosure of Climate-Related Financial Risk (Blog)

This blog outlines reasons for supporting the SEC’s plan to propose a rule requiring standardized climate risk disclosures and provides several recommendations for how the SEC should build its institutional knowledge as it designs and enforces a climate risk disclosure regime, drawing on a forthcoming paper in the N.Y.U. Journal…
Alex Song, Jack Lienke, Madison Condon, Michael Panfil and Sarah Ladin
November 4, 2021
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Strong SEC Climate Risk Disclosure Rules Are Good for Business, Investors

This blog assesses themes from comments submitted by companies in response to the SEC's request for public input on climate risk disclosure, and identifies four elements essential to a robust rulemaking: (1) address key climate risks as well as emissions; (2) require specific and comparable line-item disclosures; (3) include climate…
Gabriel Malek
August 4, 2021