Stakeholder Map
This webpage provides an overview of organizations engaged in climate risk-related work, with a focus on their key projects and available open-source data portals and tools, where applicable.
Governmental or Intergovernmental Organizations
| Name | Description | Geo-location | Publications | Link |
| The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) | The Basel Committee on Banking Supervision (BCBS) is the primary global standard setter for the prudential regulation of banks and provides a forum for regular cooperation on banking supervisory matters. Its 45 members comprise central banks and bank supervisors from 28 jurisdictions. | Switzerland | Link | |
| The European Central Bank (ECB) | The ECB is the central bank of the European Union countries which use the euro. Their main task is to maintain price stability. They identify and give recommendations for reducing risks that could throw the financial system out of balance. | Europe | Link | |
| European Banking Authority (EBA) | The EBA is actively working on Climate Stress Testing with the aim of assessing the resilience of the EU banking system to the potential impact of climate risks, also in line with the new mandates received from the European Commission. | France | Access | |
| European Environment Agency (EEA) | The European Climate Adaptation Platform Climate-ADAPT provides a lot of services and data on addressing climate change challenges. EEA also published the first European Climate Risk Assessment report. | Denmark | Access | |
| FDIC | FDIC issued Principles for Climate-Related Financial Risk Management for Large Financial Institutions that provide a high-level framework for the safe and sound management of exposures to climate-related financial risks. | US | Access | |
| Financial Sustainability Board (FSB) | The FSB is coordinating internationally the work to address climate-related financial risks. It also created the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), an organization to develop guidelines for companies to disclose climate-related risks and opportunities in a transparent and consistent manner. | Switzerland | Access | |
| Global Facility for Disaster Reduction and Recovery (GFDRR) | The GFDRR focuses on disaster risk management by providing financial support, technical expertise, and investing in innovative tools and analytics to share global knowledge. Its aim is to strengthen policies and operations for better disaster preparedness and climate change adaptation. It is hosted by the World Bank. | US | Access | |
| Institute for Global Environmental Strategies (IGES) | IGES seeks to promote a transition to a climate-resilient future by advancing the development of mitigation and adaptation initiatives aligned with international negotiations and processes. They assist policymakers, local communities, businesses and investors to understand climate risks and future climate regimes based on sound science. Through our research activities on market mechanisms, mitigation and adaptation, we help various stakeholders co-design actions for localizing climate-resilient societies. | Japan | Access | |
| International Monetary Fund (IMF) | A Climate Change Indicators Dashboard where data on greenhouse gases emissions, adaptation, mitigation, transition risks, as well as climate and weather data can be found is provided. There are also working papers on the impact, risk, and issue of climate change on financial stability, as well as finance data and statistics on country and sector scale. | US | Access | |
| Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) | The Central Banks and Supervisors Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) is a group of Central Banks and Supervisors willing, on a voluntary basis, to exchange experiences, share best practices, contribute to the development of environment and climate risk management in the financial sector, and to mobilize mainstream finance to support the transition toward a sustainable economy. Its purpose is to define and promote best practices to be implemented within and outside of the Membership of the NGFS and to conduct or commission analytical work on green finance. | Fance | Access | |
| The World Bank | The World Bank has numerous resources regarding climate change and risk assessment, including Climate Information Resources, a hub of useful climate information. | US | Access | |
| UNEP FI Risk center | An initiative of the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI), dedicated to advancing global understanding and management of financial risks related to environmental, social, and governance (ESG) issues. A lot of useful resources, including tools, methodologies, and guides to empower banks, investors and insurers to better assess, disclose and manage their climate risks. They also have sectoral risks and supporting client engagement, for example, climate risks in the real estate sector. | Switzerland | Access |
Academic Institutions
| Name | Description | Geo-location | Link |
| Atkinson center for sustainability, Cornell University | US | Access | |
| Berkeley climate initiative | US | Access | |
| Business school of Edinburgh | UK | Access | |
| Cambridge Institute of Sustainability Leadership | An institute that focus on activating leadership globally to transform economies for people, nature and climate. They work with leaders and innovators across business, finance and government to accelerate action for a sustainable future. | UK | Access |
| Center for Climate Finance and Investment, Imperial College Business School | The center focus on how capital markets are responding to global climate change. Their research covers five workstreams: climate risk ccenarios and stress testing, nature, clean energy investing; climate finance markets and instruments; and adaptation and resilience. | UK | Access |
| Center for Climate and Resilience Research (CR)2 | Its aim is to generate knowledge about climate science and resilience from an interdisciplinary perspective and study how climate change impacts Chilean ecosystems and society. | Chile | Access |
| Center for Climate Environment Resilience, Newcasstle University | UK | Access | |
| ESG Initiative, The Wharton School | The School brings together stakeholders from academia, government, communities, and the private sector to conduct academically rigorous, practically relevant research on topics such as climate change, renewable energy, air and water pollution, waste disposal, biodiversity, and deforestation. Our core research areas include how climate risk impacts business strategy and financial markets, how environmental policies and markets transform the energy and transportation sectors across countries at different stages of economic development, and climate and environmental ethics. | US | Access |
| Grantham Institute, Imperial College London | The Grantham Institute is Imperial College London's hub for climate change and the environment. They seek to understand our planetary environment, how the human-environment interacts with the natural world, and how the translation of research to inform policy and innovation can help create a sustainable, resilient, healthy future for the planet. | UK | Access |
| Business and Environment Institute, Harvard Business School | The Business and Environment Initiative educates, connects, and mobilizes business leaders to address climate change and other environmental challenges. Its climate change related research focuses on climate mitigation. | US | Access |
| Institute for Climate, Energy, and Disaster Solutions, Australia National University (ANU) | Its goal is to advance innovative solutions to address climate change, energy system transitions and disasters. We facilitate integrated approaches to research, teaching and policy, industry and community engagement across disciplines. We also lead the ANU Below Zero Initiative in research, teaching and engagement whose goal is to reduce the University's greenhouse gas emissions to below zero. | Australia | Access |
| Climateworks Center, Monash University | The Climateworks mission is to accelerate action to achieve net zero emissions within Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, aligned with the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It works across four physical systems (food, land, and ocean, industry, cities, and energy) of the economy that produce emissions, and three systems (sustainable corporate, sustainable economy, and sustainable finance) that enable emissions reduction. | Australia | Access |
| Climate Risk institute of Canada | Canada | Access | |
| School of Sustainability, Stanford University | Its research focus on many aspects of the sustainability, including climate, biodiversity, energy, and hazards. | US | Access |
| Center for Social Innovation, Stanford Business School | Stanford Business School has a couple of initiatives that focus on climate-change related topics, such as rapid decarbonization initiative, clean energy opportunities, etc. | US | Access |
| Stanford Woods Institute for the environment | Stanford Woods Institute researchers are creating climate models for economic impact studies and energy and environmental policymaking. Some are assessing climate vulnerabilities and shifting public perspectives on climate change issues. Others are looking closely at ways to assess risk, reduce vulnerabilities and mitigate and adapt to impacts. | US | Access |
| Climate School, Columbia University | The Climate School aims to educate future climate leaders, support groundbreaking research, and foster essential climate solutions from the community to the planetary scale. | US | Access |
| MIT Sloan School of Management | US | Access | |
| London Business School | UK | Access | |
| Judge Business School, University of Cambridge | UK | Access | |
| Climate Resilience Academy, University of Miami | US | Access | |
| Volatility and Risk Institute, New York University | US | Access | |
| Climate Risk Research Group, University of Waterloo | Canada | Access | |
| UNSW Institute for Climate Risk & Response | Australia | Access | |
| EDHEC Climate Risk Institute | Singapore | Access | |
| Climate Action Unit of UCL | UK | Access | |
| UIUC Weather and Climate Risk | US | Access | |
| Global Systems Institute, University of Exeter | UK | Access | |
| Weather and Climate Risks, ETH Zurich | Switzerland | Access | |
| Center for Climate Resilience and Decision Science, Argonne National Laboratory | US | Access |
Non-profit Organizations
| Name | Description | Link |
| Global Canopy | Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. They do this by improving transparency and accountability. They provide innovative open-access data, clear metrics, and actionable insights to leading companies, financial institutions, governments and campaigning organisations worldwide to help them make better decisions about nature, forests and people. | Access |
| Global Change Data Lab | Its flagship project World in Data provides numerous climate change related data, including greenhouse gas emission data, energy data, and climate data. | |
| Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) |
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| Environmental Resources Management (ERM) Foundation | ||
| WRI | ||
| CDP | ||
| GHG Protocol | ||
| EDF | ||
| Resources for the Future | ||
| Resilient planet finance lab | ||
| Germanwatch | ||
| Climate Impact Lab | The Climate Impact Lab is a nonprofit 501(c)(3) organization with a mission to measure and communicate the impacts of climate change on people to empower effective decision-making. | Access |
| Climateworks Center, Monash University | The Climateworks mission is to accelerate action to achieve net zero emissions within Australia, Southeast Asia and the Pacific, aligned with the global goal of limiting warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius. It works across four physical systems (food, land, and ocean, industry, cities, and energy) of the economy that produce emissions, and three systems (sustainable corporate, sustainable economy, and sustainable finance) that enable emissions reduction. | Access |
| South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) | The South African National Biodiversity Institute (SANBI) contributes to South Africa’s sustainable development by facilitating access to biodiversity data, generating information and knowledge, building capacity, providing policy advice, showcasing and conserving biodiversity in its national botanical and zoological gardens | Access |
For-profit Organizations
| Name | Description | Geo-location | Publications | Link |
| Moody's | Link | |||