The Changing Climate Policy Landscape
The Founding Partners of the Investor Agenda have published a climate policy report out lining eight key features of effective climate policy as a consideration for policymakers.
The report takes the opportunity provided by the UNFCCC Global Stocktake to summarize how global climate policy has developed and to describe the core features that should underpin climate policy going forward. Several case studies have been provided to illustrate effective climate finance policy in Australia, the European Union, Japan and the United States.
Investor Climate Action Plans Expectations Ladder
The Founding Partners of the Investor Agenda have updated the ICAPs Expectation Ladder to help investors act on climate by providing a single, comprehensive framework which draws on existing initiatives and guidance.
The updated Expectations Ladder sets out high level expectations for investors to take on climate action across four focus areas – Investment, Corporate Engagement, Investor Disclosure and Policy Advocacy, with Governance as a cross-cutting theme. The Expectations Ladder is inclusive and designed for all investors, regardless of where they are on their climate change journey. That is why the Expectations Ladder sets out a summary of actions over four tiers from those beginning to think about climate (Tier 4) to the net-zero. standard-setters (Tier 1).
Report Card on G20 Climate Policies
AIGCC, Ceres and IGCC have assessed the climate policies of G20 countries against the five policy recommendations in the Investor Agenda’s 2021 Global Investor Statement to Governments on the Climate Crisis. The Report Card found that most G20 countries have a lot of work to do to attract the trillions of dollars of investment needed in solutions to the climate crisis.
A plan for mandatory TCFD-aligned disclosure in Australia
A plan for Australia to adopt a mandatory financial disclosure for climate change risks over the next four years has been released by three founding partners of the Investor Agenda – CDP, IGCC and PRI – to help cut red tape for business and protect national economic stability.
The roadmap details the actions Australian financial regulators and the Federal Government can take to build on existing work and further ensure there is clear and consistent reporting from companies, investors, banks and insurers that will produce investable disclosure and ensure financial markets can properly price and act on the physical and transitional risks of climate change.
Investor Agenda 2019 Progress Report
The Investor Agenda 2019 Progress Report showcases investor action on climate change, highlights efforts to scale up investor action and profiles case studies of action in each of the focus areas.
The report was published in September 2019 by The Investor Agenda Founding Partners: Asia Investor Group on Climate Change, CDP, Ceres, Investor Group on Climate Change, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Principles for Responsible Investment and UNEP Finance Initiative.
