New guide supports defensible physical climate risk assessments for infrastructure
18 May 2026
Resilient Infrastructure: Physical Climate Risk Assessments for Defensible Decision‑Making provides practical guidance for investors, companies and service providers to assess physical climate risks in a way that supports defensible decision-making and real-world resilience outcomes.
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The guide defines what a defensible physical climate risk assessment looks like in practice and sets out a clear, consistent approach to improve transparency, comparability, and technical rigor.
The guide was co-written by IGCC and QIC.
What the guide provides
The guide includes three core resources that together underpin a defensible approach to physical climate risk assessment:
- A representative assessment process, supported by practical technical guidance, covering both the development of risk understanding and detailed risk assessment.
- Six requirements that physical climate risk assessments should meet to be considered defensible.
- An asset‑level physical climate risk register template, enabling consistent documentation of assessment outputs.
Together, these resources enable companies to strengthen the credibility of physical climate risk assessments and give investors greater confidence that risks are being appropriately identified, assessed, and managed.
Who the guide is for
The guide is intended for:
- Companies that own/operate infrastructure assets seeking to improve their physical climate risk assessments and resilience planning.
- Investors and investment managers using physical climate risk assessments for stewardship, investment decision‑making and disclosure.
- Service providers undertaking physical climate risk assessments on behalf of companies.
While focused on risk assessment, the guide forms a critical first step towards adaptation planning, financing and implementation, supporting a shift from compliance‑driven analysis to proactive resilience building.
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