Topic: Physical Risk, Adaptation & Resilience
19 September 2025
Australia’s first National Climate Risk Assessment and Adaptation Plan set a new benchmark for physical risk. IGCC’s climate resilience and policy team unpacks what this means for portfolios — from infrastructure and supply chains to health, nature and mandatory disclosures.
Submission to the Senate Climate Risk Assessment Inquiry
Submission | Fergus Pitt | 9 September 2025
Covering IGCC’s policy priorities on the National Climate Risk Assessment and the National Adaptation Plan, and responses to the inquiries specific terms of reference.
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Physical Climate Risk Assessments of Infrastructure Assets
Report | Marwa Curran, Kate Simmonds and IGCC's Real Assets Sub Working Group | June 2025
This report synthesises the Phase 2 results of the Real Assets Sub-Working Group, comprised of investors in real assets and convened by the Investor Group on Climate Change. In 2024, the group focused on the challenges related to assessing the physical climate-related risks to and resilience of infrastructure holdings.
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5 May 2025
Australia’s investment sector looks forward to working with Australia’s new parliament on the policies that will keep building momentum towards a climate-resilient net-zero emissions economy.
Report: State of Net Zero Investment Australia 2025
Report | Investor Group on Climate Change | 3 April 2025
IGCC’s State of Net Zero report is Australia’s most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of investors’ climate progress. This year’s findings show that Australia’s institutional investors remain firmly attuned to the risks and opportunities of climate change – and how they align with their fiduciary responsibilities.
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IGCC Annual Report 2024: Year In Review
Report | Investor Group on Climate Change | 27 February 2025
The Investor Group on Climate Change has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of significant climate action by investors and policy progress throughout Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
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27 February 2025
The Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) has released its 2024 Annual Report, highlighting a year of significant climate action by investors and policy progress throughout Australia and Aotearoa New Zealand.
6 November 2024
New research released as the federal government is working on its next major climate priorities: The National Climate Risk Assessment and Australia's National Adaptation Plan.
Activating Private Investment in Adaptation
Report | Kate Simmonds, Fergus Pitt, Stephen Catchpole, Olivia Kember, Bronte Wild | November 2024
Turning capital flight risk into the next multibillion opportunity
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Draft Investor Expectations of companies’ physical climate risk management and resilience
These expectations have been developed to support investors to advance their engagement with companies with the goal that companies improve their resilience to physical climate risk. This is critical to protect revenue, jobs, and economic productivity for long term system-wide prosperity – all of which we anticipate will protect long-term investment returns.
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