Topic: Physical Risk, Adaptation & Resilience
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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The Australian State of Net Zero Investment Report – 2024
Report | Investor Group on Climate Change | 30 May 2024
The most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of net zero investment practices in Australia.
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30 May 2024
The most comprehensive and rigorous analysis of net zero investment practices in Australia.
Submission: National Adaptation Plan to manage physical risks for economy
Submission | Kate Simmonds | 17 April 2024
The first National Adaptation Plan provides is an important opportunity to do this and should consider:
- Including a co-developed private finance strategy and plan.
- Aligning adaptation across government climate change activities.
- Facilitating public-private partnerships and developing frameworks to manage complex adaptation challenges.
- Developing and co-funding case studies for best practice private and public-private financing of adaptation and resilience.
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17 April 2024
For institutional investors, adaptation is both a systemic risk and an opportunity. However, for private investment to be directed towards adaptation, there are significant barriers that must be addressed.