Real Assets Subworking Group

Chairs: Rick Walters (Aware Super) and Andrew Sellick (QIC)

The group aims to enhance investors’ understanding and capabilities regarding decarbonisation efforts and the management of physical climate risks associated with real assets (real estate and infrastructure). This group focuses on applying and contributing to the development of specific frameworks and guidance, namely the Net Zero Investment Framework (NZIF 2.0) and the Physical Climate Risk Assessment Methodology (PCRAM).

 

 

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.
Buildings & InfrasctructureInvestor PracticePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResilienceReal Assets Subworking Group

Resilient Infrastructure: Physical Climate Risk Assessments for Defensible Decision‑Making

Guide | Timothy Grech and Kate Simmonds | 15 May 2026

Practical guidance for investors, companies and service providers supporting defensible decision-making and real-world resilience outcomes.
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 rigour.

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Buildings & InfrasctructureInvestor PracticePhysical Risk, Adaptation & ResilienceReal Assets Subworking Group