An environmental agency for a southeast Asian nation increases funding to study historic climate change and its impacts. The agency funds a proposal for a scientific subject matter expert to conduct a large-scale study of the nation’s tree rings.
What information will this study most likely reveal?
A major hurricane extensively damages the electrical infrastructure of a utility company. To improve the utility’s risk management, the risk director prepares a strategy plan and incorporates climate risk considerations within the existing risk management framework.
Which recommendation should the director make to incorporate climate risk into the framework’s risk identification component?
An international agrochemical company performs climate scenario analysis to include in TCFD disclosures. The risk department hires an analyst with experience in physical risk scenario analysis.
What scenario analysis action will the analyst most likely recommend to evaluate physical climate risk?
An international development bank publishes an annual index that evaluates climate risk at a regional level. The index consists of several economic, policy, and physical risk components. For the upcoming index publication, the bank identifies new components that reflect the ability of companies and local infrastructure to incorporate clean and renewable energy sources into electric grids and transport systems. Which of the following risk components will the bank most likely identify?
A fashion company raises an SLL to improve the company ESG score. The sustainability team identifies two sustainability KPIs for finalizing the loan with a financial institution. Which of the following KPIs did the team most likely recommend for the SLL?
A climate scientist develops a presentation on modern climate change for a group of policymakers.
What observation does the scientist include in the presentation that provides evidence of human attribution to current climate change?
An oil and gas company aligns strategy and resiliency planning with long-term global climate goals. After conducting a feasibility study, a company climate risk analyst recommends incorporating IEA scenarios into company strategy development. How might the use of IEA reference scenarios improve company strategy planning?
A West African energy company plans to expand beyond regional operations to markets throughout the continent. Executive leadership determines integrating SDGs into operations can help the company appeal to new consumers and political decision makers. The company CSO develops a strategy to promote the SDGs to external stakeholders.
What should the strategy include?
An international report on SDG progress identifies a large south Asian nation as not on track to meet most SDGs. Specifically, the nation’s reduction of infant mortality and adoption of clean energy lag behind regional peers. In response, a government environmental minister creates a memorandum outlining steps the nation can take to advance the 2030 Agenda goals. The office distributes the memorandum to other government agencies.
How will the memorandum describe the 2030 Agenda goals?
The CRO of an automobile manufacturer in North America prepares a keynote address on risks in the auto sector over the next decade. The CRO highlights the primary technology risks facing its line of internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.
At approximately what point will many manufacturers of ICE vehicles experience a significant technology risk?
