Data, Analytics and Translational Research

The ultimate vision of CGFI is financial institutions being able to access and use consistent, timely, and appropriate climate and environmental data and analytics for any point on planet earth historically, in the present, and projected into the future, for every major sector, and for the complete spectrum of material climate and environmental factors.

Toward this goal, we co-develop use cases and research with financial institutions that demonstrate the benefits of integrating climate and environmental analytics and produce open risk frameworks, indicators, and analytics, underpinned by the best available science and robust translational research.

Outputs include quality-assured, relevant, well-described, scientifically robust, and openly accessible climate and environmental data and analytics to financial institutions, suitable for a wide range of use cases.

See below for our latest publications and more details on projects across our main areas of research.

An input–output sensitivity analysis of climate–economy integrated assessment models

11/01/2024

Synoptic conditions conducive for compound wind-flood events in Great Britain in present and future climates

11/01/2024

The Challenge of Climate Risk Modelling in Financial Institutions – Overview, Critique and Guidance

11/12/2023

Breaking the ESG rating divergence: An open geospatial framework for environmental scores

09/11/2023

Global database of cement production assets and upstream suppliers – Nature

16/10/2023

Aligning Finance with Adaptation and Resilience Goals – Targets and Metrics for Financial Institutions: Technical Note

07/06/2023

Wind and Flood Damage and European Property Risk

Research and tools from our wind/flood hazard research, particularly relevant to the insurance industry.

Tropical Cyclone Risk

IRIS - The Imperial College Storm Model - combining input from 42 years of observed tropical cyclones to create a 10,000 year synthetic dataset.

Learning from the Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) exercise

Synthesising lessons from the process of the Bank of England’s Climate Biennial Exploratory Scenario (CBES) exercise.

The Resilient Plaent Data Hub

With CGFI as a founding partner, the RPDH (formerly the GRII) includes a global data viewer for climate risk, hazard, vulnerability and exposure datasets.

Net Zero Transition Plans

We study transition plans in the Net Zero Transition Plans project and focus on the provision of tools and data for assessing credibility of transition plans.

Transition Plan Taskforce

CGFI is co-secretariat for the Transition Plan Taskforce, established to develop the gold standard for private sector climate transition plans.

Sectoral Data Quality and Integrity Project

Our Sectoral Data Quality and Integrity project (SDQI), co-hosted with Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, analyses and provides sector-specific insight into the quality of greenhouse gas (GHG) emission data for use by financial institutions.

Environmental Stress Testing and Scenarios

The Environmental Stress Testing and Scenarios Programme (ESTS), based with Oxford Sustainable Finance Group, will deliver the next generation of stress tests and scenarios to enhance the resilience of the global financial system to climate and environmental risks.

Financing Decarbonisation in UK Agriculture

This partnership between UK CGFI, Oxford University’s Sustainable Finance Group and Barclays will develop better emissions data and modelling methodologies for the UK agriculture sector, for use by financial institutions.

Spatial Finance Initiative

The Spatial Finance Initiative works to mainstream geospatial capabilities into financial decision making globally and promote the development of new spatial finance applications.