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.

In our research toward this goal, we co-develop projects with financial institutions that demonstrate the benefits of integrating climate and environmental analytics into financial decision-making. Outputs include quality-assured, scientifically robust and openly accessible climate and environmental data, analytics and frameworks, suitable for a wide range of use cases relevant to financial institution.

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

Impact of climate scenario choices on climate financial risk assessment: High variance company performance under consistent climate stress test

20/12/2024

Location, Location, Location: Asset Location Data Sources for Nature-Related Financial Risk Analysis

14/10/2024

A Climate Scenario Taxonomy for the Financial Sector

08/10/2024

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

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 Planet 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.

India Transition Finance Program

The India Transition Finance Program (ITFP) will provide best practice data and analytics on aspects of transition finance, with a focus on India.

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.

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.

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.

Transition Plan Taskforce

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

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.