Biodiversity
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Impacts of biodiversity loss part 2: sovereign credit ratings
Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. This series of blogs, from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Group, explores how this could impact companies, countries, and economies.
Impacts of biodiversity loss part 3: biodiversity disclosures
Biodiversity loss is one of the greatest challenges facing humanity. This series of blogs, from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Group, explores how this could impact companies, countries, and economies.
Biodiversity and nature related risks for actuaries: an introduction
Today the IFoA publishes its new report for actuaries on nature related risks. Here the report’s author Lucy Saye explores why the finance sector needs to address biodiversity loss and the central role that actuaries can play.
The Emperor’s New Climate Scenarios
Warning – the Earth’s climate may be more sensitive than we thought, meaning we are underestimating the risks from climate change – reinforcing the need to race to zero.
Climate scenarios “not fit for purpose” without biodiversity
A recent IFoA workshop found that climate models significantly miscalculate risks when they ignore biodiversity impacts. This blog from the Biodiversity Working Party explores these critical insights and the implications for actuaries.
Biodiversity Risk, Natural Capital and actuarial practice
A new cross-sector work programme has been launched by CUSP researcher Aled Jones together with the Institute and Faculty of the Actuaries, to take forward a series of activities including think pieces, webinars, and external engagement to ensure the proactive engagement of the actuary profession with the importance, perils and impacts of global biodiversity risks.
Nature-related risks are as detrimental as climate risks: a call to action for actuaries
Mary Goldman, Nick Spencer and Esin Yilmaz Caglar of the The IFoA's Biodiversity Working Party explores nature-related risks, some current challenges in scenario analysis, and what it means for actuaries.
Understanding nature-related physical risks
This is part four in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. In this post, we focus on nature-related physical risks by providing some examples of their different types.
Transition risks arising from nature-related risks
This is part five in a series of blogs about nature-related risk from the IFoA’s Biodiversity Working Party. Here we explore nature-related transition risks, and why we need to include transition risk in nature-related risk.
Finding our balance with nature: introducing Planetary Solvency
Today we publish ‘Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature’, the IFoA’s fourth report in collaboration with climate scientists. Here, report author Sandy Trust introduces the concept of Planetary Solvency and why it is essential for future prosperity.