Climate Change
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Climate scenario analysis for life insurers
This short article is an initial output from the IFoA Life Climate Scenarios Working Party (Assumptions and scenario modelling) – it provides a brief outline of how climate scenarios can be used by a life insurance company.
Sustainable Finance Community film club review
Many documentaries are now adopting a focus on climate change, as the impact on the natural world becomes clearer to see. How does the finance industry fit into all of this? The Sustainable Finance Community (SFC), an initiative from the IFoA’s Sustainability Board, examined this topic in our film club with the documentary 'Our Planet: Too Big To Fail' and decided to produce a blog around the ensuing discussion.
Five times faster: the invisible infrastructure of climate change
Matthew Levine, Policy Manager at the IFoA, reflects on the second webinar in the IFoA’s Presidential Speaker Series on alternative economic thinking
Why actuaries should take the IFoA climate risk course
Our Climate Risk and Sustainability course, open to all members, helps actuaries understand climate risks in the same way as other major risks. We asked recent graduates Sian, Samuel and Caryl to give us their verdict.
New Capital Consensus: the investment system and how actuaries impact it
A summary of part 3 of the IFoA’s Presidential Speaker Series on alternative economic thinking
The power of purposeful business
A summary of part 4 of the IFoA’s Presidential Speaker Series on alternative economic thinking
Climate reporting focus: ISSB
This is part 1 of a series of educational posts from the IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party about climate reporting topics. Here the working party gives an introduction to ISSB and a brief overview of its recent publications (IFRS S1 and S2).
Climate reporting focus: USA
This is part 2 of a series of educational posts from the IFoA’s Climate Change Disclosures Working Party about climate reporting topics. Here the working party focuses on the USA: current practices and a brief overview of things to come.