{"id":22792,"date":"2019-02-13T13:24:05","date_gmt":"2019-02-13T12:24:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/preprod.i4ce.org\/publication\/very-few-companies-make-good-use-of-scenarios-to-anticipate-their-climate-constrained-future\/"},"modified":"2022-10-07T11:49:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-07T09:49:22","slug":"very-few-companies-make-good-use-of-scenarios-to-anticipate-their-climate-constrained-future","status":"publish","type":"publication","link":"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/en\/publication\/very-few-companies-make-good-use-of-scenarios-to-anticipate-their-climate-constrained-future\/","title":{"rendered":"Very few companies make good use of scenarios to anticipate their climate-constrained future"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change induces disruptions of our ecosystems, and the transition to a low-carbon economy significantly affects the political, economic and social landscapes. <strong>Businesses have to adapt to those changes, which entails risks and opportunities<\/strong>. Some changes are already visible today, but the deepest changes are expected to materialize over the mid to long term, and there is a lot of uncertainty around their timing and magnitude. In this context, <strong>the use of forward-looking scenarios is particularly useful to evaluate the resilience of a business to climate-related risks<\/strong>, and it is recommended by the Task-Force on Climate-related financial disclosures (TCFD) set up by the Financial Stability Board (FSB).<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>This Climate Brief <strong>gives an overview of the degree of implementation of climate-related scenario analysis to evaluate risks and opportunities<\/strong>, based on the answers of a sample of 2,003 companies to CDP 2017 Climate Change questionnaire. The analysis shows that:<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Only 5% of companies indicate using scenario analysis<\/strong> to evaluate their climate-related risks and opportunities;<\/li>\n<li>Half of these companies are <strong>based in Europe<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>The use of climate-related scenario analysis is much more common among <strong>oil and gas companies and energy utilities<\/strong> than in other sectors of activity;<\/li>\n<li>Among companies that disclose carrying out a scenario analysis of their <strong>transition risks : <\/strong>about 40% indicate using <strong>tailored scenarios<\/strong>, in general internally designed and modelled, and only half explicitly mention using <strong>a 2\u00b0C or more ambitious scenario<\/strong>;<\/li>\n<li>Among companies that disclose carrying out a scenario analysis of their <strong>physical risks : <\/strong>about 25% indicate using <strong>external scenarios and tools<\/strong>, in most cases those put together by the IPCC;<\/li>\n<li>Overall, there seems to be <strong>confusions in the way climate-related scenarios are understood and used<\/strong>, and a need for guidance on this topic has been identified.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>This publication will be followed by additional work on climate-related scenario analysis over the course of 2019, which will be publicly available.<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p><em><strong>This research is part of the Reimagining Disclosure Project, led by CDP, and supported by Climate-KIC.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/wp-core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Logo-KIC-EIT.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-22797\" src=\"https:\/\/www.i4ce.org\/wp-core\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/Logo-KIC-EIT.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"973\" height=\"198\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Climate change induces disruptions of our ecosystems, and the transition to a low-carbon economy significantly affects the political, economic and social landscapes. 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