A private equity fund invests in infrastructure development and agro-industrial projects. The fund hires a team of climate risk consultants to advise on investment structure and the potential climate risks to the fund. The team recommends data types and analytical tools to evaluate physical and transition risk impact at the company level.How should the company evaluate company-level physical risk?
A European bank considers investing in an offshore wind farm project. A bank ESG analyst assists in the origination and execution of green and sustainable finance transactions to finance the project. The analyst recommends a loan to finance the project by gathering related materials on sustainability-linked loans (SLLs), green loans, and corresponding market trends.Which of the following loans is the analyst likely to recommend?
An environmental agency for a southeast Asian nation increases funding to study historic climate change and its impacts. The agency funds a proposal for a scientific subject matter expert to conduct a large-scale study of the nation’s tree rings.What information will this study most likely reveal?
The Commissioners of Insurance for a state in the western United States recommends all insurers now report annually on climate change, using TCFD guidance.Which of the following sectors do the commissioners correctly identify as encompassing the full scope of the TCFD recommendations?
A prominent housing developer plans construction of a small low-carbon-emitting city in an equatorial nation. The developer plans to maximize renewable energy use and estimates daily city summer solar energy generation capacity and load (total electricity demand), in megawatts (MW):The developer estimates the following for capacity and load:At 14:00 solar generation is highest at 720 MWAt 20:00 solar generation decreases to 0 MWAt 20:00 load is highest at 980 MWAt 4:00 load is lowest at 380 MWHow should the developer meet additional energy demand while achieving the lowest-carbon-emission goal option?
A large country joins the Paris Agreement and directs the national environmental department to disseminate new policies and goals to relevant federal agencies. Most agencies are familiar with past climate agreement principles and protocols but not those of the Paris Agreement.The environmental department should educate federal agencies on what feature of the Paris Agreement?
