Climate Change Data

International Finance Corporation (IFC)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2013)

Reporting Period: 2013

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Environmental
  • Social
  • Governance

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Lack of basic baseline data
  • Uncertainty associated with anticipated developments
  • Limited government capacity
  • Absence of strategic regional, sectoral, or integrated resource planning schemes
  • Information on proposed developments may be limited by commercial considerations
  • Identifying and describing "predictable future development" and "external natural and social stressors"
  • Stakeholders may assign different priorities to VECs
  • VEC baseline conditions and acceptable thresholds are often unavailable
  • Attribution of impacts is a process dominated by uncertainties
  • Exercising leverage over government and over other developers
  • Engaging stakeholders in discussing strategic cumulative impacts
  • Project sponsors may not share data collaboratively
Mitigation Strategies
  • Six-step RCIA process
  • Engage stakeholders early and throughout
  • Clearly record reasoning behind decisions
  • Clarify roles and responsibilities
  • Establish and maintain constructive relationships with government and stakeholders
  • Collaborative initiatives (information sharing, joint management)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Droughts
  • Floods