Climate Change Data

International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS)

Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2019)

Reporting Period: 2019

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

  • Climate Change
  • Financial Stability

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

  • Lack of understanding about the uncertain process of climate change and its nonlinear effects.
  • Lack of a globally consistent framework for measuring climate risk-related financial information.
  • Data limitations and methodological challenges in assessing climate-related risks.
Mitigation Strategies
  • Developed a methodology for deriving climate risk exposures, using CPRS and ND-GAIN indices.
  • Conducted a scenario analysis using NGFS scenarios to assess potential impact on insurance sector.
  • Collected quantitative and qualitative data from 32 IAIS members covering 75% of the global insurance market.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Physical Risks
  • Increased damage and losses from physical phenomena associated with climate-related trends and events
Transition Risks
  • Disruptions and shifts associated with the transition to a low-carbon economy

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: TCFD