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No River, No Power – Can Asia’s rivers power growth in a changing climate?
CWR, 2023

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CWR River Power Factsheets
CWR, 2023

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CWR River Power Factsheets
CWR 2023
Plugging the Leaks: An Investor Guide to Oil and Gas Methane Risk
Environmental Defense Fund 2023
Financial Markets Roadmap for Transforming the Global Food System
Planet Tracker 2023
Contrasting Sustainability Focus in Singapore and Hong Kong’s 2023 Budgets
Sustainable Fitch 2023
How Policy Makers can Implement Reforms for a Sustainable Financial System: Stewardship
PRI 2023
Corporate Climate Vulnerability Scores Overview
FitchRatings 2023
Banking Asia’s Future: How to Align with National Climate Plans
ARE 2023
Heterogeneous Melting Near the Thwaites Glacier Grounding Line
Nature 2023
Down to Earth – Climate Governance Case Studies in Asia Pacific
ACGA 2023
Are Companies Developing Credible Climate Transition Plans?
CDP 2023
Sustainable Banking Assessment 2022
WWF 2023
White Paper on ESG Practices in China
ICMA & China Central Depository & Clearing Co. Ltd 2023
Latest Developments of Green and Sustainable Finance (2nd half of 2022) Policy Update
HKGFA 2023
The State of ESG in Hong Kong
FSDC & HKGFA 2023
Progress Update 2022: Five Years of Climate Action 100+
Climate Action 100 2023
The Greenwashing Hydra
Planet Tracker 2023
Hot Money
Planet Tracker 2023
Electricity Market Report 2023
IEA 2023
The Growth of Global Carbon Markets & Opportunities for Hong Kong
HKEX 2023
Global Risks Report 2023
WEF 2023
ESG & Climate Trends to Watch for 2023
MSCI 2022
The Hong Kong Green And Sustainable Finance Talent Development And Strategy
HKUST, Green Finance Research Project 2022
A Case for Net Zero in Private Equity
PRI 2022
Integrity Matters: Net Zero Commitments, By Business, Financial Institutions, Cities & Regions
UN 2022
Paris Aligned Asset Owners 2022 Progress Report
Paris Aligned Asset Owners 2022
The COP27 Net Zero Atlas
FTSE Russell 2022
Draft Medium-Term Strategy (2023-2027)
Adaptation Fund 2022
Adaptation Gap Report 2022
UNEP 2022
Emissions Gap Report 2022
UNEP 2022
2022 NDC Synthesis Report
UNCC 2022
United In Science 2022
WMO 2022
WMO Provisional State of the Global Climate 2022
WMO 2022
Global Update – Massive Gas Expansion Risks Overtaking Positive Climate Policies
CAT 2022
HK Deep Dive! Coastal Threat Adaptation Gaps Hurt HKMA & HK Banks
CWR 2022
Toxic Fog: Known Unknowns
Planet Tracker 2022
Still Flying Blind: The Absence of Climate Risk in Financial Reporting
Carbon Tracker 2022
Green Equity Exposure in a 1.5°C Scenario: Applying Climate Investment Trajectories with Green Revenues
FTSE Russell 2022
Closing the Loop: Responsible Investment and the Circular Economy
PRI 2022
Increasing Heat-Stress Inequality in a Warming Climate
AGU 2022
Renewable Energy Outlook for ASEAN: Towards a Regional Energy Transition
IRENA 2022
Antarctic Peninsula Warming Triggers Enhanced Basal Melt Rates Throughout West Antarctica 
Science 2022
Response of the East Antarctic Ice Sheet to Past & Future Climate Change
Nature 2022
The Vital Role of Nature-Based Solutions in a Nature Positive Economy
EU 2022
Climate Action 100+ Investor Guide for Engaging in Asia
PRI 2022
State of Fashion Technology Report 2022
McKinsey & Company 2022
The Microwave Snow Grain Size: A New Concept to Predict Satellite Observations Over Snow-Covered Regions
AGU 2022
Advances in Water Research
The Water Research Foundation 2022
Integrating Nature-Based Solutions for Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Management: A Practitioner’s Guide
ADB 2022
Exceptionally Stable Preindustrial Sea Level Inferred from the Western Mediterranean Sea
Science Advances 2022
The Imbalance of the Asian Water Tower
Nature 2022
Incorporating Climate Change in Private Markets: An Investor Resource Guide
PRI 2022
Climate Impact of Plastics
McKinsey 2022
A genome and gene catalog of glacier microbiomes
Nature 2022
2021 State of Ecology And Environment Report
MEE 2022
Information Paper on Environmental Risk Management (Asset Managers)
MAS 2022
From-white-to-green-Snow-cover-loss-and-increased-vegetation-productivity-in-the-European-Alps
From white to green: Snow cover loss and increased vegetation productivity in the European Alps
Science 2022
Diving Deep: Finance, Ocean Pollution & Coastal Resilience
Diving Deep: Finance, Ocean Pollution & Coastal Resilience
UN Environment Programme 2022
Protection-and-restoration-of-coastal-habitats-yield-multiple-benefits-for-urban-residents-as-sea-levels-rise
Protection and restoration of coastal habitats yield multiple benefits for urban residents as sea levels rise
Nature 2022
Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change
Technical Guidance on Comprehensive Risk Assessment and Planning in the Context of Climate Change
UNDRR 2022
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the risks & impacts of financing non-renewable extractive industries (Deep-sea mining)
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the risks & impacts of financing non-renewable extractive industries (Deep-Sea Mining)
UN Environment Programme 2022
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the risks & impacts of financing non-renewable extractive industries (Offshore oil & gas)
Harmful Marine Extractives: Understanding the risks & impacts of financing non-renewable extractive industries (Offshore Oil & Gas)
UN Environment Programme 2022
Diverse Physical Processes Drive Upper-Tail Flood Quantiles in the US Mountain West
Diverse Physical Processes Drive Upper-Tail Flood Quantiles in the US Mountain West
AGU 2022
The-double-materiality-of-climate-physical-and-transition-risks-in-the-euro-area v2
The double materiality of climate physical and transition risks in the euro area
European Central Bank 2022
2021 China Sea Level Bulletin
The Ministry of Natural Resources 2022
Economic Impacts of Climate Change – Exploring short term climate related shocks for financial actors within macroeconomic models
UNEP 2022
High and Dry: How Water Issues Are Stranding Assets
CDP 2022
Supervisory and Regulatory Approaches to Climate-related Risks: Interim Report
FSB 2022
National Responsibility for Ecological Breakdown: A Fair-Shares Assessment of Resource Use, 1970–2017
The Lancet 2022
The Global Assessment of Private Sector Impacts on Water
Ceres 2022
Food–Energy–Water Implications of Negative Emissions Technologies in a +1.5 °C Future
Nature 2022
Decision-Making on Deep-Sea Mineral Stewardship: A Supply Chain Perspective
WEF 2022
Diving Deep: Finance, Ocean Pollution & Coastal Resilience
UNEP 2022
The Climate Risk Tool Landscape 2022 Supplement: Featuring An Anthology of Implementation Case Studies from Financial Institutions
UNEP 2022
Managing Transition Risk in Real Estate: Aligning to the Paris Climate Accord
UNEP 2022
Corporate Transition Plan – Investor Expectations
IGCC 2022
Banking Asia’s Future: How to Align with National Climate Plans
ARE 2022
Finance and Climate Change – A Comprehensive Climate Assessment of the World’s Largest Financial Institutions
Influence Map 2022
Toxic Assets: Making Polluters Pay When Wells Run Dry & the Bill Comes Due
CIEL 2022
Buyer Beware: Fossil Fuels Subsidies & Carbon Capture Fairy Tales in Canada
Environmental Defence 2022
Banking on Climate Chaos – Fossil Fuel Finance Report 2022
Rainforest Action Network, BankTrack, Indigenous Environmental Network, Oilchange, ReclaimFinance, Sierra Club, Urgewald 2022
Are you ready for nature-related disclosure?
UNEP, UNDP 2022
A Scientific Assessment of the Third Pole Environment
UNEP 2022
CWR Together We Can: 8 Habit changes for below 2°C
CWR 2022
Carbon peak and its mitigation implications for China in the post-pandemic era
Nature 2022
Global Energy Review: CO2 Emissions in 2021
IEA 2022
Leading Financial Centres Stepping Up Sustainability Action
FC4S 2022
Observing the disintegration of the A68A iceberg from space
ScienceDirect 2022
Ice velocity and thickness of the world’s glaciers
Nature 2022
Corporate Climate Responsibility Monitor 2022
New Climate Institute 2022
Future-Proofing Supply Chains Supply Chain Sustainability and Key Trends in 2022
Sustainalytics 2022
Geospatial ESG
WWF & World Bank 2022
Globally elevated chemical weathering rates beneath glaciers
Nature 2022
Climate Tango: Principles for integrating physical and transition climate risk assessments
UNEP FI 2022
Winning the Race to Net Zero: The CEO Guide to Climate Advantage
World Economic Forum 2022
Rapid glacier retreat rates observed in West Antarctica
Nature 2022
Global Risk Report 2022
World Economic Forum 2022
Climate changes modulated the history of Arctic iodine during the Last Glacial Cycle
Nature 2022
Portfolio Construction with Climate Risk Measures
Amundi Asset Management 2022
Cheap talk in corporate climate commitments: The role of active institutional ownership, signaling, materiality, and sentiment
SSRN 2022
Exploring the Barriers to Climate Impact: A Way Forward for Financial Institutions in Asia
WWF 2021
Assessing Physical Climate Risks For The European Bank For Reconstruction And Development’s Power Generation Project Investment Portfolio
WRI 2021
Guide on climate-related disclosure for central banks
NGFS 2021
Arctic Report Card: Update for 2021
NOAA 2021
Rising focus on just transition will raise risks for most exposed companies
Moody's 2021
Financial Implications of Addressing Water-Related Externalities in the Apparel Sector
Ceres 2021
Comprehensive Good Practice Guide to Climate Stress Testing
UNEP FI 2021
The Blue Technology Barometer
MIT 2021
Deep-Sea Mining: A Noisy Affair
Ocean Care 2021
Ocean warming and accelerating Southern Ocean zonal flow
Nature Climate Change 2021
Principles for the Effective Management & Supervision of Climate-related Financial Risks
BIS 2021
Principles for the effective management and supervision of climate-related financial risks
BIS 2021
COP26 Glasgow Initial Assessment
Climate Action Tracker 2021
Carbon inequality in 2030: Per capita consumption emissions and the 1.5⁰C goal
Oxfam 2021
Sink or Swim: The future of fisheries in the East & South China Seas
UBC & ADMCF 2021
Green Bonds for Climate Resilience: Guide for Issuers
GCA & EBRD 2021
Green Bonds for Climate Resilience: State of Play & Roadmap to Scale
GCA & EBRD 2021
State of the Cryosphere Report 2021
ICCI 2021
Powering a Carbon-free Hong Kong – Pathways Towards a Net-zero Emissions Power System for Hong Kong
Civic Exchange 2021
Emissions Gap Report 2021
UNFCCC 2021
From Pollution to Solution: a global assessment of marine litter and plastic pollution
UNEP 2021
The Production Gap Report 2021
UNEP & SEI 2021
Climate Risk Stress Test 2022
ECB 2021
Scenarios in Action: A Progress Report on Global Supervisory and Central Bank Climate Scenario Exercises
NGFS 2021
Greater than 99% consensus on human caused climate change in the peer-reviewed scientific literature
IOP Science 2021
Navigating Ocean Risk – Shaping Transition to a Blue Economy
WWF 2021
World Energy Outlook 2021
IEA 2021
Climate adaptation reporting third round: The Environment Agency – Living better with a changing climate
UK Environmental Agency 2021
Emergent biogeochemical risks from Arctic permafrost degradation
Nature Climate Change 2021
Climate Change Risks to Australian Banks
Reserve Bank of Austrailia 2021
Flying Blind: The Glaring Absence of Climate Risks in Financial Reporting
Carbon Tracker Initiative 2021
United Science 2021 Report
WMO 2021
Global Update: Climate target updates slow as science demands action
Climate Action Tracker 2021
Financing a Net Zero Economy: The Consequences of Physical Climate Risk for Banks
Ceres 2021
More Risk- The Changing Nature of P&C Insurance Opportunities to 2040
Swiss Re Institute 2021
Information Paper: Climate Vulnerability Assessment 
APRA 2021
Extreme Sea Levels (ESL) at Different Global Warming Levels
Nature 2021
Application guidance for water-related disclosures
CDSB 2021
Economic impacts of tipping points in the climate system
PNAS 2021
Fiscal Policies to Address Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific
IMF Asia and Pacific & Fiscal Affairs Departments 2021
Climate Risk & Commercial Property Values: A review and analysis of the literature
UNEP FI 2021
Nature-Based Solutions for Wastewater Treatment: A Series of Factsheets and Case Studies
IWA 2021
Water Resilience Assessment Framework
CEO Water Mandate, AGWA, WRI, Pacific Institute, IWMI 2021
Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis – Full Report
IPCC 2021
Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis – Technical Summary
IPCC 2021
Sixth Assessment Report (AR6) Climate Change 2021: The Physical Science Basis – Summary for Policymakers
IPCC 2021
Observation-based early-warning signals for a collapse of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation
Nature Climate Change 2021
Understanding the climate performance of investment funds
Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership 2021
Observational evidence that cloud feedback amplifies global warming
PNAS 2021
Global LiDAR Land Elevation Data Reveal Greatest Sea-level Rise Vulnerability in the Tropics
Nature Communications 2021
World Bank Group Climate Change Action Plan 2021–2025
World Bank Group 2021
Climate Policy Factbook: Three priority areas for climate action
Bloomberg NEF 2021
Sustainability Trends Report 2021
Generation Investment Management 2021
Climate Investment Opportunities: Climate-Aligned Bonds & Issuers 2020
Climate Bonds Initiatives 2021
FSB Roadmap for Addressing Climate-Related Financial Risks
Financial Stability Board 2021
Progress on Household Drinking Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (2000-2020)
WHO/UNICEF Joint Monitoring Program for Water Supply, Sanitation and Hygiene (JMP) 2021
Climate-related Risk and Financial Stability
European Central Bank 2021
Hydropower Special Market Report: Analysis and forecast to 2030
IEA 2021
Water: from a systemic and unpriced risk to a measurable opportunity with positive impact
IMPAX Asset Management 2021
Climate Product Innovation Within the Insurance Sector
CISL 2021
The Economic Case for Nature: A Global Earth-Economy Model to Assess Development Policy Pathways
World Bank 2021
Action Plan to Make Markets Climate Resilient
SSE 2021
Resilient Banking: Capturing Opportunities and Managing Risks Over the Long Term
EY & IIF 2021
National Good Practice Operational Guidelines for the Australian Water Industry
Water Services Association of Austrailia 2021
The State of Play in Sustainability Assurance
IFAC 2021
The Effect of Rainfall Changes in Economic Production
Nature 2021
Circular Textiles for a Sustainable Future
PCIAW 2021
Ice-shelf retreat drives recent Pine Island Glacier speedup
Science Advances 2021
Glaciohydrology of the Himalaya-Karakoram
Science 2021
NGFS Climate Scenarios for central banks and supervisors
NGFS 2021
Key elements of the 2021 Biennial Exploratory Scenario: Financial risks from climate change
Bank of England 2021
The Changing Climate for Private Equity
Ceres, The SustainAbility Institute by ERM 2021
2021 Financial Sector Assessment Program Review—Towards A More Stable And Sustainable Financial System
IMF 2021
WMO Global Annual to Decadal Climate Update
WMO 2021
Banks – Asia-Pacific: Climate Risks are Growing, with Large, Diversified Banks Better Positioned to Cope
Moody's 2021
Seeing past the blind spots in climate finance
ISS 2021
2020 State of Ecology And Environment Report
MEE 2021
Net Zero by 2050: A Roadmap for the Global Energy Sector
IEA 2021
Mapping global hotspots of natural capital depletion
UNEP & PRI 2021
The economics of climate change
Swiss Re 2021
Application Paper on the Supervision of Climate-related Risks in the Insurance Sector
IAIS 2021
Critical slowing down suggests that the western Greenland Ice Sheet is close to a tipping point
PNAS 2021
Environmental Risk Outlook 2021
Verisk Maplecroft 2021
The Paris Climate Agreement and future sea-level rise from Antarctica
Nature 2021
Climate-related risks to financial stability
ECB 2021
Climate-related financial risks – measurement methodologies
BIS 2021
Climate-related risk drivers and their transmission channels
BIS 2021
Rapid postglacial rebound amplifies global sea level rise following West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapse
Science Advances 2021
ESG in Credit – Exposure to Environmental Impact Issues
Fitch Ratings 2021
Accelerated global glacier mass loss in the early 21st century
Nature 2021
Assessing China’s efforts to pursue the 1.5°C warming limit
Science 2021
Global groundwater wells at risk of running dry
Nature 2021
Seeking Higher Ground: Institutional Investors Respond to Climate Change
Coalition Greenwich 2021
Pathways and modification of warm water flowing beneath Thwaites Ice Shelf, West Antarctica
Science Advances 2021
Asian Business Dialogue on Corporate Governance: Conference Report
ACGA 2021
Global Energy Review 2021
IEA 2021
Turning Up The Heat: The need for urgent action by US financial regulators in addressing climate risk
Ceres 2021
Anthropogenic climate change has slowed global agricultural productivity growth
Nature 2021
Climate change and ports: Impacts and adaptation strategies 
British Port Assoc & HR Wallingford 2021
Climate change is probably increasing the intensity of tropical cyclones
ScienceBrief 2021
Adapting central bank operations to a hotter world: Reviewing some options
NGFS 2021
Water Risk in the ICT Sector: The Case For Action
AWS 2021
UN World Water Development Report 2021
UNESCO World Water Assessment Programme 2021
A plant-by-plant strategy for high ambition coal power phaseout in China
Nature communications 2021
Irrigation of biomass plantations may globally increase water stress more than climate change
Nature Communications 2021
Cheap Talk and Cherry-Picking: What ClimateBert has to say on Corporate Climate Risk Disclosures
SSRN 2021
Forward-looking Financial Metrics Consultation: Summary of responses
TCFD 2021
NGFS Scenarios: Guiding Finance Towards Climate Ambition Or Climate Failure
Oilchange & Reclaim Finance 2021
Nationally determined contributions under the Paris Agreement: Synthesis report by the secretariat
UNFCCC 2021
Unextractable fossil fuels in a 1.5 °C world
Nature 2021
Groundbreaking Research Reveals the Financiers of the Coal Industry
Urgewald 2021
HKGFA Sustainable Finance Policy Review 2020
HKGFA 2021
Country-based rate of emissions reductions should increase by 80% beyond nationally determined contributions to meet the 2 °C target
Nature 2021
Water level changes, subsidence, and sea level rise in the Ganges–Brahmaputra–Meghna delta
PNAS 2021
Review article: Earth’s ice imbalance
European Geosciences Union (EGU) 2021
Ageing Water Storage Infrastructure: An Emerging Global Risk
United Nations University (UNU) 2021
The Global Risks Report 2021
WEF 2021
Global Climate Risk Index 2021
Germanwatch 2021
How close are we to the temperature tipping point of the terrestrial biosphere?
Science Advances 2021
Adaption in Finance in the Context of COVID-19
Global Center of Adaptation 2021
Survey on monetary policy operations and climate change: key lessons for further analyses
NGFS 2020
Progress report on the implementation of sustainable and responsible investment practices in central banks’ portfolio management
NGFS 2020
State and Trends in Adaptation Report 2020
Global Centre On Adaptation 2020
Waterproofing APAC to Avoid Atlantis – Executive Summary & Next Steps
CWR 2020
Avoiding Atlantis: CWR APACCT 20 Index – Benchmarking coastal threats for 20 APAC cities with finance sector input
CWR 2020
CWR APACCT 20 Index City Factsheets – At-a-glance coastal threat assessment for 20 APAC cities
CWR 2020
Changing Risk Landscapes: Coastal Threats To Central Banks – Everything you need to know about sea level rise, storm surge & financial regulations to recalibrate risks
CWR 2020
Contribution of historical precipitation change to US flood damages
PNAS 2020
Global terrestrial water storage and drought severity under climate change
Nature 2020
Sovereigns at Risk: APAC Capital Threats – Re-ratings warranted as city capitals & GDP are materially exposed to coastal threats
CWR 2020
Adaptation Gap Report 2020
UNEP 2020
2020 Progress Report
Climate Action 100+ 2020
Twenty-first century sea-level rise could exceed IPCC projections for strong-warming futures
One Earth 2020
Thinking About Climate
Chemical Engineering Progress 2020
Financing the Earth’s Assets: The Case for Mangroves
earth security 2020
Mapping the global threat of land subsidence
Science 2020
Navigating Uncertainty in Climate Change: Promoting Preparedness and Resilience to Climate-Related Risks
Office of the Superintendent of Financial Institutions Canada 2020