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Climate Scorpion: the sting is in the tail

A new report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) and the University of Exeter – “Climate Scorpion: the sting is in the tail” –puts forward the case for using financial services risk management to evaluate and communicate climate risk.

Read the report here. 

The Emperor's New Climate Scenarios - a warning for financial services

This report from the Institute and Faculty of Actuaries (IFoA) created in partnership with the University of Exeter has found that economic models underpinning climate scenario modelling in financial services do not always reflect the threat climate change poses to our planet and society. 

Read the report here. 

Emperors New Climate Scenarios

Podcast - Radio Ecoshock

Listen to Professor Tim Lenton discuss his recent paper, 'Many risky feedback loops amplify the need for climate action”, published in One Earth on 17 February 2023.

The Breakthrough Effect report

The launch of the report ‘The Breakthrough Effect: How to trigger a cascade of tipping points to accelerate the net zero transition’ produced by SYSTEMIQ in partnership with the University of Exeter marks a unique contribution to the Systems Change Lab convened by the BezosEarthFund and the World Resources Institute. 

Read the report here

The Breakthrough Effect report cover

BBC Radio 4: The Climate Tipping Points

Justin Rowlatt discovers how global warming may trigger irreversible changes to our planet. With contributions by Professor Tim Lenton

First aired 6 June 2022