NEW REPORT | Global Risks for Infrastructure - The Climate Challenge

GIIA, in partnership with Marsh & McLennan, is pleased to release the second in a three part analysis of global risks for infrastructure investors. Looking at the Climate Challenge, this report discusses the specific risks to infrastructure investors under each of the key risk categories outlined by the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures, as well as crucial levers for achieving climate resilience at both the portfolio and asset level for the infrastructure sector.

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Physical risks related to climate change are becoming a crucial risk category for infrastructure owners and operators. Natural disasters are already a leading cause of infrastructure disruptions in high-income nations, and climate change is expected to exacerbate these disruptions. In addition, increased urbanisation is heightening concentration of infrastructure assets in high risk areas.

Applying the three mutually reinforcing levers discussed in this report can provide infrastructure investors with a launchpad for developing a dynamic and future-ready climate resilience strategy.

The first instalment of this series illustrated the risk landscape for infrastructure with the release of the 2020 Global Risks for Infrastructure Map while the upcoming final instalment will explore the impact of transformative and disruptive technological innovations on the infrastructure sector, with an expected release in Q4 2020.