Progress in climate-related risk disclosure and capacity building for China climate services

doi:10.12006/j.issn.1673-1719.2023.142

Abstract

WU Huan-Ping, LI Yin-Peng, CHAO Qing-Chen, CHEN Mo. Progress in climate-related risk disclosure and capacity building for China climate services[J]. Climate Change Research, 2023, 19(6): 810-822.

Figures/Tables 9

Fig. 1 Climate-related risk, opportunities, and financial impact of TCFD

Fig. 2 Climate-risk transmission channels

Fig. 3 Quantify framework of physical risk of Climate Wise

Fig. 4 Transition climate risk assessment framework for United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Fig. 5 Transition model of WITNESS, OS-Climate

Fig. 6 Workflow of climate scenarios and press test

Fig. 7 Key challenges for climate-related data and future proposals

Fig. 8 Climate service system for risk disclosure

Fig. 9 Key issues on climate risk assessment and disclosure

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