Important Reports on Climate and Nature Risks and Opportunities
Looking for a reputable source for why we need to act on climate and nature? This is the post for you! I will try to keep it updated.
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Opportunities of Climate and Nature Action – UK
March-26 – Climate Change Committee – comment on the cost of Net Zero
Cost of Net Zero by 2050 less than a single fossil fuel price shock – Climate Change Committee
In light of current world events, it’s more important than ever for the UK to move away from being reliant on volatile foreign fossil fuels, to clean, domestic, less wasteful energy. – Nigel Topping, Chair of the Climate Change Committee
Jun-26 – CBI – report on net zero economy in the UK
Net Gains: The UK’s Net Zero Economy in 2025 | CBI
Net zero is already one of the UK’s most productive and geographically distributed industrial sectors, generating high-value employment, driving supply chain activity, and anchoring the UK within one of the defining economic transformations of our era.
Risks of Climate and Nature Inaction – UK
Jan-26 – National Security Assessment – Global biodiversity loss, ecosystem collapse and national security
National security assessment – global biodiversity loss ecosystem collapse and national security
Global ecosystem degradation and collapse threaten UK national security and prosperity… Cascading risks of ecosystem degradation are likely to include geopolitical instability, economic insecurity, conflict, migration and increased inter-state competition for resources.
Jan-25 – Environmental Agency flood risk re-assessment
National assessment of flood and coastal erosion risk in England 2024 – GOV.UK
1 in 4 properties in England will be in areas at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea or surface water by mid-century.
Risks of Climate and Nature Inaction – Globally
Jan-26 – World Economic Forum – Global Risks Report
The Global Risks Report 2026 | World Economic Forum
From a survey of 1,300 experts worldwide, “In the next 10 years, environmental risks have retained their ranking as the most severe risks, with extreme weather events identified as the top risk and half of the top 10 risks being environmental in nature.”
Jan-26 – DESNZ – Climate Transition and Global Financial Stability
Climate Transition and Global Financial Stability: Literature review
We find strong agreement that physical and transition risks – whether acute climate shocks, tipping points in ecosystems, or disorderly policy and technological adjustments – are intensifying, with rising probabilities of compounding shocks, tipping points and tail risks, yet these non-linear dynamics remain under-represented in most economic and financial models…[For example], exercises by the Network for Greening the Financial System, Bank of International Settlements, and Bank of England have modelled linear climate change and constant GDP growth, used limited damage functions, and overlooked non-linear climate sensitivities, tail risks, and the interaction of climate, economic, financial and geopolitical systems, producing divergent estimates on the scale of losses.
Jan-25 – Institute and Faculty of Actuaries report – Planetary Solvency–finding our balance with nature Global risk management for human prosperity
Planetary Solvency – finding our balance with nature
The global economy could face a 50% loss in GDP between 2070 and 2090, unless immediate policy action on risks posed by the climate crisis is taken. Populations are already impacted by food system shocks, water insecurity, heat stress and infectious diseases. If unchecked, mass mortality, mass displacement, severe economic contraction and conflict become more likely. (Their Risk Impact Matrix puts mortality at 4 billion at 3 degrees global warming).
Documented Impact of Climate and Nature Inaction
Feb-26 – The ABI – Insurance industry cost of claims in 2025
Adverse weather pushes property insurance payouts to £6.1 billion in 2025
Damage to people’s homes as a result of a storm reached £244 million in 2025, a 32% increase from the previous year… The cost of domestic flood claims rose by 38%.
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