This article argues that the SEC should strengthen mandatory climate risk disclosure rules. A previous version was released as a report in February 2021.
Sarah LadinJune 7, 2022
These comments support a Department of Labor proposed rule that clarifies that retirement plan fiduciaries should consider climate risk and other ESG factors whenever relevant to financial risk-return analysis for investment and proxy voting decisions. The comments additionally offer suggestions on potential improvements to the proposal for the Department's consideration.
Sarah LadinDecember 13, 2021
This blog outlines reasons for supporting the SEC’s plan to propose a rule requiring standardized climate risk disclosures and provides several recommendations for how the SEC should build its institutional knowledge as it designs and enforces a climate risk disclosure regime, drawing on a forthcoming paper in the N.Y.U. Journal…
Sarah LadinNovember 4, 2021
This article finds that proactive climate resilience planning by electric utilities is required under public utility law and tort law. A previous version was released as a report in December 2020.
Sarah LadinOctober 29, 2021
These post-technical conference comments provide further recommendations on how FERC can support effective climate resilience planning throughout the energy system, supplementing an earlier set of pre-technical conference comments.
Sarah LadinSeptember 27, 2021
These comments to the Michigan PSC recommend that it require electric utilities under its jurisdiction to regularly assess their climate-related vulnerabilities and identify measures to make their systems resilient to climate impacts.
Sarah LadinSeptember 24, 2021
These comments make recommendations on the establishment of mandatory climate risk disclosure requirements that produce comparable, specific, and decision-useful information for investors, in response to the SEC's request for public input on climate disclosures.
Sarah LadinJune 14, 2021
These comments recommend that FHFA mandate disclosures relating to climate risk and coordinate with other federal agencies that have initiated proceedings on climate risk.
Sarah LadinApril 29, 2021
This policy brief argues that the SEC should strengthen mandatory climate risk disclosure rules.
Sarah LadinFebruary 10, 2021
This report argues that the SEC should strengthen mandatory climate risk disclosure rules. An updated version was published as a journal article in the NYU Journal of Legislation and Public Policy in June 2022.
Sarah LadinFebruary 10, 2021