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Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation Report

Setting the Bar: Implementing the TCFD Recommendations for Oil and Gas Methane Disclosure

This report follows TCFD's framework for disclosure and provides support and guidance to oil and gas companies and investors for how to put the TCFD framework to use for disclosure of methane emissions.

Andrew Logan, Sean Allen, Sean Wright and Kate GaumondOctober 17, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Toward Resilience: Defining, Measuring, and Monetizing Resilience in the Electricity System

This report aims to assist policymakers in understanding grid resilience and evaluating potential interventions aimed at improving grid resilience. It develops a definition of resilience grounded in academic literature; describes a methodology for calculating the costs and benefits of potential grid resilience improvements; identifies legal authorities that states and federal…

Burcin Unel and Avi ZevinAugust 1, 2018

Adaptation as Risk Management Energy Regulation Federal Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Climate Change Impacts on the Bulk Power System: Assessing Vulnerabilities and Planning for Resilience

This report discusses recommendations for grid operator climate change planning.

Justin Gundlach and Romany WebbFebruary 20, 2018

Private Governance Report Risk Management

Behavioral Science Tools to Strengthen Energy & Environmental Programs

This report reviews 13 behavioral tools that can be used by government agencies, utilities, and energy-related businesses as a complement to government regulation and market-based policies to increase consumers' conservation of energy and other resources.

Michael Vandenbergh and OthersJanuary 1, 2017

Energy Regulation Report Risk Management

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: The Electric Grid and Its Regulators—FERC and State Public Utility Commissions

This paper discusses how climate change will impact operation of the electric grid. It also explores proposals for adaptation to climate change and opportunities for advocates to push for their adoption.

Payal Nanavati and Justin GundlachSeptember 1, 2016

Report Risk Management

Local Law Provisions for Climate Change Adaptation

This paper compiles existing and suggested local law provisions that reflect diverse approaches to adaptation to climate-enhanced flood risk.

P. Dane Warren and Justin GundlachMay 1, 2016

Report Risk Management

Sea-Level Rise and Changing Times for Florida Local Governments

The legal environment for local government in Florida is beginning to change when it comes to sea-level rise (sometimes referred to as SLR). Innovations in institutional structure and governance strategies are underway in the State as well. This paper reviews three recent developments, which relate primarily to comprehensive planning in…

David MarkellApril 1, 2016

Adaptation as Risk Management Environmental Justice Report Risk Management

Heat in US Prisons and Jails: Corrections and the Challenge of Climate Change

"The implications of climate change for corrections have been largely disregarded by both correctional administrators and public officials working on climate adaptation policy. This paper begins the process of connecting the discussions of climate policy and correctional policy. It provides an overview of the correctional sector and its specific vulnerabilities…

Daniel HoltAugust 1, 2015

Report Risk Management

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance

"The federal government has attempted to address flooding through an insurance program aimed at effectively providing relief to those whose property is damaged by flooding and at incentivizing sound risk management. However, the federal insurance program subsidizes flood insurance premiums, and, therefore, does not require property owners to internalize the…

Matt SienkiewiczJuly 1, 2015

Financial Disclosure Financial Regulation Report

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Securities Law

This article explores how governments and investors can use financial disclosure as a tool to incentivize or pressure publicly traded companies to undertake climate change adaptation measures. The article explains why financial disclosure is a powerful tool, describes the relevant regulatory schemes, and outlines both regulatory or enforcement and market-based…

Nina HartMay 1, 2015

Setting the Bar: Implementing the TCFD Recommendations for Oil and Gas Methane Disclosure

Toward Resilience: Defining, Measuring, and Monetizing Resilience in the Electricity System

Climate Change Impacts on the Bulk Power System: Assessing Vulnerabilities and Planning for Resilience

Behavioral Science Tools to Strengthen Energy & Environmental Programs

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: The Electric Grid and Its Regulators—FERC and State Public Utility Commissions

Local Law Provisions for Climate Change Adaptation

Sea-Level Rise and Changing Times for Florida Local Governments

Heat in US Prisons and Jails: Corrections and the Challenge of Climate Change

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Flood Insurance

Legal Tools for Climate Adaptation Advocacy: Securities Law

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