Cli limate-Related Dis isclo losure A Carbon Tracker Initiative - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Cli limate-Related Dis isclo losure A Carbon Tracker Initiative presentation to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure Mar ark Cam ampanale Founder & Executive Director Mik ike Kni night Head of Regulatory Research
Cli limate-Related Dis isclo losure
A Carbon Tracker Initiative presentation to the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosure
Mar ark Cam ampanale Founder & Executive Director Mik ike Kni night Head of Regulatory Research and Reform 9th February, 2016
An In Intr troduction: The Carbon Tracker Initiative
Identity Mission Strategy Carbon Tracker is a non profit financial think tank.
To enable a climate secure global energy market by aligning the capital markets with climate reality. To provide the financial and regulatory analysis to ensure that the risk premium associated with fossil fuels is correctly priced.
How
Mapping the transition for the fossil fuel industry to stay within a two degree budget.
1.The Carbon Budget 2.Fossil Fuel Risk Exposure 3.Low-Carbon Transition A.Business Risk & Strategy B.Accounting
Our Recommendation: Priorities for focus
The Carbon Budget
Problem: : The math 900 GtCO2 – 2˚C Carbon Budget for 2013- 2049
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2860 GtCO2 – Total estimated fossil fuel reserves and resources Dis isclosure: Embedded CO2 Why: : Enables monitoring mechanism of markets’ carbon intensity Status: : Lack of forward-looking methods & incorporation of price banding
1 Carbon Tracker Initative, 'Unburnable Carbon 2013: Wasted capital and stranded assets', 2013
Problem: : Inadequate clarity of fossil fuel risk exposure Dis isclosure/Standard: Capital requirements & credit ratings adequately reflect climate risk Why: Clear risk attribution will divert capital to “high quality assets” Status: : Research required to understand financial exposure to fossil fuel BAU
Fossil Fuel Risk Exposure
Lo Low-Carbon Transition: Business Risk & Strategy
Problem: : Business strategies inadequately recognise risk reinforced by Paris Agreement Dis isclosure: Discussion of how business aligns with 2˚ Why: Actions rather than words Status: : Companies dismiss risk as ‘unlikely’ or ‘immaterial’. Do boards believe certain demand projections?
Lo Low-Carbon Transition: Accounting
Problem: : Insufficient accounting of low-carbon transition In Input to Standard(s): ): Enable asset accounting to acknowledge 2˚ scenario as default position Why: Capital driven away from surplus carbon assets Status: : Existing standards fail to deliver. Financial reporting does not reflect energy transition.
Our Recommendation: Approach
Fossil fuel companies should acknowledge 2˚ scenario as international default position TCFD can enable financial reports to align the numbers with the rhetoric
Thank You
25th November 2015