Keys to Success for Asset Managers in Decarbonisation
Building on the work of Initiative Climat International (iCI) and its net-zero framework for private equity, AXA Climate and France Invest’s Climate Working Group set out a practical roadmap to turn portfolio decarbonisation into a core driver of value creation for...
The Impact of Sugarcane Fertilizers On Water Quality and Coral Reefs in Brazil
As COP30 unfolds in Belém, Brazil is at the center of global conversations about the nexus between climate, biodiversity, and sustainable production. While the Amazon often dominates headlines, another natural treasure—Brazil’s coral reefs—quietly plays a critical...
Without climate adaptation, Catalonia and Barcelona face a 14% GDP per capita loss by 2050
Fundación AXA has presented a new study conducted by AXA Climate on the risks that climate change poses to Catalonia, Barcelona and its local economy. The study focuses on three key climate risks for with a time horizon to 2050. Its intention is to equip...
The freshwater cycle: 5 key questions with Nicolas Flipo, Director of Research at École des Mines de Paris
Historic droughts in France, Mediterranean heatwaves, empty reservoirs in parts of Spain, and international tensions over water sharing in river basins such as the Nile or the Mekong: freshwater is now at the center of environmental crises. In September 2023, a global...
6 Case Studies for a Successful Agricultural Transition
By 2050, water availability in France could face conditions similar to those experienced in Spain, southern Italy, or the Maghreb over the past 30 years. In the face of climate change, beyond water scarcity, agriculture will be increasingly exposed to heatwaves,...
Disruption of the Cycles of Nitrogen and Phosphorus : Sylvain Pellerin, Research Director at INRAE, answers five key questions.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/celine-bellard-b99206303/As European agriculture faces a period of profound tension—marked by widespread farmer protests against environmental regulations and the reform of the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP)—another crisis, quieter but equally alarming, continues to intensify: the...
Quantifying the unseen: Building a nature and biodiversity risk-adjusted sovereign index
Biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are not just environmental concerns, they are material financial risks. Our latest research with FTSE Russell shows how these nature-related risks directly affect sovereign debt and creditworthiness, through channels such as...
Nature insurance: AXA Climate to design coverage for the Mesoamerican Reef
The Mesoamerican Reef Fund (MAR Fund) and Willis, a WTW business (NASDAQ: WTW), recently announced the appointment of AXA Climate as the insurance solutions designer for the fifth annual placement of the MAR Insurance Programme — a pioneering nature insurance solution...
Agricultural Transition: How to Succeed and Manage its Economic Risks
As climate hazards intensify, yields fluctuate, and expectations around sustainability rise, regenerative agriculture and agroecology are emerging as the way forward. But how can this transformation be supported without placing the full weight of economic risk on...
A Pioneering Parametric Insurance Programme to Protect the Caribbean’s Second-Largest Coral Reef
https://climate.axa/publications/parametric-insurance-programme-to-protect-the-caribbeans-second-largest-coral-reef/In response to the growing threats that hurricanes pose to coral reefs in the Colombian Archipelago of San Andrés, Providencia and Santa Catalina, a coalition of partners — AXA COLPATRIA, AXA Climate, Fondo Acción, and WTW Alternative Risk Transfer — has jointly...