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Executive Order on Climate-Related Financial Risk.

País/Territorio
Estados Unidos de América
Tipo de documento
Reglamento
Fecha
2021
Fuente
FAO, FAOLEX
Materia
Medio ambiente gen.
Palabra clave
Negocios/industria/corporaciones Cambio climático Recopilación de datos/informes Política/planificación Evaluación/manejo de riesgos Desarrollo sostenible Financiamiento Protección social
Área geográphica
Americas, Ártico, Pacífico Oriental, América del Norte, Atlántico Norte
Resumen

The executive order declares U.S. has to deal with climate-related physical risk, transition risk and failure of financial institutions to appropriately and adequately account for and measure these risks causing an additional threaten to the competitiveness of U.S. companies and markets. It is therefore the aim of the policy to advance consistent, clear, intelligible, comparable, and accurate disclosure of climate-related financial risk (consistent with Executive Order 13707 of September 15, 2015 (Using Behavioral Science Insights to Better Serve the American People)), including both physical and transition risks; act to mitigate that risk and its drivers, while accounting for and addressing disparate impacts on disadvantaged communities and communities of color (consistent with Executive Order 13985 of January 20, 2021 (Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government)) and spurring the creation of well-paying jobs; and achieve the net-zero target emissions economy by no later than 2050.

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