Climate Planning

What This Firm Does

Climate Planning is a specialist climate change advisory firm operating from Brisbane, Queensland since 2007. The practice provides climate risk assessment and adaptation services to government agencies, corporations, infrastructure providers, and research institutions across the Asia-Pacific region. The firm has completed over 250 climate-related projects and received the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility Adaptation Champions Award in 2018.

Climate Risk and Adaptation Services

The firm provides independent climate change adaptation governance assessments using nationally recognised analytical tools. Climate Planning develops climate change adaptation policies and strategies that help organisations identify priority areas and cost adaptation activities. The practice conducts climate risk assessments for specific assets and entire organisations, including supply chain risk analysis and asset exposure mapping to climate-related hazards.

• Climate change adaptation governance assessments and policy development
• Climate risk quantification and asset exposure mapping services
• Supply chain climate risk management and cascading risk analysis
• Climate change scenario development and extreme event analysis

Financial Disclosure and Carbon Risk Services

The practice assists organisations with climate-related financial disclosure requirements aligned with Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures frameworks. Climate Planning provides carbon risk advisory services to help clients transition to net zero operations and assess corporate carbon exposure. The team creates tracking tools for key performance indicators and develops climate-related risk inputs for organisational risk registers.

• TCFD-aligned financial and non-financial climate risk disclosure
• Carbon risk reduction planning and mitigation governance assessments
• Climate-related key performance indicator development and tracking

Experience and Recognition

The team comprises climate change adaptation specialists, climate finance experts, policy analysts, and information specialists with extensive project experience. Climate Planning holds national recognition as an Adaptation Champion from the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility for developing the award-winning Informed.City climate adaptation governance tool. The firm has advised state and local governments, property developers, infrastructure providers, insurance companies, law firms, and research institutions throughout its operational history.

Service Areas

Climate Planning operates throughout the Asia-Pacific region from its Brisbane base, serving clients across multiple jurisdictions. The firm provides services to all levels of government, utilities, corporations, research entities, and non-government organisations. The practice offers training and presentation services including board presentations, peer-to-peer learning facilitation, and climate change adaptation training programs for organisational staff.