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How Disclosure Rules Protect Your Pension - CalPERS PERSpective
“The consequences of inaction will be measured not just in the impact on workers and communities, but also on the companies we rely upon to generate the investments that pay benefits.”
In addition, CalPERS applauded the Securities and Exchange Commission for its recent rule (PDF) requiring publicly traded companies to disclose how climate-related risk has impacted, or could impact, their business. Such disclosures will make it easier for CalPERS to assess risks to the businesses in which it invests.
CalPERS provided input and support for the rule in two letters filed with the SEC in 2021 (PDF) and 2022 (PDF).
The rule also requires firms to disclose the following:

Activities to mitigate or adapt to climate-related risks that can threaten operations.
Costs to their business stemming from climate-related natural disasters such as hurricanes, tornadoes, floods, droughts, wildfires, extreme temperatures, and sea-level rise.
Greenhouse gases generated from their operations or by energy they purchase, respectively known as Scope 1 and Scope 2 emissions.
Climate-related targets or goals.
The board of directors’ and management’s role in overseeing and dealing with climate risk.

The rule standardizes reporting so investors can make informed decisions. Climate-risk transparency in reporting had never been required of publicly traded firms up to now, which made it difficult for investors like CalPERS to assess threats to their portfolios.
For instance, increased data can help investors judge whether a publicly traded stock is well priced, given a firm’s exposure to climate change, and take action to seize opportunities or exit risky positions.
It couldn’t come at a better time with climate-related financial losses on the rise. Disrupted supply chains and damaged infrastructure impact returns, and thus the sustainability of the pension fund. So, it’s crucial for CalPERS to stay informed about potential climate threats to industries and firms.
“Climate risk is investment risk,” Frost said. “Transparency is vital to the success of CalPERS’ sustainable investment plan and the transition to a lower-carbon economy.”

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World Of Change
Not many places on Earth have year-round greenery and four distinct seasons. The images in this series show the four seasons of Maine, the most forest-covered state in the U.S.A.

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World of Change: Drought Cycles in Australia
Drought has taken a severe toll on croplands in Southeast Australia during many years this decade.

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World of Change: Severe Storms
This collection of images featuring the strongest hurricane, cyclone, or typhoon from any ocean during each year of the past decade includes storms both famous—or infamous—and obscure.

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World of Change: Seasons of the Indus River
Fed by glaciers in the Himalayas and Karakorams — and by monsoon rains — the Indus River experiences substantial fluctuations every year. Because the river irrigates 18 million hectares of farmland, the landscape changes along with the river.

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World of Change: Urbanization of Dubai
To expand the possibilities for beachfront tourist development, Dubai, part of the United Arab Emirates, undertook a massive engineering project to create hundreds of artificial islands along its Persian Gulf coastline.

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World of Change: Seasons of Lake Tahoe
Perhaps the most familiar change in our changing world is the annual swing of the seasons. This series of images shows the effects of the seasons on the Lake Tahoe region between 2009 and 2010.

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World of Change: Solar Activity
Images of sunspots and UV brightness document the 11-year cycle of solar magnetic activity. The series spans 1999-2010, capturing the most recent solar maximum and minimum, as well as the emergence of solar cycle 24.

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World of Change: Collapse of the Larsen-B Ice Shelf
In early 2002, scientists monitoring daily satellite images of the Antarctic Peninsula watched in amazement as almost the entire Larsen B Ice Shelf splintered and collapsed in just over one month. They had never witnessed such a large area disintegrate so rapidly.

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They occur frequently in the Southwest United States (Texas and Oklahoma) when moist air from the Gulf of Mexico meets dry desert air from the Southwest.
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Lifting (or the movement of air upward) can also be caused by slopes and mountains. You may have seen how an area that is mostly flat can experience some clouds always around the one area that has some slope. Scientists call this process orographic lifting, meaning the movement of air influenced by mountains in that region. You will always see clouds and even rain developing on the side of the mountain facing the wind or the windward side and it will be very dry on the other side of the mountain, the leeward side.
This composite image of thirteen photographs shows the progression of a total solar eclipse, from right to left, at Madras High School in Madras, Oregon on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017. Image Credit: NASA/Aubrey Gemignani

But, what if you were able to stop or block the Sun from shining? What would happen to the clouds? A total solar eclipse is exactly that, a natural experiment where you stop or block the Sun from shining for a short amount of time. In general, during a solar eclipse, clouds produced by convection will be the most impacted. As the Moon blocks the light from the Sun, the convection process is reduced, resulting in cloud dissipation or the disappearance of clouds. Note that clouds produced due to frontal boundaries, like a strong cold front, will show little to no change.

During the upcoming eclipse on April 8, 2024, scientists will be looking at cloud and temperature changes to see if there are any variations across the different climate regions the eclipse will impact. This research is being led by NASA scientist Ashlee Autore at NASA’s Langley Research Center in Hampton, Virginia. Autore has been looking at citizen scientist observations collected during the 2023 annular eclipse that occurred on October 14, 2023, and has been comparing them to nearby automated surface observing system (ASOS) observations. So far, she has been considering how cloud coverage changes during an eclipse. Using the U.S. climate zones, as defined by the International Energy Conservation Code, she divided citizen scientist and ASOS observations into their respective climate zones and noted some initial findings.