Corporate /esg/climate-center-excellence content esgSubNav

Climate Center of Excellence

Advancing climate, environmental, and nature research

What is the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence?

The S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence sits within S&P Global Sustainable1’s Research and Methodology Team. The center is home to a group of world-class scientists and strategists dedicated to addressing the frontiers of long-term climate, environmental, and nature research and methodology development.

 

The Climate Center of Excellence's mission is to:

  • Tackle complex methodological challenges in climate and environmental science to support long-term innovation.
  • Support the next generation of science-driven thought leadership to provide intelligence to the market.
  • Build external academic partnerships to inform cutting-edge research and innovation.
  • Partner across S&P Global to leverage our in-house scientific and economic expertise and robust suite of data, analytics, insights and research to help drive transparency on climate and sustainability issues deemed critical by the markets.
  • Cultivate learning opportunities for S&P Global employees to elevate science-based thinking on climate and sustainability issues throughout the company.

 

We are dedicated to ensuring that S&P Global climate and sustainability solutions are grounded in best-in-class science, data, and methodologies, providing decision-useful intelligence to our customers and partners, including investors, banks, companies, and sustainability solution providers.

 

 

Physical Climate Hazards

Earth Systems Tipping Points

Nonlinear Climate Impacts

Probabilistic Risk Modelling

Coupled Climate and Macroeconomic Modelling

Supply Chain Exposure

Including for nature-related impacts and dependencies and climate physical risk.

Scope 3 Emissions

Financial Impact Quantification


Meet the Team

The Climate Center of Excellence provides best-in-class, globally minded scientific expertise across climate, environmental, nature, and economic disciplines.

 

Tim Creyts
LEARN MORE

Tim Creyts

Climate Scientist

Kimberly Drouin
LEARN MORE

Kimberly Drouin

Climate Scientist

Tim Hall
LEARN MORE

Tim Hall

Senior Scientist

Lakeala Harris
LEARN MORE

Lakeala Harris

Project Manager, Climate & Equity

Tom Karl
LEARN MORE

Tom Karl

Climate Scientist – Consultant

Danielle Montagne
LEARN MORE

Danielle Montagne

Climate Scientist

Simon Parkinson
LEARN MORE

Simon Parkinson

Climate Scientist

Megan Robinson
LEARN MORE

Megan Robinson

Head of Integration

James Salo
LEARN MORE

James Salo

Head of Methodology Innovation Strategy

Wei-Ling (Winnie) Sun
LEARN MORE

Wei-Ling (Winnie) Sun

Senior Analyst, Environmental Research & ESG Modeling

Terence Thompson
LEARN MORE

Terence Thompson

Chief Science Officer

To address key research questions, we collaborate across S&P Global to partner with leading experts in:


“To push the frontiers in climate research, S&P Global scientists are diving into some of the most complex data and modelling challenges in the physical and economic sciences. We are bridging multi-disciplinary gaps and global perspectives to enable advancements in our science-driven methodologies providing actionable information on climate-related risks and opportunities.”


Meet the Climate Advisory Council

Our Climate Advisory Council comprises climate and global economic leaders across S&P Global who provide insights and thought leadership to the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence. Leadership focuses on enabling collaborative research efforts and sharing market insights from their domains of expertise, whilst helping inform the prioritization of long-term innovation projects that have relevance across the business.

 

 

 

Jonathan Ablett
LEARN MORE

Jonathan Ablett

Executive Director, Global Economic Modelling Economics & Country Risk

Atul Arya
LEARN MORE

Atul Arya

Chief Energy Strategist

Giorgio Baldassarri
LEARN MORE

Giorgio Baldassarri

Head of Risk Analytics

Steven Bullock
LEARN MORE

Steven Bullock

Managing Director, Global Head of Research and Methodology

Christa Clapp
LEARN MORE

Christa Clapp

Global Head of Sustainable Finance Market Analytics, S&P Global Ratings

Jaspreet Duhra
LEARN MORE

Jaspreet Duhra

Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability Indices

Paul Gruenwald
LEARN MORE

Paul Gruenwald

Global Chief Economist at S&P Global Ratings

Susanna Huang
LEARN MORE

Susanna Huang

Consulting Principal, Sustainable Mobility, S&P Global Mobility

Harald Lund
LEARN MORE

Harald Lund

Global Head of Sustainability Methodology and Research, Ratings

Fred Samama
LEARN MORE

Fred Samama

Head of Strategic Development, Sustainable1

Terence Thompson
LEARN MORE

Terence Thompson

Chief Science Officer

Simon Thorne
LEARN MORE

Simon Thorne

Climate & Energy Transformation Lead

Xi Wang
LEARN MORE

Xi Wang

Associate Director, Sustainable Mobility

Interested in an academic partnership with the S&P Global Climate Center of Excellence?

S&P Global Sustainable1 datasets are available to license for academic use. For more information on S&P Global Sustainable1’s Academia solutions, visit the link below.

VISIT OUR SITE

In addition to licensing data for academic use, S&P Global Sustainable1 welcomes partnerships with academia in cutting-edge areas of research. If you are interested in exploring a partnership, please reach out with the proposed partnership scope to the Climate Center of Excellence ClimateCOE@spglobal.com

Due to time and resource constraints, priority will be given to well-focused projects that provide a good fit with S&P Global Sustainable1’s long-term, multi-year research and innovation priorities.

Our Insights

  • An Elevated 2025 Hurricane Season
    Learn More
  • Crossing multidisciplinary frontiers to address climate change impacts on economics and nature
    Learn More
  • Integrating Climate Adaptation into Physical Risk Models
    Learn More
  • How climate change is exacerbating drought risks
    Learn More
  • The science-based approach to confronting climate risk
    Learn More
  • Companies face evolving climate physical risks: Here's how our models are keeping pace
    Learn More

Contact us

If you are interested in exploring a partnership, please reach out with the proposed partnership scope to the Climate Center of Excellence ClimateCOE@spglobal.com
Contact