GARP SCR Exam Practice Questions (P. 4)

A major hurricane extensively damages the electrical infrastructure of a utility company. To improve the utility’s risk management, the risk director prepares a strategy plan and incorporates climate risk considerations within the existing risk management framework.
Which recommendation should the director make to incorporate climate risk into the framework’s risk identification component?

The national meteorological agency of a small African nation forms a team to identify and assess extreme climate events in the region. The team leader introduces extreme attribution science along with data and techniques used to connect climate change to extreme events.
To attribute extreme events to climate change, what information will be most useful for the team to collect?

A large family-owned agrichemicals company in South America will produce its first sustainability report. The company hires a consultant to manage this process and familiarize all owners with current practices and historical precedents of social responsibility.
How should the consultant describe the evolution of the social responsibility of business over the past 50 years?

A mid-size bank in Australia will implement scenario analysis as part of a risk assessment to measure climate risk. A risk manager in charge of this project reviews current practices among peers worldwide.
To align with common and well-established practices of financial firms, how will the risk manager implement scenario analysis to assess climate risk?

As climate change poses new financial risks to a central bank’s monetary policy operations, the bank decides to adapt operations with NGFS guidelines. Because the central bank does not include climate change in supervision practices, the bank consults subject matter experts (SMEs) to develop a proposal for central bank action on climate change. After completing the risk assessment, SMEs recommend the bank incorporate microprudential and macroprudential measures to embed climate change into supervision practices.
Which action are SMEs likely to recommend?