Climate risk and commercial real estate, 19 November 2025

The Sustainable Finance Lab and Sveriges Riksbank are organising a one-day workshop on Climate risk and commercial real estate on Wednesday 19 November 2025.

The workshop will cover physical and transition aspects of climate-related financial risks in commercial real estate and emphasize multidisciplinary and cross-industry approaches. The format of the day will include a series of presentations by researchers in natural and social sciences and several panel discussions. Our objective is to advance understanding of these risks and foster collaboration among commercial banks, insurance companies, think tanks, public institutions, and academic researchers.

Participation is by invitation only. Please contact research@riksbank.se for any questions you may have.

The organising committee

Kent Eriksson and Mark Sanctuary, KTH and Sustainable Finance Lab
Cristina Cella, Valentin Schubert and Ulf Söderström, Sveriges Riksbank

Workshop papers

Emilia Garcia-Appendini (University of St. Gallen): “Weathering the storm: The effects of natural disasters on households under universal insurance”

Tommaso Piseddu (Stockholm Environment Institute): “Blooming algae and falling returns on investments. The Swedish housing market in the face of biodiversity risk”

Giuliano Di Baldassarre (Uppsala University): “The challenge of unprecedented floods and droughts in risk management”