All ECI Projects

Global Finance and Economy research reports 2025

Nature-based Solutions for resilient infrastructure

OPSIS’s partnership with the Global Centre on Adaptation (GCA) aims to help unlock investments in nature-based solutions by addressing key data gaps to: a) assess and price climate risk for infrastructure systems; b) quantify the value of existing nature-based assets in protecting these systems; and c) us

Livestock, Environment and People (LEAP)

As part of the Welcome Trust funded LEAP programme (2017-2021), OPSIS investigated the impacts of livestock production on water resources at a global scale. The team analysed hotspots of where livestock production is contributing to water scarcity and harmful river water quality.

GEMCLIME: Global Excellence in Modelling of Climate and Energy

GEMCLIME examines the drivers of climate change and energy-related risks, the economic impacts of mitigation and adaptation policies, and investigates policy responses to global climate and energy challenges.

UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment (CGFI)

The CGFI is a national centre established to accelerate the adoption and use of climate and environmental data and analytics by financial institutions internationally. It unlocks opportunities for the UK to lead in greening finance and financing green.

IMF-Oxford PortWatch platform

PortWatch is a new, high-impact online portal to monitor and simulate trade disruptions due to climate extremes and other shocks. Using satellite-based vessel data and big data analytics, the platform helps policymakers, analysts, and other public stakeholders assess the impact of disruptions to maritime trade.

Transforming the resilience of critical infrastructure in vulnerable countries

This initiative aims to improve access to climate risk data, providing decision-makers with the tools to better understand and address the needs of vulnerable communities in the Global South. OPSIS will build the J-ADAPT Toolkit to help develop adaptation plans that are as just and inclusive as possible.

Decision Support Systems for Resilient Strategic Transport Networks in Low Income Countries

As part of the FCDO-funded High Volume Transport (HVT) programme, OPSIS analyses the resilience of trade and essential services to the future impacts of climate change in East Africa.

Long Term Investment Scenarios for flood risk management

The Long Term Investment Scenarios (LTIS) report increased understanding of long-term investment scenarios for flood and coastal erosion risk management.

National Infrastructure Spatial Tool

The National Infrastructure Spatial Tool (NIST) is a digital platform developed by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) which brings together strategies, data, analysis and modelling of infrastructure systems to test needs for, and constraints on, future scenarios of housing and industry.

The Food, Agriculture, Biodiversity, Land-Use, and Energy (FABLE)

The FABLE Consortium is convened as part of the Food and Land-Use Coalition (FOLU). It aims to understand how countries can transition towards sustainable land-use and food systems.

The Data and Analytics Facility for National Infrastructure (DAFNI)

DAFNI is the national platform to satisfy the computational needs in support of data analysis; infrastructure research; and strategic thinking for the UK’s long term planning and investment needs.

Green ammonia for decarbonisation of global shipping

Researchers with expertise in chemical engineering, infrastructure, and public policy came together to plan for the UK’s transition to net zero shipping. They produced the first comprehensive and spatially granular global picture of supply and demand for the future (2050) green ammonia economy.

Maximising UK Adaptation to Climate Change (MACC) Hub

The MACC Hub aims to inform the UK's climate change adaptation plan and address current barriers around public awareness, policy, legislation and climate data. A systems approach to climate risk assessment will improve understanding of climate risks and adaptation outcomes.

National Water System Simulation Modelling

By integrating climate modelling, hydrological modelling and water resources system simulation, OPSIS delivered a simulation model to inform large-scale strategic infrastructure planning by the Regulators’ Alliance for Progressing Infrastructure Development (RAPID).