The WEF's Objectives:

The purpose of the WEF is to provide a Senior UK Leadership Network & Knowledge Exchange Programme for the strategic evaluation of climate and energy transition risks.

Founded and led by Chris Lambert since 2004, the WEF functions as a small, independent and collaborative think tank, delivering nine meetings during the political year. Its primary objectives are to:

• Convene expert practitioners in the fields of climate risk and energy transition.
   
• Share strategic information on the challenges and opportunities of decarbonisation policy, investment and innovation.
   
• Inform political and corporate decisions in support of Net Zero goals and ambition.

Agenda:

Session One

Physical Climate Risks: global trends, scenarios, and the potential impacts of most relevance for strategic adaptation and resilience
Professor Jason Lowe, Head of Climate Services, UK MetOffice

Examining Climate Risk Frameworks in the Context of Deep Uncertainty
CHAIR: Alexandra Bolton, CEO, Climate Governance Initiative

Deep Climate Uncertainty & Decision-Making in Business
Dr. Mark Workman, Director, Foresight Transitions, & Imperial College London

Trends in Insurable Risks and their Criteria: international variance in responding to climate change through insurance and facilitating the energy transition
Michelle Radcliffe, Director, Climate and Sustainability, wtw

How corporates are planning for the transition: pressure-testing their approach to resilience
William Attwell, Director of Climate Research, Sustainable Fitch  
Director – Investment Team, Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners 

Session Two

Reviewing public and private sustainable financing strategies in the context of trends in environmental change (PANEL)
Ingrid Holmes, Executive Director, Green Finance Institute
Dr. Nicola Ranger, Director, Resilient Planet Finance Lab, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Cath Bremner, Chief Strategy Officer, Impax Asset Management

The importance of Energy Infrastructure & Resilience in delivering the Transition (PANEL) 
Jan Bruland, Principal – Energy Practice, CRA International 
Philip Hoare, President of Engineering Services, AtkinsRéalis