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

Global Climate Risks > situational assessment, trends and grey swans

Trends, scenarios, and the emerging impacts of most relevance now for informing strategic adaptation and resilience
Professor Jason Lowe, Met Office Principal Fellow and Head of Climate Services, UK MetOffice

Non-linear climate change consequences, and planetary solvency > opportunities to intervening early to address derailment risks
Laurie Laybourn, Executive Director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative

Insuring Physical Climate Risks & Enabling Transitions > review of key patterns shaping the market

Michelle Radcliffe, Director, Climate and Sustainability, wtw
Ben Howarth, Head of Sustainability and Climate, Association of British Insurers
Sid Miller, Programme Director - Climatewise, Cambridge Institute for Sustainable Leadership 

Session Two

Net Zero Delivery, and the Importance of Sustained Investment in Resilience

UK Net Zero Delivery in context > sit-rep of progress, challenges and next steps
Sonia Krylova, Deputy Director - Net Zero Strategy, Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

The Value of Investing in Resilience - and aligning climate and biodiversity policy
Dr. Mark Bernhofen, Research Associate - Global Finance and Economy Group at the Environmental Change Institute; Lead on Risk Analytics for Adaptation Finance in the Resilient Planet Finance Lab, University of Oxford

The Challenge of Delivering the scale of Transition Infrastructure required, and against the clock…
Sarah Long, Net Zero Energy Director, AtkinsRéalis

Value At Risk > sustainable financing strategies in the context of systemic change & the challenge of planetary solvency

Sandy Trust, IFOA Council member, Chair Nature Workstream, Climate Financial Risk Forum
Richard Folland, Head of Policy and Engagement, Carbon Tracker