

The WEF's Objectives:
- Convene expert practitioners in climate risk and energy transition by invitation.
- 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 ambitions.
Operationally, the WEF functions like a small think tank delivering two complementary workstreams, to a network of 150 organisations in the UK and overseas. Established in 2004, the two WEF workstreams now comprise eight or more high level events by invitation per year:
> Climate Risk & Resilience Assessments
> Energy System Transition Assessments

Agenda:
1 – Current Trends in, and the latest Economics of, the Energy Transition: Primary Risks & Uncertainties
Mike Bradshaw, Prof. of Global Energy WBS, & Co-Director, UK Energy Research Centre
Gautam Mukherjee, Head of Gas Analytics, BP
2 – Climate Risks: Trends in Capital Flows, Related Corporate Risks, and their Implications
Tara Schmidt, Sustainability & ESG Finance Director, Lloyds Banking Group
Andrew Herring, CEO, Energy & Power, Marsh
3 – The Status of the European Energy Landscape and the Imperative of Political Coordination
Sophie Westlake, Deputy Director - International Energy Unit, Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
Andrea Amelio, First Counsellor – Competition & Energy, Delegation of the European Union to the UK
Mariko Higuchi, Deputy Head of Department for Economic & Global Affairs, Embassy of Germany
4 – UK Energy Strategy & Sector Transformation – Challenges facing Industrial Delivery
Sam McKilligin, Director - Energy Transition, AECOM
Abhi Kohok, Subsurface Director, Ineos

Future Events
Sep 23, 2022
Review of Energy Transition Risks - Implications for Political & Corporate Net Zero Strategies
Oct 20, 2022
Onshore Energy System Integration: UK Strategy & Delivery
Nov 8, 2022
Frontiers in Nuclear Risk, Regulation & Insurance - No.5 (NRI closed)
Nov 30, 2022
Transitioning the North Sea - Integrating Oil & Gas with CCUS, Hydrogen & Renewables
Jan 25, 2023
Annual post-COP Review of International Climate Risk, Resilience & Response
Mar 1, 2023
UK Energy Security & Markets Winter Review – Assessing Key Challenges and Uncertainties Ahead
Apr 25, 2023
Assessing the Future Resilience of Financial Markets in the Face of Cascading Energy & Climate Risks
May 17, 2023
Global Issues in Nuclear New Build, Safety, Regulation & Insurance (NRI open)
Jun 7, 2023
UK Energy Industry Innovation, Transformation & Delivery: Progress on Energy Security and Net Zero
Jul 11, 2023
Climate Risks & World Energy Security - Reviewing the Deliverability of Net Zero