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

PANEL
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 

PANEL
Sandy Trust, IFOA Council member, Chair Nature Workstream, Climate Financial Risk Forum

Richard Folland, Head of Policy and Government Affairs, Carbon Tracker