Synopsis
In the UK as elsewhere, we are seeing extreme weather conditions, which will continue to worsen as we approach 2050, and perhaps beyond. Against this background, financial institutions of all kinds – banks, asset managers and insurers – need to put in place climate adaptation plans as part of their overall business continuity planning. These need to include the direct impact of climate change on running their own businesses and the indirect impact of the changing climate on borrowers, investee companies, policy holders, suppliers, employees and other stakeholders.
The 2nd Annual Climate Adaptation and Resilience Summit takes a detailed look at all the key issues in the round. It combines keynote addresses, panel discussions and individual presentations to provide delegates with a 360-degree understanding of the topics that they need to take account of when drafting or updating their climate adaptation plans.
Chair of Adaptation Committee
UK Climate Change Committee
Head of Sustainability
Openreach
Co-Chair and Director, Resilient Planet Finance Lab
University of Oxford
Chair
London Climate Resilience Review
Executive Director
Green Finance Institute
Weather Resilience and Climate Change Adaptation Strategy Manager
Network Rail
Global Director of Environmental Impact and Thought Leadership
CDP
Head of Adaptation Science, Climate Evidence
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs DEFRA
Head of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure
Carbon Tracker
Chief Executive
CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
Director of Flood Risk Strategy & National Adaptation
Environment Agency
Principal Fellow and Head of Climate Services for Government
Met Office
Chair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Chief Responsible Investment Officer
Brunel Pension Partnership Limited
Chief Strategy Officer
Impax Asset Management
Managing Consultant
EcoAct
Senior Climate Adaptation Specialist
Paul Watkiss Associates
Head of Climate Adaptation Policy, Environment and Adaptation Strategy
Department for Transport (DfT)
Head of Climate Adaptation and Resilience, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
Global Practice Leader - Climate Change
Mott MacDonald
Investor Strategies Programme Director
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Co-Founder, Meridiam
Deputy Chair, National Infrastructure Commission
Global Head of ESG Insights at Diageo, and Delivery Group Member
Transition Plan Taskforce (TPT)
Managing Director, Head of Sustainability Strategy
Barclays
Group External Engagement Director
Mott MacDonald