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.
Abby ChickenHead of Sustainability
Openreach
Dr Nicola RangerCo-Chair and Director, Resilient Planet Finance Lab
University of Oxford
Ingrid HolmesExecutive Director
Green Finance Institute
Dr Sue Armstrong BrownDirector of Thought Leadership
CDP
Barbara DavidsonHead of Accounting, Audit and Disclosure
Carbon Tracker
Rain Newton-SmithChief Executive
CBI (Confederation of British Industry)
Faith WardChair of the Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), and Chief Responsible Investment Officer
Brunel Pension Partnership Limited
Catherine BremnerChief Strategy Officer
Impax Asset Management
Maria SunyerManaging Consultant
EcoAct
Kit EnglandSenior Climate Adaptation Specialist
Paul Watkiss Associates
Dr Candice HowarthHead of Climate Adaptation and Resilience, LSE Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, LSE
Madeleine RawlinsGlobal Practice Leader - Climate Change
Mott MacDonald
Mahesh RoyInvestor Strategies Programme Director
Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC)
Richard TarbotonManaging Director, Head of Sustainability Strategy
Barclays
John KnightsHead of Services
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Nick PyattDirector, Climate Adaptation Specialist
Climate Sense
Dr Karl MallonCo-Founder and Director of Science and Technology
XDI (Cross Dependency Initiative), part of The Climate Risk Group
Chris StarkChief Executive Officer, The Carbon Trust
former Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee
Sue Percy CBEChief Executive
Chartered Institution of Highways and Transportation (CIHT)
Dr Janet Young CBEDirector General of the Institution of Civil Engineers
Nick FaullHead of Climate & Sustainability Risk and Innovation
Marsh
Dr Paul MundayDirector, Global Climate Adaptation & Resilience Specialist
S&P Global Ratings
David BrayshawProfessor of Climate Science and Energy-Meteorology, and joint Head of the Department of Meteorology
University of Reading
Dr James DaveyAssociate Director: Climate Risk Strategy, Technology & Innovation
Ricardo
Antonio Timoner-SalváGlobal Senior Lead Manager, Strategic Planning & Stress Testing - Economic and Climate Risk Scenarios & Analysis
HSBC


