Agenda
Here's what's scheduled for the event. All times are in GMT.
| 8:30 AM | Registration, networking and coffee | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:00 AM | Chair’s opening remarks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:10 AM | Keynote Address - Government priorities for climate adaptation and finance What the UK’s adaptation priorities mean for companies, financial institutions, investors, insurers and infrastructure owners. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:30 AM | Keynote Address - The UK’s adaptation gap and the financial consequences of inaction Progress in preparing for climate change, areas of inadequate adaptation, and the economic and financial consequences of delay. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 9:50 AM | Keynote Address - The physical climate risks reshaping business and asset values The latest evidence on flooding, heat, drought, storms, wildfire and compound events, and what these risks mean for businesses, assets and markets. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:10 AM | Panel 1 - The opportunity and challenge posed by climate adaptation to the financial services industry Physical climate risk is both a threat and an opportunity for financial institutions. It must be factored into lending, investment and underwriting decisions, while creating new business opportunities to finance corporate adaptation strategies. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 10:55 AM | Morning coffee and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 11:25 AM | Panel 2 - From physical-risk data to decisions: models, metrics, assumptions and capital allocation How banks, insurers and investors can use physical-risk analysis to guide lending, investment, underwriting, asset allocation and resilience planning, while addressing scenarios, data quality, uncertainty and model limitations. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:10 PM | Fireside Chat - Regulatory expectations in relation to resilience Supervisory expectations for resilience and physical climate-risk management, including governance, scenario analysis, data quality, customer outcomes, proportionality and implementation. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 12:40 PM | Lunch and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 1:40 PM | Keynote Address - Financing the adaptation gap: the role of financial services in investing in resilience How banks, investors, insurers and capital markets can finance adaptation for companies, infrastructure and communities, including resilient infrastructure, investment products, blended finance, insurance and risk-sharing. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:00 PM | Panel 3 - Modelling physical risk II: data sourcing, consistency and validity A series of four short (5-minute) company introductions followed by a panel discussion. Asset-level data, data consistency, validation, uncertainty, supply-chain information and the controls needed to support lending, insurance, investment and corporate decisions. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 2:45 PM | Presentation - Managing climate adaptation risks from a legal perspective Directors’ duties, liability, contractual responsibilities, disclosure, insurance wording, supply-chain obligations and the legal implications of failing to prepare. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:05 PM | Panel 4 - The future of climate-related insurance: affordability, availability and protection gaps Premiums, deductibles, exclusions, capacity, business-interruption cover, risk prevention, public-private risk pooling and the effect of insurance on companies, property owners, lenders, investors and customers. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 3:50 PM | Afternoon coffee and networking | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:20 PM | Presentation - The reputational risk of getting climate adaptation wrong How poor preparation, avoidable disruption, misleading claims or inadequate customer support can damage trust with investors, customers, employees, regulators and communities. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 4:40 PM | Panel 5 - Financial reporting and disclosure Materiality, impairment, provisions, asset valuations, useful lives, going-concern assessments, insurance recoveries, adaptation expenditure, audit evidence and decision-useful reporting. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| 5:25 PM | Chair’s closing remarks and close of proceedings | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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