Day One | October 20
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8:00
Breakfast and Networking
8:50
Chair’s Opening Remark’s
9:00
GEOPOLITICAL SHOCKS AND THE NEW CLIMATE RISK LANDSCAPE
Panel Discussion: How geopolitical instability is reshaping climate risk assessments and changing resilience strategies for financial institutions
Key topics
- Examining how geopolitical conflicts are changing the drivers of climate action, elevating energy security and sovereignty alongside decarbonization objectives
- Assessing the climate risk implications of fossil fuel price volatility, supply disruptions, and increasing exposure to energy market shocks
- Evaluating strategies such as long-term power purchase agreements and captive renewable generation to strengthen resilience against geopolitical and climate-related disruptions
 | Anja Hannerz,Global Head of Sustainability,Nordea |
 | Maureen Edwards,Group Climate Risk Director,HSBC |
9:40
PHYSICAL CLIMATE RISK, ADAPTATION, AND SOVEREIGN RESILIENCE
Panel Discussion: Understanding how physical climate impacts are reshaping sovereign risk, financial stability, and portfolio resilience
Key topics
- Assessing physical climate exposures across assets, portfolios, infrastructure, and sovereigns facing increasing vulnerability to extreme weather events and long-term environmental change
- Evaluating the link between climate-related damages, fiscal pressures, sovereign creditworthiness, and the implications for government bond portfolios and financial stability
- Implementing adaptation strategies that strengthen operational resilience, reduce financial losses, and support continuity across institutions, counterparties, and critical sectors
- Balancing immediate adaptation priorities with long-term transition objectives while addressing emerging systemic risks arising from climate-related economic and sovereign stress
 | Valentina Ramirez,Head of Climate Strategy Implementation,Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC) |
 | Aruthur Krebbers,Managing Director, Sustainable Finance Advisory,Natwest |
 | Martina Macpherson,Head, Financial Markets,Value Balancing Alliance |
 | Tim Barlow,Executive Director, Physical Risk Strategy,MSCI |
10:20
Morning Refreshment and Networking Break
10:50
RESILIENCE
The Route to Resilience: Turning Flood & Climate Risk Data into Actionable Insights
Key topics
- Examining how global flood risk is impacting global financial institutions, and what measures are being taken to adapt to a higher-risk world
- How financial institutions can interpret climate data and understand the material risks to their portfolio
- Translating flood and climate risk data into financial impact and informed action
 | Luke Brown,Climate Risk, Financial Markets, Fathom |
 | Robin van der Schalie,Senior Presales Executive, Data & Services,Swiss Re |
11:25
EBA GUIDELINES ON ENVIRONMENTAL SCENARIO ANALYSIS
Understanding new supervisory expectations, strengthening methodologies, and embedding environmental scenario analysis into risk management and strategic decision-making
Key topics
- Examining the evolving EBA approach to climate risk stress testing and its connection to broader EU sustainability and prudential objectives
- Designing climate stress testing frameworks that incorporate transition and physical risk scenarios, long-term horizons, and emerging supervisory expectations
- Addressing practical implementation challenges relating to data quality, modelling approaches, governance requirements, and increasing regulatory scrutiny
 | Mira Lamriben,Climate Risk Expert,European Banking Authority |
 | Sylvie Marchan,Climate Risk Expert,European Banking Authority |
12:10
PRA SS5/25 EXPECTATIONS
Outlining the Bank of England’s new guidelines and how the will enhance banks’ and insurers’ approaches to managing climate related risks
Key topics
- Understanding the PRA’s latest expectations for managing climate-related financial risks and the evolution from awareness-building to supervisory implementation
- Applying climate scenario analysis, data capabilities, and forward-looking risk assessments to strengthen resilience and support strategic decision-making
- Demonstrating measurable progress through operational integration, quantitative analysis, transparent disclosures, and evidence of management action
 | Mathesh Sripraba,Climate Risk Specialist,Bank of England |
12:45
Lunch Break and Roundtable Discussions
1:45
GLOBAL REGULATORY LANDSCAPE
Managing the challenges of conflicting climate, ESG, and disclosure requirements across the UK, Europe, the US, and other major markets
Key topics
- Comparing regulatory approaches across major jurisdictions as climate, environmental, and ESG frameworks continue to evolve at different speeds
- Assessing the impact of US deregulation and changing disclosure expectations on global firms operating across multiple regulatory regimes
- Managing the practical challenges of dual reporting, inconsistent data requirements, and differing expectations for climate disclosures and Scope 3 emissions
- Preparing risk, compliance, and business functions for increasing regulatory fragmentation while maintaining consistent governance, risk management, and strategic decision-making
 | Celia Lambert-Alcantara,Head of ESG Compliance,Crédit Agricole |
 | Dr Dennis Haensel, Head of Sustainable Regulation and Methodology,DWS |
2:25
LEVERAGING AI FOR CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
Examining how artificial intelligence is transforming climate risk management while introducing new sustainability and operational considerations
Key topics
- Leveraging AI to enhance climate risk modelling, data quality, scenario analysis, and risk assessment capabilities
- Exploring practical use cases for AI across climate risk and sustainable finance functions
- Assessing the environmental implications of increasing AI adoption, including energy consumption, data centre demand, and associated emissions
- Balancing innovation and sustainability by evaluating where AI delivers the greatest value and where its use should be applied more selectively
 | Vasiliki Basiou,Climate Risk Specialist | Risk Innovation, Vice President,Northern Trust |
 | Irina Gilfanova,Head of Private Equity & Sustainable Finance Practice,SE Advisory Services |
3:05
IMPROVING DATA RELIABILITY FOR PROPER CLIMATE RISK MANAGEMENT
Exploring how financial institutions can improve the quality, granularity, and reliability of climate data to support more robust risk assessments and business decisions
Key topics
- Enhancing climate risk assessments through asset-level data and more precise geolocation mapping
- Improving the accuracy of physical risk analysis by incorporating localised factors such as water stress, flooding, and extreme weather exposure
- Moving beyond portfolio-wide averages towards site-specific insights that better reflect underlying risk concentrations
- Integrating granular and verifiable climate data into existing credit, risk, and financial analysis frameworks
 | Eva Scaglioni,VP, Sustainable Finance,Natwest |
3:35
Afternoon Refreshment and Networking Break
4:05
MODEL RISK
Session: Integrating climate risk into existing model risk management frameworks and business strategy
Key topics
- Embedding ESG risk within regulatory-aligned model frameworks
- Adapting traditional model risk management to climate-specific challenges
- Developing robust validation frameworks for ESG models
- Integrating transition and physical risk modelling into core risk processes
- Leveraging climate models to inform business strategy and client engagement
- Translating stress testing insights into actionable decisions
- Ensuring long-term scenario outputs (e.g. transition pathways and physical risk impacts) are linked to risk appetite, capital planning, and commercial strategy
 | Alvaro J. Fernandez,Sr Lead Validator & Head of Climate Risk Working Group CRMV,ING |
4:35
CREDIT PROVISIONING
Embedding Environmental Risk into Credit Provisioning
Key topics
- Assessing where European banks currently stand in incorporating climate impacts into credit risk provisioning and expected credit loss methodologies.
- Examining BNP Paribas’ approach to integrating climate considerations into financial reporting and the operational changes required to support it.
- Exploring how emerging risk factors, including geopolitical uncertainty, interact with and influence climate provisioning frameworks.
- Identifying the next steps for expanding environmental risk frameworks beyond climate to incorporate nature- and biodiversity-related risks.
 | Marc Irubetagoyena,Head of Modelling & Simulating,BNP Paribas |
5:05
Chairs Closing Remarks
5:10
End of Day 1