What comes next after CBES, and what role for integrated climate-nature risk analysis?
Agenda
12:45 Registration and Refreshments
Join us for refreshments at Nexus – University of Leeds, ahead of the event.
13:15 Welcome and Presentation from UK CGFI Leeds Innovation Hub
Professor Iain Clacher
Professor of Pensions and Finance, University of Leeds | Co-lead Commercialisation and Supporting the Ecosystem, UK CGFI
13:20 Opening Address
Prof Nick Plant, Deputy Vice-Chancellor: Research & Innovation, University of Leeds
13:25 Opportunities and Limitations of Climate Science for Risk Assessment
Professor Jason Lowe OBE
Chair in Interdisciplinary Climate Research, Priestley Centre for Climate Futures – University of Leeds | Head of Climate Services, Met Office
13:45 From the CBES to Decision Useful Scenario Analysis
Dr David Wilkinson
Associate Fellow, UK CGFI | Climate Lead Supervisory Risk Specialists Directorate, Bank of England
14:15 Panel - CBES Report: What We Learnt and What Comes Next
- Prof Iain Clacher, Professor of Pensions and Finance, Leeds University Business School | Co-Lead Commercialisation and Supporting the Ecosystem, UK CGFI (Chair)
- Teju Akande, Change Manager, Border to Coast Pensions Partnership
- Doug Baird, Head of Climate Stress Testing and Pension Risk, NatWest Group
- Dr Hannah Bloomfield, Newcastle Academic Track Fellow, Newcastle University
- Andrew Copland, Senior Finance Manager, Nationwide Building Society
14:55 Refreshments
15:45 Assessing the Materiality of Nature-Related Financial Risks for the UK
Dr Jimena Alvarez
Lead, Greening Finance for Nature | Global Finance & Economy Group – Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
16:05 Nature Related Insurance Use Case
Amir Sethu
Head of Sustainability and ESG, MS Amlin
16:15 Panel - Advancing Nature-Climate Risk Analytics for Financial Decision-Making and Investing in Nature
- Dr Jimena Alvarez, Lead, Greening Finance for Nature | Global Finance & Economy Group – Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford (chair)
- Jennifer Burrett, Director in Sustainability Team, Lloyds Banking Group
- Dr Nicola Ranger, Co-Director at IFB | Director at Resilient Plant Data Hub | University of Oxford
- Amir Sethu, Head of Sustainability and ESG, MS Amlin
- Sandy Trust, IFOA Council – Sustainability Lead | Financial Resilience Nature Workstream – Chair, CFRF
16:55 Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) - UKRI
Dr Shewly Choudhury
Associate Director Interdisciplinary Programmes & Capability, NERC
17:00 Looking Forward - Drawing Conclusions
- Prof Iain Clacher
Professor of Pensions and Finance, Leeds University Business School | Co-Lead, Commercialisation and Supporting the Ecosystem, UK CGFI - Prof Jason Lowe OBE
Chair in Interdisciplinary Climate Research, Priestley Centre for Climate Futures – University of Leeds | Head of Climate Services, Met Office - Dr Nicola Ranger
Resilient Planet Finance Lab | Co-Director, Integrating Finance and Biodiversity Programme
17:15 Networking Reception
Join us for drinks and canapes – kindly sponsored by Nexus – University of Leeds
18:30 Close
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