WEBINAR:

Spotlight on Resilience: How to map your climate risks and build resilience

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Webinar overview:

As climate risks escalate and the need for greater resilience moves up the political and corporate agenda, this interactive webinar will explore how companies can better understand the climate impacts they are facing and build the case for investment in climate adaptation. The session will bring together leading experts to discuss the range of climate risks businesses and supply chains are facing, and some of the best practices that are shaping how organisations respond.

Topics to be covered include:

Why are governments and businesses under-estimating climate risks?
How will climate risks evolve over the coming years?
How can companies better map the risks they are facing and effectively report on them?
How can understanding climate risks underpin effective climate resilience strategies?
What do effective climate resilience strategies entail?
How can organisations build a business case for investment in enhanced climate resilience?

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James Murray

Editor-in-Chief, BusinessGreen

James Murray is Editor-in-Chief of BusinessGreen, having launched the site in October 2007. He is responsible for BusinessGreen's leading news, opinion and analysis, and also contributes to the brand's expanding events' programme. James is one of the UK's leading commentators on the low carbon economy. He writes occasionally for The Guardian newspaper and has also reported for BBC Radio on a number of green technology stories. James reports daily on a wide range of green business issues, with a particular focus on low carbon policy, economics and technology. In March 2011, James was voted number eight in the Press Gazette's list of the top 50 environmental journalists in the UK. Prior to launching BusinessGreen, James spent five years as a technology journalist working on a variety of IT titles.

Emma Howard Boyd CBE

Co-Chair, Climate Resilience for All & Chair, ClientEarth

Emma Howard Boyd has had a distinguished career focused on environmental issues and sustainable finance. She served as Chair of the Environment Agency for England from 2016 to 2022 and was an ex officio board member of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs during the same period. Appointed by the Mayor of London, Emma chaired the London Climate Resilience Review, publishing a full set of recommendations in July 2024 to help the city prepare for the increasing impacts of climate change such as extreme heat, flooding, droughts, wildfires, sea level rise and storms.

Currently, Emma chairs ClientEarth's Group Board and ClimateArc, and is a co-Chair of Climate Resilience for All. She is a member of the Supervisory Board of the European Climate Foundation and a Visiting Professor in Practice, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics and Political Science.

Emma was the UK Commissioner to the Global Commission on Adaptation from 2018 until its sunset in January 2021.

Felicity Alvey

Programme Director, Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership

Felicity is the Programme Director for ClimateWise, the insurance industry leadership group convened by the University of Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL). In this role, she supports the transition of the insurance sector through the ClimateWise Principles and the development of academic research on topics such as nature, resilience, adaptation and innovation.

Before joining CISL, Felicity was Head of Sustainable Finance Innovation at the City of London Corporation where she led initiatives aimed at enhancing the UK as a global hub for sustainable finance, covering areas such as transition finance, carbon markets, nature finance, and impact investment. Her work at the Corporation included leading the design and establishment of the UK Transition Finance Council, which was co-launched by the City of London Corporation and UK Government and is chaired by Lord Alok Sharma.

Prior to this, Felicity led the work of strategic advisory firm, Global Counsel, on ESG and sustainable finance. She started her career as an investor at Ruffer LLP, a London-based investment manager, where she managed private client portfolios and worked on the integration of ESG considerations into the investment process.

Laurie Laybourn

Executive Director, Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI)

Laurie Laybourn is Executive Director of the Strategic Climate Risks Initiative (SCRI), a think-do tank that develops capabilities for securing a better world even as complex environmental-driven risks escalate. An award-winning researcher, Laurie holds fellowships at Chatham House, the University of Exeter, and the Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR). Laurie is also an advisor to the UK Climate Change Committee and adelphi think tank and sits on the boards of Carbon Tracker and the Economic Change Unit, an organisation he founded. Previously, he led the UK Health Alliance on Climate Change and has worked at the LSE, Oxford University, and the UK Parliament. Laurie regularly writes for a range of publications and appears on TV and radio.

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