Emerging Climate Change Risks for Companies and Financial Institutions

19 October 2021

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Companies and financial institutions in ADB developing member countries face various emerging climate risks. As countries transition to net-zero-aligned economies, companies and financial institutions face new legal and regulatory landscape and governance and risk management challenges. Also, climate litigation against companies and financial institutions is ramping up and they face unprecedented court judgments with serious implications on business operations. 

How ready are companies and financial institutions to meet these challenges? How can they better understand the climate change risks and integrate them into decision-making processes? What can companies and financial institutions do to adapt their businesses and portfolios to take into account these growing climate change obligations and risks? Join the ADB’s Office of the General Counsel's Law and Policy Reform Program as it talks climate risk with global experts. 

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Opening Remarks (5 mins)

  • Cathy Marsh, Private Sector Legal Group, Assistant General Counsel

Presentation (20 mins)

  • Nigel Brook, Partner, Clyde & Co LPP

Panel Discussion: (45 mins)

Moderator:

  • Christina Pak, Principal Counsel and Team Leader, Law and Policy Reform

Panelists:

  • Dr. Nicola Ranger, Deputy Director, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment and Head of Climate and Environmental Risk Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme
  • Geoff Summerhayes, Senior Advisor / Zoe Whitten, Executive Director, Pollination Group
  • Ellie Mulholland, Director, Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative
  • Liam Burgess, Partner, King & Wood Mallesons

Q & A (15 mins)

Opening Remarks

 

Cathy Marsh
Private Sector Legal Group
Assistant General Counsel
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 

Presentation

 

Nigel Brook
Partner
Clyde & Co LPP

 

Panel Discussion

 

Christina Pak
Principal Counsel and Team Leader, Law and Policy Reform Program
Asian Development Bank (ADB)

 

Dr. Nicola Ranger
Deputy Director, UK Centre for Greening Finance and Investment and Head of Climate and Environmental Risk Research
Oxford Sustainable Finance Programme

 

Geoff Summerhayes
Senior Adviser
Pollination Group

 

Ellie Mulholland
Director
Commonwealth Climate and Law Initiative

 

Liam Burgess
Partner
King and Wood Mallesons