Oliver Wyman At COP26

The COP26 UN Climate Change Conference, hosted by the UK in partnership with Italy, will take place from 31 October - 12 November 2021 in Glasgow, Scotland. The summit will bring parties together to accelerate action towards the goals of the Paris Agreement and the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Oliver Wyman is proud to be an Industry Partner of the 12th Sustainable Innovation Forum, convened alongside COP26 to discuss clear pathways for a net-zero future. For over a decade, Climate Action has been hosting this event alongside the UN Climate Change negotiations, and bringing together government and business leaders, investors, and NGOs to accelerate the transition to a net-zero global economy.

Oliver Wyman will be taking part in a series of livestreamed sessions throughout the week. See below a list of our sessions and speakers in Glasgow.

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Practical steps to deliver finance for climate action and gender equality

3:30 - 5:00 PM GMT, November 3 |Tower Base South, Green Zone, Glasgow Science Centre

This event hosted by Aviva will discuss practical steps to deliver finance for climate action and gender equality. Partner Rupal Kantaria will moderate this event.

Panelists: Amanda Blanc, CEO, Aviva, Mindy Lubber, President & CEO, Ceres, Sarah Melvin, Head of UK, BlackRock, Tanya Steele, CEO, WWF UK, Sue Szabo, Director General for Innovative and Climate Finance, Canadian Gov.

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4:30-5:30 PM GMT, November 3 | Glasgow

This closed-door roundtable organized by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with the City of London, the Green Finance Institute and the Green Horizon Summit discussed how greater collaboration can be fostered across the lending and investment value chain and how public intervention can accelerate the deployment of private capital towards early-stage decarbonization technologies. Principal and Project Fellow Sayli Chitre facilitated.

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Banking on Systems Change

12:30 – 2:00 PM GMT, November 4 | Glasgow

Oliver Wyman is co-hosting a closed-door roundtable with the Climate Group to discuss the key imperatives from COP26 Finance Day and the actions banks can take in accelerating progress to net zero in this climate decade. Partner John Colas will moderate this event.

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Women as changemakers to speed up the race to net zero

3:30 - 5:00 PM GMT, November 9 | University of Glasgow

The Oliver Wyman Forum is co-hosting a panel discussion with the 30% Club on Gender and Climate, moderated by Partner Rupal Kantaria.

Panelists: Suneel Bakshi, President & Chief Executive Officer, Mizuho International plc, Ann Cairns, Executive Vice Chair, Mastercard and Chair, 30% Club, Fiona Howarth, CEO, Octopus Electric Vehicles, Dr. Sofiat Olaosebikan, Lecturer in Computing Science, University of Glasgow, Steve Varley, Global Vice Chair, Ernst and Young, Lena Wilson, Non-executive Director, NatWest.

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9:45 - 10:30 AM GMT, November 10| Corinthian Club

This event hosted by S&P Global will discuss how corporates, investors, and governments are setting up long term net zero targets, without clarification of near term goals. Partner Simon Cooper will be speaking on how stress testing methodology and strategy are informing net zero capital allocation.

Panelists: Simon Cooper, Climate and Sustainability Lead, Oliver Wyman Forum, Danielle Boyd, Investor Practices Programme Manager, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change, Susan Gray, S&P Ratings (moderator).

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Delivering the Climate Transition. Implications of COP26 for Finance

1:30 – 3:00 PM GMT, November 12| ScottishPower HQ

This event hosted by the Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership (CISL) will capture the key messages, insights and actions from COP26. Partner Rob Bailey will be speaking on the implications of the conference for business and the finance industry.

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