Programme

The programme brought together leaders and practitioners from across the climate resilience finance ecosystem through a mix of engaging and interactive sessions:

08:00

Registration/check-in (Foyer)

09:00

Financing climate resilience at scale: leadership, partnership, action

Opening address

The Rt Hon. the Baroness Chapman of Darlington

H.E. Mehmet Şimşek

H.E. Éléonore Caroit

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

10:00

Coffee break

10:30

Presidencies Dialogue on finance for climate resilience: adding incentives, removing barriers

H.E. Hambardzum Matevosyan

Upper Sugar Room

Ending eternal pilots: scaling MSME innovation for resilience

Challenge session

Darren Clifford

Global Resilience Partnership

Lower Sugar Room

Financing resilient food and land use systems: building a joint financial architecture

Guido Schmidt Traub

Morgan Gillespy

Marcela Quintero

Food and Land Use Coalition

Building an investable resilience market: from projects to capital stacks

Challenge session

Emmanuel Caroit

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Queen Charlotte

Bridging cities and capital: financing urban climate resilience

Challenge session

Priscilla Negreiros

Mekala Krishnan

Sally Woolhouse

C40 Cities Finance Facility

When resilience pays: data, metrics and investment outcomes

Stephanie Pfeifer

Leslie Maasdorp

Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Upper Sugar Room

Energy infrastructure and real estate: two sides of the same resilience coin

Challenge session

Imad N. Fakhoury

Yves-Laurent Sapoval

Lower Sugar Room

Unlocking insurability: reducing risk through early action

Scaling investment through country-led finance coalitions and coordination mechanisms

Challenge session

Eduardo Kavaguti

Nidyan Mireya Pinzón Ruiz

COP30 presidency

Queen Charlotte

Building the market for water resilience

Challenge session

James Richardson

FloodAction Coalition

13:30

Lunch

14:30

Rethinking locally led adaptation finance: bridging public and private investment for scale

Rajvi Joshipura

Upper Sugar Room

Getting ahead of the curve: direct finance for climate resilience

Challenge session

Allison Robertshaw

Wadeisor Rukato

Ninni Ikkala Nyman

Lower Sugar Room

Accountability, access, action: financing the Global Goal on Adaptation

Cristina Rumbaitis del Rio

Natalie Unterstell

International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

From fragmentation to bankability: unlocking wind investment at scale

Challenge session

Maximilian Schnippering

Nurzhan Dzhumabaev

16:00

Move to closing plenary (grab and go coffee available)

16:15

What’s ahead - from London to Antalya and beyond

Closing remarks

The full programme included:

High-level plenary sessions featuring national and international government ministers alongside finance leaders, setting out the key challenges and opportunities, and challenging us to respond with ambition
Challenge sessions where insurers, investors and regulators, and those delivering resilience on the frontlines come together to tackle shared challenges and explore how to scale solutions
Action roundtables: designed to be highly practical and participatory, with space for everyone to contribute their ideas, and
Networking opportunities with peers and experts from across the climate resilience finance community, including an evening drinks reception.

Summit sponsors

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