Climate Change: The Next Financial Crisis?

July 2, 2019 03:00

Climate inaction risks $23 trillion of global economic losses a year, amounting to permanent economic damage four times greater than the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. What does financial leadership entail as we stand at the brink of climate calamity?

On the Forum Agenda:
- Scaling up climate-friendly innovation
- Closing the climate financing gap
- Addressing the rising cost of insurance

This session was developed in partnership with Euronews.

Simultaneous interpretation in English, Mandarin Chinese and Japanese

This session will be livestreamed on TopLink and the Forum website. Please arrive 15 minutes early, as the doors will be closed at the scheduled time.

Speakers:

Jean-Pierre Bourguignon

Nicolaas Kuiper Honorary Professor, Institut des Hautes Études Scientifiques (IHÉS)

Jade Cheng

Founder, Chief Executive Officer, Superhuman

Paul Ellis

Executive Chairman, Electron

Pradeep Kumar Gyawali

Isabelle Kumar

Veronica Scotti

Chairperson, Public Sector Solutions, Swiss Re Management Ltd