Panel Discussion: Net Zero Finance: Is green finally going mainstream?

Turning COP26 commitments into Action: Ensuring constructive dialogue with developing countries for the global implementation of a green recovery. How do we move forward from COP26?

There is still a long way to go before climate risks and opportunities are embedded in decision making right across the financial system, and while transformative the shifts seen in recent years are unlikely to see investment flowing immediately into the green economy at the required level. But given the pace and scale of change afoot, the question for financiers everywhere is no longer whether you can afford to be a part of the net zero movement, but whether you can afford not to be.

• How to create policy and multilateral processes that systemically favour sustainable investments across international markets
• Update on latest initiatives and opportunities for convergence
• Net-zero asset owners: how investors are aligning themselves with the Paris agreement
• How are asset owners getting to net zero and how is capital allocation being impacted?
• What are the priorities for the next five years for asset owners?
• Achieving net zero at portfolio level
• The decarbonisation roadmap and likely problems with a 2050 target