Each day the Climate Action House will feature a 3-hour themed Leaders’ Lunch Session curated by Climate Action and our Programme and Industry Partners. These exclusive events will feature solution driven dialogues, insightful interviews, and dynamic panel discussions, followed by a networking lunch. The audience will made up of 60 invited climate leaders aligned to the day’s theme.
Registration
Chair's Welcome
Moderator
Seizo Onoe
Panel: AI & Digital Solutions for a More Sustainable Future
AI and digital technologies are reshaping how organisations understand and improve their environmental performance. From data-driven efficiency and predictive analytics to intelligent automation, digital innovation is helping companies uncover hidden value, reduce waste, and accelerate decarbonisation. This session brings together pioneers using digital intelligence to make complex systems more transparent, accountable, and sustainable.
Speakers
Kate Kamarchuk
Caroline Choi
Rob McGreevy
Pratap Raju
Moderator
Joanna Swift
Climate Leader Interview: Nature as Infrastructure
A pioneer on valuing forests, wetlands, and ecosystems as essential assets tor resilience and growth.
Speakers
Antonia Gawel
Moderator
Joanna Swift
Dialogue: The Hidden Footprint of AI - Decarbonising Data Centres and Mineral Supply Chains
As AI drives a global boom in data centres, their material and energy demands are rising sharply – especially for steel and critical minerals. This dialogue shies a light on the often-overlooked backbone of the digital economy, asking how we can build and power these hubs more sustainably.
Speakers
Nat Keohane
Andreas Winter-Extra
Moderator
Seizo Onoe
Keynote: Networks that Work for the Planet
Speakers
Ricardo Mucci
Networking Lunch
Coffee & Networking
Coffee and networking with closing address from Industry Partner and Session Chair
Moderator
Seizo Onoe
Registration
Chair’s Welcome
Moderator
Jóhanna Audunsdóttir
Introduction by Industry Partner
Speakers
Arunabha Ghosh
Panel: Paths to a Just, Scalable and Clean Energy Transition
- What strategies ensure energy access for all while scaling renewables at speed?
- How are grid modernisation and storage breakthroughs changing the economics of renewables?
- Where should policymakers and investors focus to drive down the cost of clean hydrogen and next-gen fuels?
- How do we prevent stranded assets and support communities dependent on fossil industries?
- Which partnerships between utilities, industry, and tech are moving fastest from pilot to system-wide adoption?
Speakers
Jules Kortenhorst
Moderator
Jóhanna Audunsdóttir
Climate Leader Interview: Sustainable Fuels: Decarbonising Transport at Global Scale
Dialogue: The Efficiency First Dividend
How energy efficiency—from smart buildings to efficient lighting and electrified systems—can deliver immediate emissions cuts, cost savings, and jobs while powering a just transition.
Speakers
Dr. Bertrand Piccard
Rafaela Guedes
Moderator
Jóhanna Audunsdóttir
Keynote: Scaling Clean Power
What it will take to triple renewables and phase down fossil fuels this decade.
Speakers
Elbia Gannoum
Networking Lunch
Coffee & Networking
Coffee and networking with closing address from Industry Partner and Session Chair
Moderator
Jóhanna Audunsdóttir
Registration
Chair’s Welcome
Moderator
Remco Fischer
Introduction by Industry Partner
Speakers
Arunabha Ghosh
Panel: Accelerating Private Finance for a Just Transition and Building Climate Resilience
How can private finance turn climate pledges into real impact? Leaders from finance, government, and development explore strategies to scale investment in low-carbon growth, resilient infrastructure, and inclusive economies—where managing risk and driving returns go hand in hand.
Speakers
Maurizio Zollo
Satya Tripathi
Dr. Tom Mitchell
Helena Viñes Fiestas
Moderator
Remco Fischer
Dialogue: Blended Finance 2.0 – De-Risking Climate Investment at Scale
Speakers
Stacy Swann
Dr. Barbara Buchner
Moderator
Nick Robins
Keynote: The Investment Mandate for Implementation
Speakers
Benoit Bazin
Moderator
Remco Fischer
Coffee & Networking
Coffee and networking with closing address from Industry Partner and Session Chair
Moderator
Remco Fischer
Registration
Chair’s Welcome
Speakers
James Schofield
Introduction by Industry Partner
Speakers
Gustavo Pimenta
Panel: Breakthroughs and Bright Spots in Hard-to-Abate Sectors
- Which breakthrough technologies (CCUS, green steel, alternative cement) are most scalable?
- Where should finance flow first to achieve meaningful emissions cuts in shipping, aviation, and steel?
- What’s working in partnerships that link industry, government, and innovators for shared infrastructure?
- How do companies secure social licence—protecting jobs and communities—while decarbonising at speed?
Speakers
Noam Boussidan
Lisa Wee
Lord Adair Turner
Dr. Pavan Chilukuri
Bob Wigley
Moderator
Jennie Dodson
Fireside Chat: State of Climate Action 2025 – Industry Spotlight
A tech trailblazer on how digital innovation can speed climate implementation without widening divides.
Speakers
Clea Schumer
Moderator
James Schofield
Decarbonising Mining and Critical Minerals: Powering the Transition Responsibly
As demand for metals and minerals surges to fuel the clean-energy transition, this dialogue explores how mining and heavy-industry leaders are beginning to reduce emissions across the value chain—from the extraction of critical minerals such as copper, nickel, and lithium to the production of lower-carbon (“green”) steel—through innovation, collaboration, and responsible sourcing.
Speakers
Grazielle Parenti
Moderator
Clarissa Lins
Networking Lunch
Registration
Chair’s Welcome
Speakers
David Saddington
Nature at the Heart of Implementation
Speakers
Manuel Pulgar
Panel: Nature-based Solutions in Practice
- How can we translate biodiversity targets into investable projects that deliver measurable outcomes?
- Which models best reward communities and indigenous groups for stewarding forests and ecosystems?
- How are leading companies embedding nature-positive action into supply chains beyond offsets?
- What role can insurers and lenders play in valuing ecosystem services as natural capital?
- How do we build credible monitoring systems that prove nature-based solutions deliver carbon and biodiversity gains?
Speakers
Rafael Nazavo
Mahima Sukhdev
Jui Joshi
Simon Henzell-Thomas
Moderator
Manuel Pulgar
Climate Leader Interview: Making Natural Capital Count
A pioneer on valuing forests, wetlands, and ecosystems as essential assets tor resilience and growth.
Speakers
Dr. Guido Schmidt-Traub
Moderator
Dr. Naoko Ishii
Earthshot for Nature: Scaling Real-World Solutions for People and Planetfrastructure
Speakers
Isabelle Britez
Mariana Barbosa
Aadith Moorthy
Moderator
Eron Bloomgarden
Keynote: Valuing Nature and Scaling Nature-based Solutions
Speakers
Ani Dasgupta
Networking Lunch
Coffee & Networking
Coffee and networking with closing address from Industry Partner and Session Chair
Speakers
Manuel Pulgar
Moderator
