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22 June 2026 |

Guildhall, London Climate Action Week

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As physical climate risks intensify, markets face a growing resilience blind spot. This session brings together leaders from finance, insurance, corporates, and policy to examine how climate shocks are already affecting operations and economic stability – and what decision‑useful intelligence is missing. It will introduce ResilienceArc, a new public access tool offering consistent, comparable insight into corporate exposure and adaptation and explore how shared data and collaboration can drive smarter investment, stronger disclosure, and a more resilient global economy.

Agenda:

2.00pmWelcome remarks

MC: Federico Mazza – Senior Program Manager – Arc

2.05pm

10 min

Opening Keynote: Resilience as the “next frontier” 

Themes:

  • Why climate shocks are no longer distant or hypothetical
  • The accelerating pace and intensity of floods, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, and storms
  • Impacts on communities, infrastructure, and the global economy

 

Confirmed speaker:

  • Professor Emma Howard Boyd CBE – Chair, National Heat Risk Commission | Chair, ClientEarth Group Board | Co-Chair, HERA (formerly Climate Resilience for All)
2.15pm

10 min

Keynote: Navigating real world physical climate impact: Spotlight on the garment industry 

Confirmed speaker:

  • Kathy Baughman McLeod – Founder & CEO – HERA (formerly Climate Resilience for All)
2.15pm

25 min

Fireside Chat: The Market Signal – The resilience gap

Why markets are struggling to manage physical climate risk

Themes:

  • Insurance market pressures
  • Portfolio exposure
  • Supply chain vulnerability
  • Lack of comparability in resilience data

 

Confirmed moderator:

  • Nicola Ranger – Executive Director – Earth Capital Nexus

 

Confirmed speakers:

  • Sudeshna Raychaudhuri – Senior Specialist, Climate – PRI
  • Rob Bailey – Senior Adviser – Oliver Wyman
  • Fiona Watson – Vice President of Corporate Performance – WBCSD
  • Lucian Peppelenbos – Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing Thought Leadership – Robeco
2.40pm

15 min

 

 

 From insight to action: The infrastructure behind ResilienceArc

  • Turning asset-level risk into corporate insight
  • Linking physical risk with disclosure frameworks
  • Decision usefulness for financial institutions and corporates

 

Confirmed Speaker: Felix Preston – Director, Research and Program – Arc

2.55pm

25 min

Fireside Chat: Building Systemic Resilience – Aligning the ecosystem

Themes:

  • How ResilienceArc builds on and integrates with existing frameworks
  • Assumptions behind the methodology, interoperability and visibility of data
  • How corporates and FIs can engage
  • What’s needed to build from here together

 

Confirmed Moderator:

·         Meryam Omi – Chief Executive – Arc

 

Confirmed speakers:

  • Karl Mallon – Co-Founder and CEO – XDI
  • Roberto Spacey Martín – Lead, Resilience Alignment – Earth Capital Nexus
  • Anne Chataigne – Senior Programme Manager, Adaptation and Resilience – IIGCC
  • Farheen Altaf – Senior Manager, Climate Thought Leadership – CDP
3.20pm

10 min

Closing: Pathways for Action 

Invitation to:

  • Explore the analysis
  • Join testing cohorts
  • Participate in future workstreams
  • Contribute to platform development

Confirmed Speaker: Meryam Omi – Chief Executive – Arc

 

Featured speaker(s):

  • Emma Howard-Boyd CBE – Chair, National Heat Risk Commission | Chair, ClientEarth Group Board | Co-Chair, HERA (formerly Climate Resilience for All)
  • Meryam Omi,  CEO, Arc
  • Nicola Ranger, Executive Director, Earth Capital Nexus
  • Karl Mallon, Co-Founder and CEO, XDI
  • Sudeshna Raychaudhuri, Senior Specialist, Climate, PRI
  • Rob Bailey, Senior Adviser, Oliver Wyman
  • Fiona Watson, Vice President of Corporate Performance, WBCSD
  • Roberto Spacey Martín,  Lead, Resilience Alignment, Earth Capital Nexus
  • Federico Mazza, Partnerships Manager, Arc
  • Anne Chataigne, Senior Programme Manager, Adaptation and Resilience,  IIGCC

Audience:

Senior leaders from the following sectors:

  • Insurers and reinsurers, including risk, underwriting and portfolio leads
  • Corporate executives from high exposure sectors (e.g., energy, manufacturing, infrastructure, real estate, technology)
  • Policymakers, regulators and government representatives involved in climate, finance or infrastructure
  • Philanthropic and mission driven capital providers focused on resilience and adaptation
  • Global experts in climate adaptation, engineering, modelling and resilience strategy

 

For more information or any questions about this partner event, please contact the event host directly: Hayley Metcalf at [email protected]

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