As global markets confront the accelerating impacts of climate change, energy system transformation, and economic volatility, institutional investors play a critical role in financing the infrastructure and innovation needed for a more resilient, low-carbon future. This high-level session will explore how asset owners and long-term investors are mobilising capital at scale to support clean energy, climate-resilient infrastructure, and inclusive economic growth. Speakers will address the importance of ensuring that capital flows align with both decarbonisation pathways and real economy needs—particularly in emerging and underserved markets—while embedding risk management, equitable transition principles, and long-term value creation into investment strategy. 

• Mobilising institutional capital for clean energy and climate-resilient infrastructure in developed and emerging markets 
• Aligning capital deployment with real-economy decarbonisation and inclusive transition goals 
• Embedding resilience, risk management, and equitable outcomes into investment strategy and portfolio design

As global disclosure regimes evolve, investors are facing growing expectations to address both financially material risks and the wider sustainability impacts of their portfolios. This session will examine how double materiality is being embedded into reporting frameworks—such as the EU’s CSRD and SFDR, ISSB standards, and the emerging TNFD—and what this shift means for investor strategy, data integration, and regulatory alignment across jurisdictions. 

• Navigating the implications of double materiality under evolving standards (CSRD, SFDR, ISSB, TNFD, SEC)
• Turning sustainability and impact data into decision-useful investment insights
• Aligning internal processes with multi-jurisdictional disclosure obligations and real-world outcomes 

As physical climate risks—such as extreme weather events, asset impairments, and supply chain disruptions—intensify globally, investors must revisit traditional risk assumptions and portfolio strategies. This session will explore how advances in climate modelling, scenario analysis, and adaptation planning are reshaping capital allocation decisions and expanding fiduciary responsibilities to better manage systemic and compounding environmental risks. 

• Assessing and quantifying physical climate risks across assets, regions, and portfolios
• Integrating adaptation and resilience measures into investment frameworks and decision-making
• Updating risk models to reflect interconnected and compounding environmental exposures and regulatory developments 
• Managing downside risk to capture upside opportunity from investing in the climate adaptation solutions 

Private and blended finance are critical for mobilizing capital in regions and sectors overlooked by traditional investors. This dialogue explores how these tools, together with development finance, can advance the energy transition, climate adaptation, and inclusive growth. 

• Structuring finance solutions that deliver bankable, climate-aligned outcomes 
• Leveraging concessional, philanthropic, and development finance to de-risk private capital 
• Building pipelines for energy, water, and resilient infrastructure investment 

As the sustainable investment landscape evolves, investors are increasingly recognising the financial relevance of natural capital—from ecosystem services to biodiversity integrity. This panel explores how environmental dependencies and impacts are being integrated into portfolio construction, stewardship practices, and risk management frameworks. With global disclosure standards advancing, investors must consider how nature-related risks and opportunities shape long-term value and contribute to broader sustainability goals. 

• Embedding natural capital considerations across asset classes and investment strategies 
• Assessing biodiversity-related risks and dependencies through emerging tools and data 
• Strengthening stewardship to protect and enhance natural capital value 
• Responding to frameworks like TNFD and CSRD to align with evolving sustainability disclosure norms 

As global negotiations approach COP30 in Brazil, investors must align capital with evolving policy frameworks while addressing regional realities, human and labour rights, and the need for equitable adaptation. This session will explore where finance is most urgently required, how to integrate social safeguards and just transition principles, and how to prepare for the shifting disclosure and policy landscape. Discussion will highlight opportunities to link adaptation and mitigation, ensuring investment strategies deliver resilience, inclusion, and long-term value creation. 

• Adapting investment strategy to respond to climate, nature, equity, and labour rights signals 
• Scaling adaptation finance with measurable, location-specific, and socially equitable outcomes 
• Aligning transition planning with just transition, human rights, and biodiversity co-benefits 
• NCQG: From Baku to Belém — mobilising capital for adaptation and mitigation in Emerging Markets and LDCs