Climate Capital Live 2024 | FT Live | 12 March 2024 | County Hall, County Hall, Belvedere Rd, London SE1 7GP, UK

This events was created as a reflection of the belief at the FT that climate change crosses every beat and every desk. In today’s news, climate change is part of almost every major story across finance, business, markets, politics and more.

Now in its fourth year, It will once again draw together the resources of FT journalists and key climate thought leaders to deliver 2 days of thought provoking keynotes, challenging debates and networking to scrutinise and in turn accelerate climate progress.

Why Attend?

Understand:
• The challenges and opportunities posed by climate change and what this means for you and your business

Connect:
• With CEOs and climate influencers across finance, energy, food, agriculture, manufacturing, government and more

Discover:
• Actionable takeaways you can implement in your own business strategy to help you achieve your net-zero targets

2024 Speakers

Nick Hampton
Chief Executive, Tate & Lyle PLC

David Kovatch
Senior Policy Advisor, Loan Programs Office, US Department of Energy

Dave Stangis
Chief Sustainability Officer, Apollo Global Management

Marie-Claire Daveu
Chief Sustainability and Institutional Affairs Officer, Kering

Julie Kitcher
Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications, Airbus

Rachel Kyte
Visiting Professor of Practice, Oxford University’s Blavatnik School of Government

Avanish Persaud
Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President, Inter-American Development Bank

Peter Bachmann
Managing Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Division, Gresham House

Kathy Baughman McLeod
CEO, Climate Resilience for All

Martin Berg
CEO, Climate Asset Management

Michael Burger
Executive Director, Sabin Center for Climate Change Law; Senior Research Scholar and Lecturer-in-Law, Columbia Law School

Tom Burke
Chairman and Co-Founder, E3G

Freya Burton
Chief Sustainability Officer and Head of Europe, LanzaTech

Guilia Carbone
Director, Natural Climate Solutions Alliance, WBCSD

David Carlin
Head of Climate Risk, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI)

Dr Will Cavendish
Global Digital Leader, Arup

Bo Cerup-Simonsen
CEO, Mærsk Mc-Kinney Møller Center for Zero Carbon Shipping

Dr Dim Coumou
Professor of Climate Extremes & Societal Risk, VU Amsterdam, Co-Founder, Beyond Weather

Nicola Davidson
Vice President, Sustainable Development and Corporate Communications, ArcelorMittal

Eric de Montgolfier
CEO, InvestEurope

Sandrine Dixson-Declève
Co-President, Club of Rome

Paula DiPerna
Author and Special Advisor, CDP

Mafalda Duarte
Executive Director, Green Climate Fund

Nathan Fabian
Chief Sustainable Systems Officer, Principles for Responsible Investment

Nollaig Forrest
Chief Sustainability Officer, Holcim

Anne Foster
Managing Director, Global Head of Sustainability and Impact Investing, Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners

Anthony Froggatt
Senior Research Fellow; Deputy Director, Environment and Society Centre, Chatham House

Cristina Gamboa
CEO,, World Green Building Council

Morgan Gillespy
Executive Director, Food and Land Use Coalition

James Gowen
SVP Global Supply Chain & Sourcing and Chief Sustainability Officer, Verizon

Carrie Harris
Director of Sustainability, British Airways

Irene Heemskerk
Head of the Climate Change Centre, European Central Bank

Clover Hogan
Founder and Executive Director, Force of Nature

Catherine Howarth
CEO, ShareAction

Emma Howard Boyd CBE
Chair, Green Finance Institute, Chair, London Climate Resilience Review

Greg Jackson
CEO, Octopus Energy

Dan Jørgensen
Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark

Ita Kettleborough
Director, Energy Transitions Commission

Tessa Khan
Founder and Executive Director, Uplift

David Kleimann
Senior Research Associate, The International Economic Development Group

Jay Koh
Co-Founder and Managing Director, Lightsmith Group

Alvaro Lario
President, International Fund for Agricultural Development

Jose La Loggia
President EMEA, Trane

Caroline Le Meaux
Global Head of Research, Engagement and Voting, Amundi

Linda-Eling Lee
Founding Director and Head, MSCI Sustainability Institute

Fernanda Lopes Larsen
Executive Vice President, Africa & Asia, Yara International

Erin Lyon
Head of Consulting, LRQA

Mark Makepeace
CEO, Wilshire Indexes

Nathanial Matthews
CEO, The Global Resilience Partnership

Jolyon Maugham KC
Founder and Executive Director, Good Law Project

Andrew Mitchell
Founder and Special Adviser, Global Canopy, Vice Chair, Stewardship Council, Taskforce on Nature-related Financial Disclosures (TNFD)

María Mendiluce
CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

Mireille Meneses
Carbon Markets and Climate Policy Expert, EcoAct

Juliette Morgan
ESG Consultancy Director, Gensler

Helen Mountford
President and CEO, ClimateWorks

James Mwangi
Founder and CEO, Africa Climate Ventures

Sunita Narain
Director General, Centre for Science and Environment

Fabio Natalucci
Deputy Director of the Monetary and Capital Markets Department, International Monetary Fund

Vaishali Nigam Sinha
Co-Founder, ReNew

Aruna Ramsamy
Managing Director, Just Climate

Adam Rauwerdink
SVP, Business Development, Boston Metal

Antoine Rostand
President and Co-Founder, Kayrros

Jennifer Sara
Global Director, Climate Change Group, World Bank Group

Charlotte Schoonman
Head of Product, EarthScan

Julie Segal
Senior Manager, Climate Finance, Environmental Defence Canada

Melissa Sims
Senior Counsel, Milberg

Chris Skidmore
Former Conservative MP

Diandra Soobiah
Head of Responsible Investment, Nest

Hans Stegeman
Chief Economist, Triodos Bank NV

Nigel Topping
UN Climate Change High-Level ChampioN, COP26

Mark van Baal
Founder, Follow This

Martin Wolf
Chief Economics Commentator, Financial Times

MODERATORS:

Kenza Bryan
Climate Reporter, Financial Times

Pilita Clark
Associate Editor and Business Columnist, Financial Times

Alice Hancock
EU Correspondent, Financial Times

Peggy Hollinger
International Business Editor, Financial Times

Henry Mance
Chief Features Writer, Financial Times

Rachel Millard
Clean Energy Correspondent, Financial Times

Attracta Mooney
Climate Correspondent, Financial Times

Emiliya Mychasuk
Climate Editor, Financial Times

Sylvia Pfiefer
Industry Correspondent, Financial Times

Dan Stewart
Deputy Head of Longform, Financial Times

Aime Williams
US Climate Reporter, Financial Times

2024 Sponsors and Partners

LEAD SPONSOR:
• International Finance Corporation

ASSOCIATE SPONSORS:
• Apollo
• Ecoact
• LRQA
• Trane Technologies
• Wilshire Indexes

SUPPORTING PARTNERS:
• FT Climate Capital Council
• ESG Today
• Business Declares
• Women in Sustainability
• World Business Council
• The World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD)
• Aldersgate Group

CONTENT PARTNER:
• Letters to the Earth