World Climate Summit 2021 | World Climate Foundation | 7 November 2021 | Hilton Glasgow, 1 William St, Glasgow G3 8HT, UK

Delivering Across a Decade of Public-Private Partnerships
As countries work to overcome and recover from the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, short and long-term objectives should aim to kickstart the global economy through resilient and ambitious green agendas, prioritising net-zero commitments and low carbon investments in the coming ten years.

Organised by World Climate Foundation, World Climate Summit - The Investment COP 2021 ​is recognised as one of the most important official side events of COP26. It is the leading forum for business and investment-driven solutions to climate change, acknowledging the essential importance of collaboration and the “bottom-up” perspective in solving climate change.

With the Decade to Deliver on Climate Action more crucial now than ever, it will be a must-attend event for leading stakeholders driving climate solutions, investments, and legislation. ​Throughout the last 11 years, the Summit has become a key platform for connecting markets with policies, to flatten the climate curve.

Who You Will Meet in 2021?
• Global C-Suite Stakeholders
• Executives from Key Financial Institutes
• Public, Private, Multilateral, and Philanthropic Investors
• Leading Government representatives
• Technology and Project Developers
• Thought Leaders and Climate Industry Experts

Format:
• Dynamic and constructive panel sessions convening high-level public and private decision makers.
• Solutions-oriented, interactive workshops co-organised with our strategic partners to showcase and discuss best-practice solutions.
• Side events engaging key customer and influencer groups; pitch presentations for new innovations and technologies.
• Networking and match-making opportunities aimed to connect cross sector-stakeholders ready to be engaged in agenda-setting.

Objectives
World Climate Summit – The Investment COP taking place in Glasgow during COP26, is linked to the priority action areas and ambition of the COP26 Presidency, builds on net-zero climate commitments and strengthens networks that connects the global low carbon economy. World Climate Summit - the Investment COP is firmly aligned with our Strategic Roadmap of regional conferences and focused on delivering actionable outcomes on innovations, investments and policies.

Who will attend?
World Climate Summit is known as the premier business event for cross-sector decision-makers at the COP for more than 10 years. World Climate Summit - The Investment COP will attract a selected mix of high-level representatives from the public and private sectors including businesses, financiers, governments, policymakers, innovators, academia and environmental influencers.

The Investment COP on day two of the Summit has become a regular fixture to the World Climate Summit. Now in its third year, the Investment COP is a cross-sectoral collaboration and solutions-focused platform for governments, investors and project developers to discuss opportunities, partnerships and suitable framework conditions for investing in clean energy and climate technology.

2021 Speakers

Rodolfo Lacy
Director of the Environment Directorate, OECD

Dr. Sami Pelkonen
CEO, Business Unit Uhde, ThyssenKrupp Industrial Solutions

Jennifer Lenhart
Global Lead for Cities, WWF

Joanna Whittington
Director General, Energy and Security, BEIS Department, Government of the United Kingdom

Akira Sugano
President & CEO, Asset Management One

Marco Morelli
Executive Chairman, AXA IM

Steven Ko
CEO, O’right

Marisa Drew
Chief Sustainability Officer & Global Head of Sustainability Strategy, Advisory and Finance, Credit Suisse

Sirin Hellvin Stav
Vice Mayor for Environment and Transport, City of Oslo

Christopher J. Wiernicki
Chairman, President & CEO, American Bureau of Shipping (ABS)

Rick Robinson
Director for Smart Places, Jacobs

Matt Christensen
Global Head of Sustainable and Impact Investing, Allianz Global Investors

Aiman Ezzat
CEO, Capgemini Group

Joseph Tabet
Vice president, Circular Economy, Flex

2021 Sponsors and Partners

GLOBAL STRATEGIC PARTNER:
• Jacobs

PLANET A PARTNERS:
• AXA Investment Managers
• Capgemini
• Allianz Global Investors GmbH
• GFG Alliance
• PepsiCo
• Wells Fargo Asset Management

PREMIER PARTNERS:
• Tetra Pak
• Maersk
• Credit Suisse
• Trane Technologies
• OnceMore by Södra
• World Gold Council
• PGIM
• Unicredit
• howden

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• HS1 Limited
• Arriva Danmark
• DuPont
• Aon
• thyssenkrupp
• Zurich
• Novelis Aluminum
• Flood Re
• ROCKWOOL Group
• National Grid
• Centrica plc
• Asset Management One
• ABS
• Invesco
• GIB Asset Management
• O'right
• Schroders
• Goldman Sachs | Asset Management
• flex
• Landsvirkjun
• ALDO Group
• Neste
• Kuehne+Nagel
• COATS
• Janus Henderson Investors
• Beyond Net Zero
• Moody's
• MSCI
• abrdn
• everbridge