World Climate Summit 2022 | World Climate Foundation | 12 November 2022 | Park Regency Sharm El Sheikh Resort, 58, Gardens Bay, South Sinai Governorate, Egypt

The two-day event brings together public and private sector leaders from across the world to collaborate on setting ambitious climate commitments and realise those goals through innovation, investment, and partnership.

Organised by World Climate Foundation, The Investment COP ​is recognised as one of the most important official side events of the annual international climate negotiations (COP).

With the Decade to Deliver on Climate Action more crucial now than ever, it is a must-attend event for leading stakeholders driving climate solutions, investments and legislation.

The Investment COP 2022 will take place in-person and digitally and the Summit will convene World Climate Foundation's leading network of public and private sector stakeholders to enhance ambition and increase action for a transition to a Net-Zero economy.

This year's event is aligned with the COP27 presidency’s priorities and will focus on accelerating climate finance as well as showcasing best practices and innovative climate solutions.

2022 Speakers

H.R.H. Princess Abze Djigma
Initiator and Leader of the MAMA-LIGHT®, Initiative

Hong-Tu Tsai
Chairman, Cathay Financial Holdings

Michael Szönyi
Flood Resilience Program Lead, Zurich Insurance

Sean Kidney
CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Amanda Williams
Head of Sustainability, Steam Specialties, Spirax-Sarco Engineering

Chang Ken Lee
President, Cathay Financial Holdings

Debbie Shakespeare
Sr. Director Sustainability & Compliance, Avery Dennison

Terry Heymann
Chief Financial Officer, World Gold Council

John Mulligan
Director Climate Policy, World Gold Council

Cyril Garcia
CEO, Capgemini Invent

Ana Cabral-Gardner
Co-CEO, Sigma Lithium

Michael Eakins
CIO, Phoenix Group

Ernie Ortiz
Co-Founder, President, and Chief Executive Officer, Lithium Royalty Corp

Miles Prosser
Secretary General, International Aluminium Institute

Francisco Benedito
CEO, ClimateTrade

Ian de Cruz
CEO, P4G

Drew Murphy
Senior Vice President of Strategy, Corporate Development and Sustainability, Edison International

Stewart Sarkozy-Banoczy
Global Director, Policy & Investments, Resilient Cities Network

Dewi Dylander
Deputy Executive Director, Head of Sustainable Investmets, PKA

Ashley Grosh
Vice President, Breakthrough Energy

Sönke Kreft
Executive Director - Head of Unit, Munich Climate Insurance Initiative

Dr Sven Teske
Associate Professor, Research Director, Institute for Sustainable Futures, University of Technology Sydney

Saliem Fakir
Executive Director, African Climate

Daniel Render
Global Technology Lead - Sustainable Program Management, Jacobs

Courtney Holm
Vice President, Sustainability Solutions, Capgemini Invent

Rich Nuzum
Executive Director, Investments and Global Chief Investment Strategist, Mercer

Vojtech Vosecky
Chairman of The Steering Committee for Circular Economy, City of Prague, CZE

Jiwoo Choi
Chief of Strategic Initiatives, Acumen

Mark Campanele
Executive Chair, Carbon Tracker Initiative

Ignacio Hernandez
Co-Chair for the Climate Change and Energy Group, ICCA

Andrea Debbané
Global Head of Sustainability, Kuehne+Nagel

Allard Castelein
President and CEO of the Port Authority, Port of Rotterdam

Yossi Abu
CEO, NewMed Energy

Julie Shuttleworth
Global Growth for Fortescue and Fortescue Future Industries, Fortescue Metals Group

Grace Fu Hai Yien DCMG
Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Government of Singapore

Steven Ko
CEO, O’right

David Semaya
President, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management

Stephanie Pfeifer
CEO, IIGCC

Ineza Grace
Co-Founder, Loss and Damage Youth Coalition

Joseph N.C. Huang
Chairman, E.SUN Commercial Bank

Barbara Buchner
Global Managing Director, Climate Policy Initiative

Alexandra Mihailescu Cichon
Executive Vice President, Sales and Marketing, RepRisk

Harry Verhaar
Head of Global Public & Government Affairs, Signify

Christine Weydig
Executive Director, Coalition for Reimagined Mobility (ReMo)

Jens Nielsen
CEO, World Climate Foundation

Victoria Burrows
Director of Net Zero, World Green Building Council

Swami Venkataraman
Associate Managing Director - Environmental, Social and Governance, Moody's

Mr Joshua Wycliffe
COO, International Solar Alliance

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

Matsi Modise
Chair, Technology Innovation Agency (South Africa)

Rev. Kirsten Spalding
Senior Program Director, Investor Network, Ceres

Kate Strachan
Global Lead, Cities and Regions, Race to Resilience, UNFCCC CLIMATE CHAMPIONS

Andy Bord
CEO, Flood Re

John Kornerup Bang
Senior Vice President, Sustainability Transformation, Stora Enso

Nicolette Bartlett
CIO, CDP

Pierre Friedlingstein
Chair in Mathematical Modeling of Climate Systems, Universiter of Exeter/Global Carbon Project

Ramona Liberoff
Global Director, PACE (Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy)

Petra Schwager
Chief, Energy Technologies and Industrial Applications Division, UNIDO

Prof. Dr. Stephan Krinke
Strategy and Decarbonization, Volkswagen

Ralf Pfitzner
Head of Sustainability, Volkswagen

Jozef Henriquez
Head of Mobilization, IDB Invest

Heather McGeory
Global Lead, Climate and Sustainability, APCO Impact

Dr Sanjay Kuttan
Chief Technology Officer, Global Centre for Maritime Decarbonisation

Walid Oueslati
Head of Environment, Transition and Resilience Division, OECD

David Antonioli
CEO, Verra/ Voluntary Carbon Market Ratings

Claire Dorrian
Head of Sustainable Finance, Capital Markets, London Stock Exchange

James Wilde
Chief Sustainability Officer, Phoenix Group

Dr. Sarah Kapnik
Chief Scientist, US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

Eric Usher
Head, UNEP Finance

Maria Mendiluce
CEO, We Mean Business Coalition

Aiman Ezzat
CEO, Capgemini

Lord Jonathan Adair Turner
Chairman, Energy Transitions Commission

Hon. George Heyman
Minister of Environment and Climate Change Strategy, Government of British Columbia

Peter Boyd
Founder & CEO, Time4Good

Simone Cipriani
Founder and Manager + Chair of the UN Alliance for Sustainable Fashion, Ethical Fashion Initiative

Dr. Ajay Mathur
Director General, International Solar Alliance

Andrew Steel
Global Head, Sustainable Fitch

Mostafa Amin Madkour
Founder and CEO, Madkour Group

Heidi Finskas
Vice President Corporate Responsibility, KLP

Peter Damgaard Jensen
Co-Chair, Climate Investment Coalition

Nobutaka Aoki
Co-Chief Investment Officer and Managing Executive Officer, Asset Management One

Meryam Omi
CEO, Climate Arc

Lesley Ndlovu
CEO, African Risk Capacity Limited

Kat Bruce
Founder, NatureMetrics

Eva Cairns
Head of Sustainability Insights & Climate Strategy, abrdn

Dominic Jones
Senior Vice President Business Development & Partner Development, Everbridge

Aimee Christensen
CEO and Founder, Christensen global

Jenny Bofinger-Schuster
Senior Vice President for Sustainability and Operational Excellence, Siemens

Pierre Abadie
Group Climate Director, Tikehau Capital

Loretta Hieber Girardet
Chief of Risk Knowledge, Monitoring and Capacity Development Branch, United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)

Peter Boeskov
Chief Commercial Officer/Global Wind & Structured Finance, EKF (Denmark's Export Agency)

Daouda Ndiaye
OIC of Climate Change and Environment, Islamic Development Bank

Helga Birgden
Global Chair, Sustainable Investment, Mercer

Silvia Pavoni
Founding Editor, Sustainable Views at Financial Times

Mardi McBrien
Director of Strategic Alliances

Hastings Chikoko
Regional Director for Africa, C40

Arizona Muse
Model and Environmental Activist

Irina Gorbounova
Head of Xcarb Innovation Fund, ArcelorMittal Ltd

Walmir Soller
VP and CEO for Europe & Asia Regions, Braskem

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

Ahunna Eziakonwa
Assistant Administrator and Regional Director for Africa, UNDP

Sherif El-Kilany
Country Managing Partner, Egypt, EY

2022 Partners

PLANET A PARTNERS:
• World Gold Council
• Cathay Financial Holdings
• Capgemini Invent

PRINCIPAL PARTNERS:
• E.Sun FHG
• Volkswagen
• Storacensa
• Aluminium
• Zurich
• Spirax-sarco Engineering
• Sigma

SUMMIT PARTNERS:
• Everbridge
• Abrdn
• Mercer
• MM
• Edison International
• Moodys
• ICCA
• Madkour
• RepRisk
• ISA
• S&P Global Ratings
• Braskem
• Signify
• Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Asset Management
• Jacobs
• Phoenix
• Kuehne+Nagel
• Asset Management One
• Sustainable Fitch
• Right
• Mature Metrics
• Tikehau Capital
• EKF
• Technology Investigation Agency
• Lithium Royalty corp
• Avery Dennison
• Flood Re
• FMG
• Fortescue Future Industries

INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS:
• Ceres
• Global Carbon Budget
• The Nature Conservancy
• Sustainable Markets Initiative
• IEA
• Irena
• World Green Building Council
• WWF
• Cities Network
• Exeter
• Climate Bonds
• OECD
• IFC
• Climate Policy Initiative
• Clean Energy Business Council
• CDP
• IIGCC
• Slocat