London Climate & Capital Conference
As climate risk, nature and capital converge, the industry is at an inflection point. Most global energy investment now flows to low-carbon sources, carbon pricing is expanding, and green technology is accelerating — yet the narrative has become fractured. Shifting targets and timelines have sometimes obscured the real progress underway. For practitioners focused on real capital deployment, interrogating the reality can be far more interesting.
ICE and NYSE, in collaboration with NatureAlpha, invite you to the London Climate & Capital Conference, an invite-only forum bringing together senior leaders across institutional investment, banking, corporate sustainability, and asset management.
Through expert panels, keynote address and practitioner-led discussions, we'll examine where climate and nature risk is already moving capital — and what that means for investment decisions.
Key topics:
- Physical climate risk — where exposure is materialising and how financial institutions are responding
- Nature and natural capital — translating biodiversity risk into portfolio decisions and financial value
- Climate transition — balancing decarbonisation ambition against financial reality in an era of carbon pricing and evolving regulation
Agenda
- Larry Lawrence, Head of ICE Climate
- Brian Matt, CFA, Head of Sustainability Advisory, NYSE
Physical climate risk is no longer a future scenario. It is already repricing assets, reshaping insurance markets, and forcing capital allocation decisions. The question for financial institutions is no longer whether to act, but how fast and at what cost. This session examines where physical climate exposure is materialising first, how leading institutions are building adaptation into their investment frameworks, and what it means for assets that haven't yet caught up with the reality.
Speakers:
- Larry Lawrence, Head of ICE Climate (Moderator)
- Dr. Cathy Ansell, Executive Director, Climate Nature & Social Risk, JP Morgan
- Lucian Peppelenbos, Head of SI Thought Leadership and Climate & Biodiversity Strategist, Robeco
Speakers:
- Dr. Vian Sharif MA, PhD, Co-Founder, NatureAlpha (Moderator)
- Lamia Yous-Chouiten, Managing Director – Global Chief Sustainability Officer, Natixis Investment Managers
Asset owner interest continues to drive demand for nature-aware investment products, and the asset manager community is starting to build in its evaluation in earnest. On the other side of the investment decision, leading companies are paving the way for broader adoption of nature-positive business practices in their sector. We’ll bring together both sides here to set the path for what actions companies and investors will be taking today and through 2030.
Speakers:
- Aaron Morales Apodeca, Director Sustainable Finance Specialist, ICE Climate (Moderator)
- Garrett Quinn, Chief Sustainability Officer, SmurfitWestrock
Speakers:
- Clive De Ruig, President, ICE Benchmark Administration (Moderator)
- Prof Ed Mitchard, Chief Scientist, Space Intelligence
We're past the low-hanging fruit. The easy wins of the early decarbonisation journey are done. Now companies face costlier measures, investors face harder return calculations, and carbon markets are being tested as the mechanism to close the gap. How are businesses balancing decarbonisation against profitability? How are asset managers weighing transition investments against returns? And is carbon pricing - from EU ETS to CORSIA - actually moving capital at the speed the transition requires?
- Thomas Leys, Investment Director, Aberdeen
- Mark Lewis, Partner & MD, Climate Finance Partners LLC
- Larry Lawrence, Head of ICE Climate
- Brian Matt, CFA, Head of Sustainability Advisory, NYSE