We're past the halfway mark of the critical decade for climate action. The IPCC and International Energy Agency are unequivocal: failure is not an option. Climate change is now well-recognised as a financial risk, a source of opportunity, and managing it is a fiduciary responsibility. Yet in WA, emissions reduction targets remain unlegislated. The clean energy transition is not occurring at the speed and scale required. And the cost of that — to business, to reputation, to people, to economic opportunity — is rising.
Risk, Responsibility & Reputation is the second event in the Everyone’s Climate Series, presented by WA Climate Leaders in partnership with Solutions for Climate WA. It highlights the line in the sand facing WA business: on risk, on legal exposure, and on the financial cost of inaction.
Approved by the Legal Practice Board of WA – 1 CPD point - this conversation will examine:
- What climate impacts WA is already experiencing — and how they will intensify
- How that translates to economic risk, community disruption, insurance exposure and biodiversity loss
- The clean energy transition opportunity still on the table in WA
- Current and emerging legal considerations for WA businesses including implications of the ICJ Advisory opinion on Obligations of States in Respect to Climate Change
- How directors’ duties are evolving
- What this means for personal wealth and investment portfolios
- What legacy WA's business leaders will leave if they sit on their hands
Location: The University Club of Western Australia - Auditorium, Hackett Entrance, 1 Hackett Dr., Crawley WA 6009
Speakers represent the sharpest minds at the intersection of climate science, law, finance and policy:
Sharan Burrow AC is currently a Visiting Professor in Practice to the LSE-Grantham Institute, vice chair of the European Climate Foundation, Chair of the Climate Works Centre, a board member of the World Resources Institute, a non executive director and an advisor concerning climate, nature, just transitions, skills, rights and sustainability.
Dr Jatin Kala is a climate scientist and meteorologist, currently a coordinating lead author for the upcoming 7th Assessment Report of the IPCC. He is the science lead for the Climate Change Initiative of WA.
Rob Grant is MD and Head of Projects at Pollination. With over 25 years of experience, he specializes in the origination, development, and financing of large-scale decarbonization, renewable energy, and green hydrogen projects
Lacey Filipich is an international award-winning financial educator, best-selling author, TEDx speaker and chemical engineer. She founded Money School in 2010 to help Australians master money and has been teaching personal finance skills ever since. Lacey has also worked in the mining industry as an engineer and consultant across Australia and the US.
Kate Evans is a solicitor at the Environmental Defenders Office, mainly focused on gas and other climate change-related matters. Kate is also a research assistant in climate justice at the University of New South Wales, and has previously worked at the Climate Change Authority and other federal government agencies.
Bring your colleagues. Bring your board members.
WA has everything it needs to lead. The question is whether we will.`
We’d love you to stay around for a chat afterwards – choose Event+ Networking tickets if you can join us for our post-event catered gathering on site at UWA