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.
We 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
Speakers represent the sharpest minds at the intersection of climate science, law, finance and policy:
Sharan Burrow AC (Vice Chair, European Climate Foundation),
Dr Jatin Kala (IPCC Coordinating Lead Author),
Dr Kate George (Clean Energy Finance Corporation),
Rob Grant (Pollination),
Kate Evans (Environmental Defenders Office)
Lacey Filipich (Money + Climate).
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