Across six sessions, the Forum will explore how adaptation investments can generate economic benefits beyond avoided losses. It will also explore how adaptation gets integrated in public and private decision making and mainstreamed across economic sectors, discussing the role of businesses and nature in driving progress and the job implications of adaptation action.

Agenda highlights: 

Session 3 | The role of businesses in adaptation

This session will explore how companies are driving progress by investing in adaptation solutions along their supply chains. It will also highlight policies, disclosure frameworks, and partnerships that can mobilise strengthened private sector leadership and finance for adaptation.

• Elina Bardram — Director, DG CLIMA, European Commission
• Guido Schmidt-Traub — Partner, Systemiq
• Andrew Purvis — Director Sustainable Manufacturing, World Steel Association
• Jenny Kwan — Director Climate & Action Nature, World Business Council for Sustainable Development
• Emmanuel Pieters — Director General SME Policy Directorate, Ministry of Economy, Belgium

Session 4 — Building resilience through nature-based solutions

• Luc Bas — Director, Belgium Climate Risk Assessment Center
• Edoardo Carlucci — Policy Advisor, International Institute for Sustainable Development
• Boris van Zanten — Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank Group

For more information and to register, please visit OECD/events.