

The WEF's Objectives:
The purpose of the WEF is to provide a Senior UK Leadership Network & Knowledge Exchange Programme for the strategic evaluation of climate and energy transition risks.
Founded and led by Chris Lambert since 2004, the WEF functions as a small, independent and collaborative think tank, delivering nine meetings during the political year. Its primary objectives are to:
- Convene expert practitioners in the fields of climate risk and energy transition.
- Share strategic information on the challenges and opportunities of decarbonisation policy, investment and innovation.
- Inform political and corporate decisions in support of Net Zero goals and ambition.

Agenda
Key System Challenges for Transitioning the UK Energy Landscape
Colm Devine, Head of Power & Utilities, UK & Ireland, EY
Rachel Brisley, Director – Energy & Environment, IPSOS
Regulatory Challenges for the next phase of delivering the UK's Net Zero Strategy
Jane Dennett-Thorpe, Deputy Director Net Zero Strategy, Ofgem
Delivering Changes to the UK Energy System, its Networks and Infrastructure
Emily Clark, Chief Regulation and Strategy Officer, National Gas
Mark Adolphus, Director of Connections, UK Power Networks
Industrial Delivery Challenges for the next phase of Onshore Power Generation,
Energy Management Systems & Storage
Susanna Elks, Senior Policy Advisor, UK Power System Transitions, E3G - Third Generation Environmentalism
Nicola Crawford-Percival, Head of Regulatory Affairs UK & Ireland, RWE Renewables UK
Will Webster, Head of Regulatory Economics, Centrica

Future Events
Nov 5, 2025
UK Onshore Transition Review > Powergen and Gas Systems, and the National Spatial Plan
Nov 12, 2025
Global Issues in Nuclear New Build, Safety, Regulation & Insurance - No.10 (NRI webinar)
Dec 9, 2025
Global Energy Trends: Year-end Review of Market Trends, Technology Deployment and the Key Geopolitical Forces in play for 2026
Jan 28, 2026
Annual post-COP Review of International Climate Risk, Resilience & Response
Mar 18, 2026
UK Offshore Transition Review > UK Upstream sector, CCUS, Hydrogen & Offshore Renewables
May 13, 2026
Systemic Risk Assessment of prevailing Energy, Climate and Nature Trends and their Impacts on Markets
Jul 8, 2026
The Geopolitics of the Global Energy Transition: Evaluating International Risk, Resilience and Competition