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

The seminar will focus on two key themes:

>  Reviewing the 2025 risk landscape in the wake of the Climate & Nature COPs, specifically covering the interactions between key energy, 
climate, and geopolitical factors.

>  Challenges to the delivery of UK & international decarbonisation, notably macro-economic issues and finance flows, Just Transitions, 
human agency and adaption.

Panellists include:

Chris Stark, Director – Mission Control, Dept for Energy Security & Net Zero

Michael Collins, Director, Energy Transition Research, Energy Intelligence

Prof. Emily Shuckburgh, Director of Cambridge Zero, University of Cambridge

Andrew Forsyth, Head of Climate & Sustainability, Zurich Resilience

Theresa Lober, Manager, Special Projects - Climate Hub, Bank of England

Katarina Kertysova, Climate Security Programme Manager, NATO

Dr. Helen Adams, Senior Lecturer in Disaster Risk Reduction, University of London

Sarah Colenbrander, Director - Climate and Sustainability, Overseas Development Institute

Matthieu Chevallier, Head of Evaluation, in charge of Climate Intelligence, EU Copernicus Climate Change Service, ECMWF

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