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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.
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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

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