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Tackling Nature Risk: Insights from Financial Supervisors and Practitioners

September 26, 2024

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September 26, 2024
4:00 PM - 5:00 PM |

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In this webcast, co-hosted by the European Banking Institute, hear from leading experts at the intersection of nature and finance, as we dive into how financial institutions and their supervisors are tackling nature-related risk.

The degradation of nature poses a significant threat of causing price disruptions and financial instability. As our understanding of firms’ dependencies and impacts on nature grows, the scale of the related financial risks is becoming clearer.

In response to this, regulators and firms are increasing their focus on nature. Research into firm’s exposure to ecosystem services is underway and a common language is being developed for supervisors. We are also seeing the first generation of joint nature and climate scenarios being developed to better understand the interconnections between these risk areas.

As nature risk rises up the agenda, it is essential that risk managers stay up-to-speed with these important developments. That’s why this webcast will bring together a panel of nature experts from the European and Dutch national banks (ECB & DNB), Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS), and UBS to discuss:

  • How supervisors are approaching this topic and starting to coordinate action;
  • Research into the scale of firms’ dependencies and impacts on nature; 
  • The development of the joint nature and climate scenarios; and
  • A practitioner’s perspective on their firm’s journey so far.

Topics: Physical Risk, Transition Risk, Green Finance & Sustainable Business, Climate Risk Management, Nature Risk Management

Speakers

Judson Berkey

Judson Berkey

Managing Director, Chief Sustainability Office, UBS
Judson Berkey

Judson Berkey

Managing Director, Chief Sustainability Office, UBS

Judson Berkey is a Managing Director in the Chief Sustainability Office at UBS based in Zurich where he has worked since 2003 on global risk, regulatory and compliance topics. He currently focuses on sustainable finance policy and regulation including engagement with policymakers and standard setters. He also leads UBS work on nature. 


Judson graduated from Harvard Law School and the University of Virginia and is on the board of ECOFACT. He currently chairs the Institute of International Finance Sustainable Finance Working Group and is a member of the Taskforce for Nature-related Financial Disclosures and Capitals Coalition Advisory Board.
Marc Reinke

Marc Reinke

Head of the Sustainable Finance Office, DNB
Marc Reinke

Marc Reinke

Head of the Sustainable Finance Office, DNB

Marc Reinke is the head of the Sustainable Finance Office at De Nederlandsche Bank (DNB). DNB is one of the frontrunners when it comes to integrating nature-related risks beyond climate, such as loss of biodiversity, in its core tasks. Reinke also co-chairs the taskforce on Nature-related Financial Risks within the Network of Central Banks and Financial Supervisors for Greening the Financial System (NGFS).
Andrej Ceglar

Andrej Ceglar

Climate Scientist & Executive Board Advice Expert, ECB
Andrej Ceglar

Andrej Ceglar

Climate Scientist & Executive Board Advice Expert, ECB

Andrej Ceglar is a climate scientist at the Climate Change Centre of the European Central Bank (ECB). His work is currently focused on assessment of physical and transition risk from climate change and nature degradation. He completed a bachelor study in meteorology at the Faculty of Physics and Mathematics, and holds a PhD in agro-meteorology from the Biotechnical Faculty, both University of Ljubljana. 


Before joining the ECB, he worked as a scientific officer at the Joint Research Centre (JRC) of the European Commission and assistant professor for climatology at the University of Ljubljana. His research is focused on climate change impact and adaptation assessment, dynamical and statistical climatology and biophysical modelling. He is especially interested in predictability of climate system on seasonal-to-decadal time scales.

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