Roundtable: Reshaping the Narrative and Toolkit to Align the Financial System with Climate Goals
Oct 8, 2025 | 12:00 PM - 2:00 PM
Conference Room CC13
Description
Despite momentum over the past ten years to align finance with climate goals, ever since the 2015 Paris Agreement and the G20 Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD), efforts to transition the financial sector in line with climate goals have stalled. This is notably linked to reduced policy ambition for climate action and significant backlash against ESG financing and the green transition, mainly in OECD member countries, both politically and in the financial sector. Yet it has never been more urgent to unlock financing for the low-emissions, resilient transition to avoid catastrophic climate change and ensure the resilience of our financial sector, economies, and societies. Under business-as-usual, we are headed towards a delayed and disorderly transition at best, or towards a hothouse with massive geopolitical disruptions at worst. This two-hour roundtable will discuss, in an open and interactive roundtable discussion format, (i) options to reshape the narrative to align the financial system with climate goals, as well as (ii) key priorities to implement catalytic levers and transformative policy interventions despite the challenging geopolitical environment.
This session will be open to public participation but held under the Chatham House Rule, meaning participants are free to use the information received without revealing the identity or affiliation of the speakers or other participants. The session will not be live-streamed or recorded and will be available for in-person attendance only. Advance registration is required. In-person Forum participants will receive an email closer to the event date with registration instructions, as space for this roundtable is limited.
