Background
The risks of climate change are increasingly recognized, as highlighted by the widely-cited Task Force of Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). However, there are also financial risks of continued pressure on other planetary boundaries, as may be illustrated by the setting up of a Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures. Further, the risks associated with the exploitation of people and growing inequalities in and between countries need to be integrated.
A comprehensive approach is lacking. Developing a multidisciplinary concept of risk, anchored in sustainability science as well as in finance, law and management, is therefore crucial.
Agenda Risk Symposium 12 April 2021
15.00 Welcome and background to the Risks of Unsustainability initiative
15.15 Round of introductions, including latest risk-related research (2 min/pers)
15.45 Presentation of a proposal for a collaborative Risks of Unsustainability Project
16.00 Discussion
16.30 Convenience break
16.45 Group discussions in breakout rooms (structural questions)
17.30 Plenary discussions: Groups report back (3 min/group)
17.45 Way forward
18.00 End of event