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SUMMARY:Investable transition opportunities: what counts as a climate solu
 tion?
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Sh
 eikh Zayed Theatre\, Cheng Kin Ku Building)
DESCRIPTION:Thursday 14 May 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersShafaq AshrafDan Gard
 inerSimone UtermarckTessa YoungerChairSimon DietzHow can companies\, inves
 tors\, and banks turn climate ambition into credible action?As companies i
 n high-emitting sectors move from setting net zero targets to implementing
  detailed transition plans\, investors are demanding greater transparency 
 and fully quantified strategies. Companies are expected to disclose how cl
 imate solutions fit into their decarbonisation strategy\, including which 
 solutions will be deployed\, when\, and at what cost. Yet definitions of c
 limate solutions vary widely across sectors\, and guidance continues to ev
 olve. Investor priorities are also shifting from excluding high-carbon act
 ivities to actively driving transition finance towards low-carbon assets. 
 At the interface of corporate and investor decision-making\, banks play a 
 critical role in financing climate solutions. Research from the TPI Centre
  finds that the world’s largest banks take markedly different approaches
  to disclosure and target setting associated with deploying climate soluti
 ons. Panellists will discuss how consistent definitions\, clearer framewor
 ks\, and emerging green taxonomies on climate solutions can help accelerat
 e transition finance and explore market opportunities in 2026 and beyond.M
 eet our speakers and chairShafaq Ashraf is a Policy Fellow and Research Pr
 oject Manager at the TPI Centre\, the academic partner of TPI\, an investo
 r-led initiative that provides investors with data on the climate performa
 nce of companies\, banks\, and countries. She manages the Climate Action 1
 00+ (CA100+) project\, leads the development of the CA100+ Net Zero Compan
 y Benchmark Disclosure Framework methodology and oversees assessments of h
 ow companies perform relative to the Framework.Dan Gardiner is Head of Tra
 nsition Research\, IIGCC\, helping develop tools and frameworks that suppo
 rt the assessment of climate related risks and opportunities across invest
 or portfolios and in the real economy. Previously Dan worked at the TPI\, 
 helping to develop the carbon performance methodologies in the oil & gas a
 nd mining sectors. Dan has 15 years’ experience as a sell-side equity an
 alyst in Deutsche Bank and Arete and holds a MSc in Environmental Technolo
 gy from Imperial College London.Simone Utermarck is Senior Director\nSust
 ainable Finance at the International Capital Market Association (ICMA). Sh
 e\nis part of the Secretariat for the Principles for green\, social\, su
 stainability-linked and transition\nbonds and the ESG Code of Conduct. She
  is involved in\nglobal working groups including in the UK with the Transi
 tion Finance Council.\nShe led ICMA’s guidance on Blue Bonds\, Sustainab
 le Sukuk and Nature bonds\, with 20+ years’\nexperience across Europe\,
  the US\, Asia and the GCC.Tessa Younger leads CCLA Investment Management
 ’s Better Environment work\, overseeing stewardship on climate and natur
 e to strengthen corporate action. She sits on the PRI’s Spring advisory 
 committee on nature and the IIGCC UK policy group. She has shaped CCLA’s
  responses to consultations on Scope 3 disclosures and transport planning.
  Before joining CCLA in 2023\, she was Head of Engagement at PIRC\, leadin
 g LAPFF’s engagement and the Say on Climate initiative.Simon Dietz is Re
 search Director of the TPI Centre and the Grantham Research Institute\, an
 d Professor of Environmental Policy in the Department of Geography and Env
 ironment. An environmental economist\, he works on climate change and sust
 ainability. He is co-editor of the Journal of the Association of Environme
 ntal and Resource Economists\, a Fellow of CEPR\, CESifo and the Royal Soc
 iety of Arts\, and a former Vice President of the European Association of 
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