Thursday 12 November 2026
17:30-18:30 (local time)
UK Pavilion, Blue Zone, COP31, Antalya, Türkiye
As climate shocks become more frequent and costly, strengthening resilience is increasingly important for economic and financial decision-making. Yet investment in resilience remains insufficient, and financial systems do not always recognise or reward actions that reduce long-term climate risk.
This high-level COP31 event will bring together representatives from finance ministries, multilateral and development finance institutions, investors, insurers and credit rating agencies to explore how resilience can be better reflected in sovereign finance, risk pricing, insurance markets and investment decisions.
The discussion will focus on moving from the case for resilience towards the practical reforms, partnerships and financing approaches needed to translate resilience priorities into investable opportunities and mobilise capital at scale.
CETEx participation
CETEx Visiting Senior Fellow Michael Wilkins will participate in the discussion, contributing his expertise on sustainable finance, credit ratings and markets and climate-related financial risk. Michael also leads the credit rating agency workstream of the UK-government EMDE Investor Taskforce.
The panel will explore what is needed to build investable pipelines for resilience, mobilise private capital and ensure that financial markets better recognise and reward investments that strengthen long-term resilience.