The UN Global Sustainable Insurance Summit, Insuring a Resilient and Sustainable Transition, will take place on 16–17 September 2026 at the Royal College of Physicians of Ireland in Dublin, Ireland, with both in-person and online participation.

Co-organized by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the UN Development Programme (UNDP), the Summit will bring together leaders and senior executives from insurance regulatory and supervisory authorities, insurers and reinsurers, policymakers, real economy stakeholders, academia and civil society.

Held during Ireland’s EU Presidency and Climate Finance Week Ireland, the Summit will explore how the insurance sector can address the growing insurability challenge amid rising physical climate risks, strengthen resilience and financial stability, advance transition planning, integrate nature into risk management and underwriting, and help accelerate a resilient and sustainable transition of the real economy in the lead-up to COP31 in Türkiye.

Key sessions include:

  • Tackling the insurability challenge across geographies
  • Scaling resilience and supporting financial stability
  • Transition plans: Linking market practice, supervision and public policy
  • Fireside chat: The UN Systematic Observations Financing Facility
  • Integrating nature into risk management, underwriting and supervision
  • From COP30 to COP31: Amplifying sustainable insurance
Engl
16 September 2025
Time (GMT)
18:00  Networking reception 
19:00 Dinner and special award on sustainability leadership in the global insurance regulatory and supervisory community  

 

17 September 2026
Time (GMT) Session
08:30 Arrival and refreshments 
09:00 UNEP Antitrust Statement
09:05 Opening remarks from the UN 
09:15 Keynote address 
09:30 Tackling the insurability challenge across geographies amid rising physical risk 
10:45 Break
11:00 Scaling resilience: How can the insurance industry catalyze resilience across the system and support financial stability? 
12:00 Transition plans: Linking market practice, supervision and public policy 
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Fireside chat: The UN Systematic Observations Financing Facility 
14:20 Integrating nature into risk managementunderwriting and supervision 
15:15 From COP30 to COP31: Amplifying sustainable insurance 
15:55 Closing remarks