COP 31 Global Sustainable Insurance Summit 2026

Taking place at the Insurance House during the 2026 UN Climate Change Conference (COP31) in Antalya, Türkiye, the COP31 Global Sustainable Insurance Summit will serve as the flagship UN-convened, insurance industry-led, multistakeholder gathering at COP31.

Convened jointly by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB), the Summit will bring together leaders and decision-makers from the insurance industry and wider financial sector, businesses, policymakers, regulators and supervisors, UN agencies, academia and civil society.

Under the theme “The Climate Resilience Imperative: Harnessing the insurance industry’s capabilities to catalyze resilience across the economy,” the Summit will will explore how the insurance industry—leveraging its unique triple role as risk managers, risk carriers and investors—can be a proactive catalyst for climate resilience across multiple levels of the economy—from assets, projects, firms and sectors; to the broader financial system and macroeconomy.

It will examine how the insurance industry can work together with the public and private sectors to drive greater pre-disaster resilience by:

Quantifying the value of avoided losses
Incentivizing upfront resilience measures and investments
Improving the insurability, bankability and investability of climate-vulnerable assets and businesses
Contributing to financial stability and macroeconomic resilience
Supporting the resilient and sustainable transition of communities and economies

The full UNEP FI @ COP31 programme is available here.

Full details on the Insurance House at COP31 Türkiye are available here. Watch the livestream here, starting 11 November.

Download Schedulo, the official event platform, to explore the full Insurance House programme and connect with fellow participants.

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13 November 2026

Time (TRT)	Session
08:00	Registration and refreshments
09:00	House rules and UNEP Antitrust Statement
09:05	Opening remarks Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UN Environment Programme (UNEP) Özgür Obalı, Secretary-General, Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB)
09:15	Special messages Laurence Tubiana, COP30 Special Envoy to Europe & CEO, European Climate Foundation Astrid Schomaker, Executive Secretary, Convention on Biological Diversity Ricardo Lara, Insurance Commissioner, California Department of Insurance California
09:40	Global launch of the UN Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) white paper: “From Vulnerability to Insurability: How the insurance industry can catalyze resilience across the economy in an era of rising physical climate risk” Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
10:00	Catalyzing climate resilience across the economy Ricardo Lara, Insurance Commissioner, California Department of Insurance Laurence Tubiana, COP30 Special Envoy to Europe & CEO, European Climate Foundation Babak Abbaszadeh, CEO, Toronto Centre for Global Leadership in Financial Supervision Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative Peter Bakker, CEO, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) Linda Freiner, Group Chief Sustainability officer, Zurich Insurance Group
11:15	Break
11:35	The Missing Link: Valuing and rewarding resilience and improving insurability Liz Henderson, Global Head of Climate Risk Advisory, Aon Claudine Blamey, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Aviva Lucia Silva, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Generali Linda-Eling Lee, Founding Director & Head, MSCI Institute Esther Finidori, Chief Sustainability Officer, Schneider Electric
12:35	Lunch
13:35	Future-ready: Partnerships that build resilient cities and countries Ulrike Decoene, Group Chief Communications, Brand & Sustainability Officer, AXA Isaac Anthony, Chief Executive Officer, Caribbean Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility (CCRIF) Karsten Löffler, Co-Head, Global Shield Solutions Platform (GSSP) Sunandan Tiwari, Director of Global Implementation and Business Development, ICLEI Joel Tee, Director, National Climate Change Secretariat, Prime Minister’s Office, Singapore
14:35	The Forgotten Middle: Building resilient micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs) Samantha Cook, Director, Disaster Risk Management, Asian Development Bank (ADB) Chuck Olson, Chief Investment Officer, Board Member & Partner, Enabling Qapital Tatsuya Sudo, General Manager, Sustainability Division, MS&AD Insurance Group Sara Jane Ahmed, Managing Director and V20 Finance Advisor to the Climate Vulnerable Forum and V20 Finance Ministers
15:35	Break
15:55	Harnessing the insurance industry’s risk management capabilities Emilia Macarie, Group Chief Sustainability Officer, Allianz Emily Farrimond, Partner, Baringa Dyogo Oliveira, President, Brazilian Insurance Confederation (CNseg) Gloria Zvaravanhu, Managing Director, Old Mutual Zimbabwe Kavitha Menon, Director, Singapore Sustainable Finance Association (SSFA) Pauline Lowe, Director, Government Affairs and Climate Policy, Zurich Insurance Group
17:10	Closing remarks
17:20	Networking reception

14 November 2026

Time (TRT)	Session
08:00	Registration and refreshments
09:00	House rules and UNEP Antitrust Statement
09:05	Opening remarks Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP Özgür Obalı, Secretary-General, Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB)
09:20	Special messages Eric Usher, Head, UNEP Finance Initiative Daniel Kull, Director, Development Partnerships and Programme Delivery, World Meteorological Organization (WMO)
09:40	Sustainability leadership from the Turkish insurance industry Signing ceremony: TSB becoming a supporter of UNEP Principles for Sustainable Insurance (PSI) and Forum for Insurance Transition (FIT) Ahmet Yaşar, President, Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB) Özgür Obalı, Secretary-General, Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB) Amita Chaudhury, PSI Board Chair and Group Head of Sustainability, AIA Butch Bacani, Head of Insurance, UNEP
10:00	The Next Resilience Frontier: Underwriting the climate-nature nexus Liz Henderson, Global Head of Climate Risk Advisory, Aon Leah Ramoutar, Director of Environmental Sustainability, Aviva Caroline Portel, Group Head of Sustainability, AXA Elisa Vacherand, Deputy Global Finance Practice Lead, WWF International Cynthia Yuan Xi, Senior Risk Director and Head of Climate Risk Research Centre, China Re and Vice Chair, Climate and Sustainability Committee, International Actuarial Association (IAA)
11:15	Break
11:35	Resilient People: Managing climate-related health risks in insurance Amita Chaudhury, Group Head of Sustainability, AIA David Maslo, CEO, African Risk Capacity Limited (ARC Ltd.) Ivani Benazzi de Andrade, Sustainability Superintendent, Bradesco Seguros Frédéric Biondi, Head of Sustainable Insurance, CNP Assurances Deepak Jobanputra, Chief Sustainability Officer, Vitality UK
12:35	Lunch
13:35	Fireside Chat: Closing the climate data gap: The UN Systematic Observations Financing Facility Markus Repnik, Director, UN Systematic Observations Financing Facility
13:55	Insuring and investing in the low-carbon economy Babs Dijkshoorn, Director of Sustainability, Achmea Medha Samant, Regional Director, Investment Management, Equities and Sustainable Investment, AIA Steven Rothstein, Chief Programme Officer, Ceres Leonardo Meoli, Group Head of Sustainability Business Integration, Generali Ko Wen Chia, Head of Sustainability, Singapore Life Holdings Nick Robins, Senior Director, Finance & Private Sector, World Resources Institute (WRI)
14:55	From COP31 to COP32: Amplifying sustainable insurance Claudia Prates, Sustainability Director, Brazilian Insurance Confederation (CNseg) Christian Pierotti, Director of European and International Affairs, France Assureurs and Chair, Climate Risks and Extreme Events Working Group, Global Federation of Insurance Associations (GFIA) Philip Lopokoiyit, CEO, ICEA LION and Chair, Nairobi Declaration on Sustainable Insurance (NDSI) Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, Namibia National Reinsurance Corporation Özgür Obalı, Secretary-General, Insurance Association of Türkiye (TSB)
16:05	Special message Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago, President of COP30
16:15	Closing remarks
16:25	Farewell reception