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Green Swan 2026: Navigating climate risks amid uncertainties

19 October 2026 | Manila, Philippines
Green Swan conference

About the conference

A conference co-organised by the Bank for International Settlements, Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas, Banca d’Italia and the Network for Greening the Financial System.

The fifth edition of the Green Swan Conference brings together high-calibre speakers – comprising senior corporate executives, financial experts, academics and policymakers – to discuss the advances and challenges in assessing the effects physical climate risks, the role of insurance and other risk-sharing mechanism, and the responses in the real economy to the changing risk landscape. 

Agenda

Monday, 19 October 2026 in Manila

All times in PHST (Philippine Standard Time = UTC/GMT+8)

09:00–09:35 Welcome and opening addresses

Welcome: 
Eli REMOLONA (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas) 

Speakers: 
Fabio PANETTA (Banca d’Italia; Chair of BIS Board) 
Olaf SLEIJPEN (De Nederlandsche Bank; NGFS Chair)

09:35–10:45 Session 1: Assessing physical climate risks and their effects
Panellists:
Benjamin HORTON (City University of Hong Kong) 
Linda-Eling LEE (MSCI Institute)  
Rick LORD (S&P Global) 
Nicola RANGER (London School of Economics)

Chair:
Agnès BÉNASSY-QUÉRÉ (Bank of France) 
11:10–12:20 Session 2: The role of insurance and other risk-sharing mechanisms

Presenter: 
Samantha COOK (Asian Development Bank) 

Discussants: 
Shilpa GULRAJANI (DBS) 
Victor KUK (Peak Re) 

Chair: 
Lyn JAVIER (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)

14:00–14:35 Keynote

Speaker: 
Frank ELDERSON (ECB) 

Chair: 
Andréa M MAECHLER (Bank for International Settlements)

14:35–15:45 Session 3: Resilience-building in the real sector: industry perspectives
Panellists: 
Mauricio ALARCÓN (Nestlé)
Kazunori KASAI (JERA)
Jaime Augusto ZOBEL DE AYALA (Ayala Corporation)

Chair:
Øystein BØRSUM (Norges Bank)
16:15–17:40 High-level panel

Panellists: 
Destry Damayanti (Bank Indonesia)
Larry HOWAI (Central Bank of Trinidad and Tobago)
Eli REMOLONA (Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas)
Signe KROGSTRUP (Danmarks Nationalbank)
Eddie YUE (Hong Kong Monetary Authority)

Chair: 
Pablo HERNÁNDEZ DE COS (Bank for International Settlements)