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 |
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| 09:35–10:45 Session 1: Assessing physical climate risks and their effects |
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| 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 |
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| 14:00–14:35 Keynote |
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| 14:35–15:45 Session 3: Resilience-building in the real sector: industry perspectives |
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| 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 |
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