This conversation will serve as a continuation of AT&T’s morning keynote talk, diving deeper into the building blocks of the company’s market-leading work to develop and execute smart multi-dimensional climate adaptation initiatives. We’ll learn more about AT&T’s efforts to translate granular climate risk analyses into updated priorities for key internal functions and operations. We’ll also take a closer look at the proactive engagement tactics the company is using to help its customers, partners and other stakeholders cultivate well-informed resilience strategies.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand how AT&T is spearheading and managing the (co-)creation of smart climate adaptation strategies
• Dive into the specifics of AT&T’s stakeholder engagement approach when it comes to equipping customers, partners, suppliers and others with actionable climate intelligence
• Get an inside look at the way AT&T manages all this work internally

With increasing unpredictability in weather patterns and frequent extreme events, the operational and financial risks to corporate real estate are escalating. Organizations that fail to develop climate mitigation and adaptation strategies face disruption, damages, higher maintenance and insurance costs, lower property values, and potential fines. This session will present JLL’s research on climate risk and resilience strategies for cities and global companies, offering actionable steps for enhancing the resilience of your real estate.

Learning Objectives:

• Gain access to industry leading research for climate risk and resilience planning.
• Recognize the critical hazards facing all real-estate and understand the importance of evaluating location-specific hazards.
• Identify essential stakeholders and collaboration opportunities to enhance real estate resilience.

This talk will highlight important applications of scenario planning and backcasting as highly valuable tools for resilience planning. Scenario planning and backcasting aren’t new or unfamiliar practices in the business world, but they remain relatively – and surprisingly – under-utilized in the context of understanding and responding to climate risks.

Learning outcomes:

• Find out how scenario planning and backcasting can strengthen climate resilience strategies and programs
• Learn from case studies outlining specific examples of scenario planning and backcasting in action
• Receive guidance on how to go about structuring and executing well on this front if your team or organization is new to these practices

This panel will shed light on some of the most critical features of building forward-looking resilient communities, covering highly effective solutions by Babcock Ranch, BioStar Renewables and Epic Cleantec.

Babcock Ranch is America’s first solar-powered town, one of the country’s largest solar-plus-battery systems, and as of this moment the only American town proven to withstand the impacts of a category 4 hurricane. Its remarkable performance during Hurricane Ian (circa Sept 2022) established it as an international model for resilient design, preparedness, and construction.

BioStar Renewables provides financing, turnkey engineering, procurement, construction and asset management of renewable energy assets.

Born out of work with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation’s Reinvent the Toilet Challenge, Epic Cleantec has become a leader in the onsite water reuse space. Its work shifts the water industry toward a distributed, circular approach in which wastewater resources — water, nutrients, energy, carbon — are recovered and reused.

This talk will outline important climate-related dynamics around the insurance industry and explain the potentially dangerous consequences of some concerning patterns we’re currently observing. Further, Premiums for the Planet will show how brands can wield the collective power of their insurance spend and their brand influence to motivate insurance carriers to adopt more sustainable practices, significantly accelerating the transition to a more resilient economy. At the same time, we will consider the opportunity for insurance and finance to be part of the solution in scaling effective climate action.

Learning outcomes:

• Understand what to watch out for in the context of the insurance industry’s relationship with polycrisis resilience
• Learn how to take steps to motivate insurance carriers to avoid excessively risky and/or unsustainable behavior
• Dig into the mechanics of how seemingly small financial shifts — when mission-focused and combined with collective action — can influence entire industries toward sustainable and resilient outcomes