Le sommet

Climate policy and industrial strategy are increasingly diverging across regions, reflecting different political priorities, economic structures, and approaches to the transition. As geopolitical tensions rise and energy security returns to the forefront, governments are redefining policy frameworks, trade dynamics, and international cooperation to shape the next phase of the transition.

A spotlight challenging the effectiveness of today’s capitalmobilisation architecture. An expert on institutional investment will examine why existing development-finance models have struggled to crowd in institutional capital at scale and set out the actions required to establish a new partnership architecture that places asset owners and sovereigns, together with the requirements of long-term investment mandates, at the centre of converting episodic mobilisation into sustained institutional allocation capable of directing trillions towards qualifying development.

Capital flows are being reshaped by growing geopolitical competition and renewed concerns around energy security and strategic supply chains. In this evolving environment, institutional investors are reassessing how mandates are defined and implemented, adapting investment strategies to respond to shifting political realities, economic pressures, and transition risks.

Energy security has become a defining economic and geopolitical challenge as surging demand collides with supply vulnerabilities and affordability pressures. How can corporates and investors advance a pragmatic transition that delivers reliable, affordable, and lower carbon power while supporting growth and resilience?

Resilient infrastructure is becoming increasingly critical to economic growth, electrification, and competitiveness. How can investors capture the opportunities across the built environment, real estate, flexible grids, and mobility networks while strengthening resilience and delivering attractive long term returns?

Climate adaptation investment remains chronically underfinanced, even as wildfires, extreme heat, agricultural losses, infrastructure damage, and supply chain disruptions increasingly affect the real economy. At the same time, demand is growing for technologies, solutions, and infrastructure that can protect assets, strengthen resilience, and create competitive advantage. What will it take to turn this growing need into scalable investment opportunities and move capital at scale?

Living systems underpin economic productivity, physical resilience, and long term value creation, yet their economic value is rarely captured by markets or traditional investment analysis. How can investors better value nature related risks and dependencies and translate them into credible investment decisions, scalable opportunities, and more resilient portfolios and economies?

What Will It Take? From Ambition to Execution: What are the critical ingredients now, leadership, policy, capital, accountability or collaboration to translate ambition into measurable economic and financial outcomes? And, perhaps most importantly, what must the financial community do differently from today?