COP29 Outcomes Forum

16:00 Welcome

• The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE, Chair, Climate Action Coalition
• Professor Shitij Kapur, Vice-Chancellor & President of King’s College London

16:10 Keynote address: Professor Sir Jim Skea, Chair of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

16:25 Panel 1: Reflections on COP29

• H.E. Elin Suleymanov, Ambassador of Azerbaijan to the UK
• Kerstin Mathias, Policy & Innovation Director, City of London Corporation
• Emilien Gasc, Counsellor – Climate, Environment, Energy, EU Delegation to the UK
• Sheri Hickock, Chief Executive, Climate Impact Partners
• Professor Sarah Bracking, Professor of Climate and Society, King’s College London
• The Rt Hon Chris Skidmore OBE (Moderator)

17:25 Virtual Keynote address:  Ambassador Patricia Espinosa

17:30 Panel 2: Ambitions for COP30

• David Saddington, Head of International Climate, Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
• Professor David Aikman, Director, Qatar Centre for Global Banking and Finance
• David Harris, Head of Sustainable Finance Strategic Initiatives & Partnerships, London Stock Exchange Group
• Rachel Brisley, Head of Energy and Environment, Ipsos UK
• Professor Frans Berkhout, Assistant Principal, King’s Climate & Sustainability (moderator)

18:15 Keynote address: The Rt. Hon. Patricia Scotland KC, the Commonwealth Secretary General