Canada’s Climate Change Adaptation Platform is pleased to offer the following webinar
Climate-Related Disclosures and Legal Risks in the Context of Climate Change Adaptation Tuesday September 18, 2018 3:30pm-5:00pm EDT
Adaptation Platform Webinar Series
Registration is now open! The focus of this webinar will be on climate-related disclosures and legal risks. Speakers will discuss some observed and projected climate change trends in Canada, initiatives such as the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climate-Related Financial Disclosures, as well as developments in knowledge regarding physical and transition risks related to climate change and how these risks may impact corporations. This webinar will consist of the following three presentations: Exploring Risks and Opportunities in a Changing Climate Joanna Kyriazis, Zizzo Strategy The transition to a lower-carbon, resilient economy requires significant and, in some cases, disruptive changes across economic sectors and industries. It may entail policy, legal, technological and market shifts to cut harmful greenhouse gas emissions in the timelines required to prevent run-away climate change and adapt to the impacts of a changing climate. This presentation provides an overview of the types of risks Canadian organizations may face related to climate change, as well as potential opportunities to build resilience and take advantage of the transition to a lower-carbon economy. Climate Change Disclosure – Enhancing Organizational Transparency Sarah Keyes, Chartered Professional Accountants of Canada Climate change poses material risks and opportunities to the global economy. In response, investors, lenders, credit rating agencies and other stakeholders are seeking enhanced climate-related financial disclosures from Canadian organizations. This presentation will explore important initiatives, such as the Financial Stability Board Task Force on Climaterelated Financial Disclosures, and provide an overview of research on the climate change disclosures of Canadian public companies. Fiduciary Obligations in Business and Investment: Implications of Climate Change Janis Sarra, University of British Columbia In fulfilling their obligations to act in the best interests of the company, directors and officers must directly engage with developments in knowledge regarding physical and transition risks related to climate change and how these risks may impact their corporation. Depending on the firm’s economic activities, the risk may be minor or highly significant, but directors and officers have an obligation to make the inquiries, to devise strategies to address risks, and to have an ongoing monitoring and adjusting plan to ensure the strategy continues to be responsive to the risk. Companies should provide robust, credible and detailed accounts of their management of climate risk. The law as currently framed is a driver for positive action on climate change.
Click here to register! Please forward this invitation to your colleagues and networks. For information on the webinar series, please contact: NRCan.Adaptation.RNCan@Canada.ca For more information on adaptation in Canada, please visit adaptation.NRCan.gc.ca