The financial risks of climate change are increasingly recognized, as highlighted by the widely-cited Task Force of Climate Related Financial Disclosure (TCFD). However, there are also financial risks of continued pressure on other planetary boundaries, as may be illustrated by the setting up of a Task Force for Nature-Related Financial Disclosures. Further, the risks associated with the exploitation of people and growing inequalities in and between countries need to be integrated.
A comprehensive approach is lacking. Developing a multidisciplinary concept of risk, anchored in sustainability science as well as in finance, law and management, is therefore crucial. In this workshop, we kick of the discussion with a keynote presentation on the concept of ‘Anthropocene risk’, and complement this with presentations on approaches from other disciplines.
The aim of this workshop is to facilitate further discussions and synergies between and within research communities, to develop further a research agenda on ‘The Financial Risks of Unsustainability’.
Programme
15.00 – 15.10 Welcome, Beate Sjåfjell
15.10 – 15.40 Key note ‘Anthropocene risk’, Patrick Keys
15.40 – 16.00 Biosphere finance, Beatrice Crona
16.00 - 16.20 Discussion
16.20 – 16.40 Framework for Analysing Systemic Planetary Risks, Amanda Williams
16.40 – 16.50 Short convenience break
16.50 – 17.10 Financial Risks of Unsustainability – Beate Sjåfjell
17.10 – 17.50 Discussion and brainstorming
17.50 – 18.00 Closing remarks – Beate Sjåfjell