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What was said
in the room.
Our programmes bring senior financial and industrial leaders into conversation with Oxford research. We publish what comes out of them, so the thinking reaches further than the people who were there.
Programme report · June 2026
The Financial Assessment of Climate-Related Risks & Sustainability Regulations, and COP31
Two days at St Edmund Hall with senior banking and financial services executives, Oxford faculty and Türkiye’s Directorate of Climate Change. Why the financial system is built to escape climate risk; the mitigation–adaptation imbalance; overshoot and the remaining carbon budget; nature risk; climate litigation; green prudential policy; carbon-market interoperability; and green public procurement as a $9.5 trillion lever.
Download the report (PDF)Contributors
- Dr Abrar Chaudhury — Saïd Business School
- Dr Hassan Sheikh — Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment
- Dr Rupert Stuart-Smith — Oxford Sustainable Law Programme
- Peter Barnett and Nicholas Young — Oxford Sustainable Law Programme
- Dr Helena Wright and Dr Bhavya Gupta — Oxford Climate Policy Monitor
- Dr Emma Lecavalier — Oxford Climate Policy Hub
COP31 · Antalya · 10–17 November 2026
Where to find us
at COP31.
Dr Emre Eren Korkmaz leads the University of Oxford delegation to COP31 and moderates sessions across the Blue and Green Zones. Times are confirmed where shown. If you are going to be in Antalya, tell us and we will find a time.
Carbon Dioxide Removal Event — CDR2030
Blue Zone
Top Tier Impact Investor Event
Hilton Antalya
EBRD — TIDIP Ceremony
Venue TBC
TIDIP Side Event — Türkiye Industrial Decarbonisation Investment Programme
EBRD · Venue TBC
Commercialisation of Climate Tech Startups
Academic Envoy, Blue Zone
The State and the Future of Carbon Dioxide Removal Projects
Ziraat Bank Pavilion, Green Zone
De-Risking and Commercialising Climate Tech Spinouts
Ziraat Bank Pavilion, Green Zone
Waste to Energy — with ERM
Ziraat Bank Pavilion, Green Zone
AI for Cleantech Initiative
Blue Zone
Financing the Bridge: New Models for Climate Tech Commercialisation
Türkiye Pavilion, Blue Zone
Garanti BBVA White Paper — Launch Event
Garanti BBVA Pavilion, Green Zone
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