Climate Safe Lending Network Convening

Resources—your virtual goodie bag*

• The Good Transition Plan: Climate Action Strategy Development Guidance for Banks & Lending Institutions: COP26-version (2021)

• Financial Stability in a Planetary Emergency: this report highlights the need for a bold approach to financial regulation AND outlines practical policies a regulator could adopt if given the responsibility of regulating the financial system in line with a climate-safe future

• Taking the Carbon Out of Credit: published by the Climate Safe Lending Network in June 2020, this report sets out an integrated mechanism, along with practical tools, for banking institutions that commit to demonstrating leadership in addressing climate change

• The Climate Lending Comet: What does it mean for banks to 'pick up the pace' on climate action?, James Vaccaro, January 2022

• ‘Big shift’: Biden moves to rewrite the rules on climate threat, Victoria Guida, January 25, 2022, POLITICO

• From win-win to net zero: would the real sustainability please stand up?, Duncan Austin, May 20, 2021, Responsible Investor

About the Climate Safe Lending Network Convening:

Convening Intent

Build the collective leadership capacity of the international banking sector to engage financial institutions in ratcheting up their climate action, client engagement, and innovation capabilities.  

Convening Objectives

Connect: Strengthen your connection to your work and the network as a place to deepen your engagement in transforming the banking sector and expand your professional network to include unlikely allies.

Align: Align around a shared vision of what the required pace of change is and a consistent set of principles for accelerating the decarbonization of the banking sector and real economy.  

Learn: Develop a shared understanding of what it will really take to reach net zero and deliver a fair share of the 50% global emissions reductions by 2030.

Make: Co-create resources and tools that can be used in your day-to-day work of accelerating the decarbonization of the banking sector.

Attendance

The convening is designed with a continuous agenda that builds on each previous segment. We kindly request that you attend the full duration of the session on both days where at all possible. If you are unable to attend part of the convening, please let us know so we can factor this in and help make arrangements to brief you on the parts you aren't able to attend.

Technology Requirements

We recommend using a laptop or desktop computer to join the session as it will be easier to participate in the interactive components of the convening. 

We will be using the following tech platforms for interactive components of the event: 

• Zoom meetings (including the annotation function and chat function)

• Google Docs (accessed via a web browser)

• Mentimeter (accessed via a web browser on your computer, tablet or phone).

If you are unable to access any of these please let us know so we can arrange alternative options to help you fully participate. 
For support with technology during the convening please email connect@climatesafelending.org. 

Accessibility & Inclusion

This convening will be highly participatory with a range of structured spaces for you to share your perspective and engage with the perspectives of others. With a diverse group of stakeholders there will be many differing views, helping us all to get a sense of how the net-zero banking landscape is experienced by others. We aim to create a space where these differences become productive energy for innovation and accelerated impact. 

Please let us know by email reply if there is anything you need from us to feel comfortable to bring your full self and your perspectives to this space - both in terms of technology and human interactions.