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Summary
As we enter 2025, there are reasons for optimism and for caution when it comes to climate change and the energy transition.
S&P Global Energy predicts $60T in energy investment opportunities by 2050 across clean energy technologies, power, and transmission globally under a net zero scenario. Over this same period, S&P Global Sustainable1 identifies almost $25 trillion in cumulative financial impacts for the world’s largest companies due to changing climate hazard exposures under this net-zero scenario.
We invite you to join specialists from across S&P Global and cross-functional representatives from investment management, banking, energy, and business for:
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Market outlooks on the energy transition and climate risk
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Shared perspectives on the practical considerations of maximizing energy transition opportunities while minimizing climate risks
Speakers:
S&P Global Sustainable1
Christopher Perceval
Global Head, Market Engagement
Chris Perceval is Senior Market Engagement Director with S&P Global Horizons.
Chris Perceval is Senior Market Engagement Director with S&P Global Horizons. Chris works with internal and external stakeholders to develop essential ESG intelligence that can accelerate progress and power markets of the future.
He has more than two decades of experience working in product and commercial roles within financial services and the public sector. Prior to his current position, Chris led the S&P Global Horizons ESG solutions team in Europe and Developing Markets.
S&P Global Energy
Paul McConnell
Head, Outlooks and Scenarios Analysis
Paul McConnell leads the Outlooks and Scenarios team at S&P Global Energy.
Paul McConnell leads the Outlooks and Scenarios team at S&P Global Energy. Paul has spent over 20 years in the energy and climate space. His work covers energy and carbon markets, long-term decarbonisation trends and net zero, climate policy and emissions, and strategic responses to climate change and the energy transition.
Paul leads a team developing S&P Global Commodity Insight’s central cross-commodity base case view, in addition to several scenarios describing alternative outcomes for global energy markets and GHG emissions. Paul is also highly experienced in assessing climate-related risk >and opportunity for organisations across the oil & gas, power, industry and financial sectors. He is a recognized thought leader around emergent and disruptive risks, including climate change and energy security.
Prior to S&P Global Energy, Paul ran the climate transition risk centre of excellence at sustainability consultancy ERM, and spent over a decade as an energy analyst at Wood Mackenzie. Earlier in his career Paul held analytical roles on the coal and freight desk of EDF Trading, and at American Electric Power.Paul
holds an MSc in Global Environmental Change and International Policy from Imperial College, London.
S&P Global Sustainable1
Jean-Florent Helfre
Head of Sustainability Sales, Europe, Corporates
Jean-Florent is Head of Sustainability Sales – Europe Corporates at S&P Global Horizons.
Jean-Florent is Head of Sustainability Sales – Europe Corporates at S&P Global Horizons. He has a deep understanding of the data, analytics and tools European companies need in order to assess ESRS indicators for their own operations and their value chain. Jean-Florent helps companies obtain high quality data and services with respect to double materiality assessments and gap analyses, supplier-specific carbon emissions, water use and waste data, the financial impacts resulting from physical climate risk at the asset level and the cost savings related to adaptation, the nature & biodiversity impacts and dependencies and other ESRS data for the value chain. Jean-Florent has 17 years of experience in the field of corporate sustainability and sustainable finance. He holds a MSc degree in environmental sciences and a MSc degree in finance. Prior to working at S&P Global Horizons, Jean-Florent was a credit analyst at BNP Paribas, a governance & SRI analyst at Dutch Sustainability Research in the Netherlands, a RI manager at Sustainalytics in France and sales director at Trucost.
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