The Climate Resilience Innovation Forum USA

2nd - 3rd December 2026

New York City, USA

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Mitigation vs adaptation: How to align short- and long-term transition planning

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Alicia Simmons 

Frontier Co-op

Director of Sustainability and Communications

Speaker
Katie Anderson 

Environmental Defense Fund

Associate Vice President, Net Zero Value Chains

Speaker
Marc Bloch 

Cyclone Yarn

Senior Manager Supplier and Brand Partnerships

Speaker

Previous session:

Scope 3 data transparency: How to ensure compliant, effective disclosure

Next session:

The Climate Confessional

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Day 1 - Balancing mitigation and adaptation

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
8:45am - 9:15am
Reality check: Are 2030 targets already out of reach? 
Rabobank | Nestlé
Plenary
9:15am - 9:40am
From supply chain risk to landscape resilience: What does transformation look like at scale? 
PepsiCo | IDH
Plenary
9:40am - 10:20am
A strategy for climate competitiveness: Reframing Scope 3 as a driver of risk mitigation, resilience and commercial advantage 
Tate & Lyle | Cisco | Michelin
Plenary
10:20am - 11:00am
Networking Break
11:00am - 12:30pm
From risk to resilience: How are companies embedding climate adaptation into wider business strategy? 
Gitterman Asset Management & Perigon Wealth Management | Mars | Colgate-Palmolive | Meta | Goldman Sachs
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 2:15pm
Breakout Round 1 
2:15pm - 3:00pm
Breakout Round 2 
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Networking
3:30pm - 4:15pm
Breakout Round 3 
4:15pm - 5:00pm
SBTi and the GHG Protocol: How can evolving standards support credible climate action? 
Science Based Targets initiative | International Paper
Plenary
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Networking Drinks
Day 2 - Finance, accountability, and ROI

Time
Session title
Session theme
Session type
9:00am - 9:45am
Climate Corporate Data Accountability Act: How mandatory disclosure is driving climate action from California to New York 
Wyndham Hotels & Resorts | Ropes & Gray LLP
Plenary
9:45am - 10:30am
Supplier collaboration as a competitive advantage: How can business turn shared insights into commercial value? 
Ralph Lauren | WE Soda
Plenary
10:30am - 11:00am
Break
11:00am - 11:45am
Unlikely allies: How internal finance teams can drive real climate decisions, resources and investment 
Novolex | Apparel Impact Institute
Plenary
11:45am - 12:30pm
Financing adaptation and resilience: The role of public-private finance and blended capital 
BNP Paribas | Wells Fargo | HSBC | Danone
Plenary
12:30pm - 1:30pm
Lunch
1:30pm - 3:00pm
Roundtable Sessions 

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Hannah Oborne

Senior Project Manager

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Anita Thomson

Chief Partnerships Officer

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