﻿{"id":76810,"date":"2026-09-08T16:32:41","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T13:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/?p=76810"},"modified":"2026-09-22T08:54:16","modified_gmt":"2026-09-22T05:54:16","slug":"climate-risks-in-financial-sector-webinar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/events\/climate-risks-in-financial-sector-webinar\/","title":{"rendered":"Climate Risks in the Financial Sector"},"content":{"rendered":"<section class=\"block hero \" >\n    <img width=\"1680\" height=\"560\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header.jpg\" class=\"hero__bg-img\" alt=\"Nordic cityline by the water.\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" sizes=\"(max-width: 767px) 1080px, 1920px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header.jpg 1680w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-200x67.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-768x256.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-1536x512.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-520x173.jpg 520w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-800x267.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-900x300.jpg 900w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-1350x450.jpg 1350w, https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/7\/2026\/08\/NPCM-header-652x217.jpg 652w\" \/>        \n\t        <div class=\"block__inner hero__blurbs\" data-amount=\"1\">\n\t\t\t                \n                <a href=\"https:\/\/form.apsis.one\/RRYEMYaxvzp1x\" \n                   target=\"\"\n                   id=\"hero-blurb-1\"\n                   class=\"col--12\"\n                   >\n                    <span>\n                                                Join our webinar to explore practical                         <span class=\"last\">\n                            solutions                            <i class=\"icon icon-arrow-right\"><\/i>\n                        <\/span>\n                    <\/span>\n                <\/a>\n\t\t\t        <\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n<section class=\"block cb block--white\" >\n\t<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--one\">\n\t<div class=\"col--12 col--center col--wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 editor-content\">\n\t\t\t<h1><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Webinar: Climate Risks in the Financial Sector<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\"> -Nordic Climate Adaptation Seminar Series\u00a0<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Climate change is increasingly shaping financial risks, investment\u00a0decisions, and long-term economic resilience across the Nordic region. While awareness of climate-related risks is growing, there is still a need for practical approaches to integrating these risks into financial decision-making.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">This webinar brings together experts from finance, insurance, the built environment, and the public sector to explore how climate risks\u2014particularly physical risks\u2014can be better understood, assessed, and managed in credit, investment, and planning decisions.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong> 23 September 2026, 09:30 -12:00 (CEST)<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\"><strong>Format:<\/strong> Online webinar, <a href=\"https:\/\/form.apsis.one\/RRYEMYaxvzp1x\">register here<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Objectives<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The webinar aims to:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Strengthen understanding of how climate risks affect financial stability, lending, and investment decisions.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Present practical examples of how climate risk data and modelling are used in financial decision-making.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Explore the role of insurance, public data, and policy frameworks in enabling climate-resilient investments.<\/span><\/li>\n<li data-leveltext=\"\uf0b7\" data-font=\"Symbol\" data-listid=\"27\" data-list-defn-props=\"{&quot;335552541&quot;:1,&quot;335559685&quot;:720,&quot;335559991&quot;:360,&quot;469769226&quot;:&quot;Symbol&quot;,&quot;469769242&quot;:[8226],&quot;469777803&quot;:&quot;left&quot;,&quot;469777804&quot;:&quot;\uf0b7&quot;,&quot;469777815&quot;:&quot;hybridMultilevel&quot;}\" data-aria-posinset=\"1\" data-aria-level=\"1\"><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Identify opportunities for Nordic collaboration to improve risk integration, incentives, and decision-support tools.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>Target audience:<\/h3>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">The seminar is aimed at:<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\"> f<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">inancial institutions (banks, investors, asset managers), <\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">insurance companies, r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">eal estate and construction actors<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:0}\"> , p<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">ublic authorities, regulators, and policymakers, r<\/span><span data-contrast=\"auto\">esearchers and experts working on climate risk and sustainable finance.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3>Program:<\/h3>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1.1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:6,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><b><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Keynote: <\/span><\/b><b><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Climate change and the future of economic resilience <\/span><\/b><b><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> in Europe<br \/>\n<\/span><\/b><em>Dr. St\u00e9phane Isoard<\/em><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">, Economics for Climate and <\/span><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Circular Economy Team Coordinator &amp; Expert, European <\/span><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Environment Agency<\/span>\u200b<\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1.1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:6,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Session 1: <\/span><\/b><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">How climate risks are reshaping finance and <\/span><\/b><b><span data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> investment<\/span><\/b>\u200b<br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><br \/>\nKeynote: Integrating climate risks into banking: From risk <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> management to investment decisions<br \/>\n<\/span><em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Thorbj\u00f8rn Lundholm <\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Dahl, <\/span><\/em><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">Head of Climate &amp; Nature, Danske Bank<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\">\u200b<\/span><\/p>\n<p data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335551550&quot;:1,&quot;335551620&quot;:1,&quot;335559683&quot;:0,&quot;335559685&quot;:0,&quot;335559731&quot;:0,&quot;335559737&quot;:0,&quot;335562764&quot;:2,&quot;335562765&quot;:1.1,&quot;335562766&quot;:4,&quot;335562767&quot;:6,&quot;335562768&quot;:4,&quot;335562769&quot;:0}\"><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Keynote: <\/span><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\">When Physical Risk Data Meets Finance<\/span><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"><br \/>\n<em>Karin Grandin, <\/em>Physical Risk and Climate Adaptation <\/span><span data-scheme-color=\"@111111,1,18:100000\" data-usefontface=\"false\" data-contrast=\"none\"> Expert, Swedbank<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Session 2: From risk awareness to action: What enables better investment decisions? \u200b<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Climate risk and Incentives for adaptation from an insurance perspective<br \/>\n<em>Elvira Melin, <\/em>Sustainability Officer, If P&amp;C Insurance<em>. \u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Climate Risk Management in the Real Estate Sector<em><br \/>\nPirkko Airaksinen, <\/em>Head of ESG, Sponda\u202fOy.\u200b<\/p>\n<p>How can risks be reduced through planning and public investment?<br \/>\n<em>Rosalina M. Wenningsted-Torgard, <\/em>Project leader and climate adaptation specialist at the City of Copenhagen<\/p>\n<p><strong>Conclusions: Where do we need more cooperation for better <\/strong><strong>decision making and resilient investments?<\/strong><br \/>\n<em>Panel discussion moderated by Sweco\u200b<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttons-wrapper buttons-wrapper--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/form.apsis.one\/RRYEMYaxvzp1x\"  class=\"btn btn__primary \">Register now!<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"block__inner cb__inner cb__inner--one\">\n\t<div class=\"col--12 col--center col--wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"col col--6 editor-content\">\n\t\t\t<h3><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Nordic Climate Adaptation Programme (NCAP) in collaboration with Sweco<\/span><\/h3>\n<p>Sweco is leading designing and implementing a series of seminars that provide a dedicated forum for Nordic stakeholders to jointly address complex and cross-cutting adaptation challenges, share experiences and best practices, and strengthen mutual understanding across sectors and governance levels.<\/p>\n<p>The Nordic Climate Adaptation Programme (NCAP) 2025\u20132027, under the Nordic Council of Ministers (NCM) aims to strengthen climate change adaptation efforts across the Nordic region, by establishing a platform for cooperation, enhance knowledge exchange and produce strategic policy advice. The programme is grounded in the Nordic countries\u2019 shared ambition to enhance resilience and sustainability in response to climate change and biodiversity loss. Within this framework, the Swedish Environmental Protection Agency has initiated a procurement for a series of seminars and\/or workshops to support the program\u2019s goal of strengthening co-operation on climate adaptation by establishing fora for facilitated dialogue, knowledge sharing, and networking across the Nordic region.<\/p>\n<p><b><span data-contrast=\"auto\">For further information, contact:\u00a0<\/span><\/b><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Susanna Sepponen, +358 40 1380067,\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"mailto:susanna.sepponen@sweco.fi\"><span data-contrast=\"none\">susanna.sepponen@sweco.fi<\/span><\/a><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Silje Lund S\u00f8rland, silje.lundsorland@sweco.no\u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Frida Lindqvist, frida.lindqvist@sweco.se \u200b<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-contrast=\"auto\">Merika Mattila, merika.mattila@sweco.fi<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 1rem\" data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;335559739&quot;:130}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"buttons-wrapper buttons-wrapper--left\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/insight\/news\/sweco-organises-a-climate-adaptation-seminar-series-for-the-nordic-council-of-ministers\/\"  class=\"btn btn__primary \">Sweco organises a climate adaptation seminar series for the Nordic Council of Ministers<\/a><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nordic Climate Adaptation Seminar Series\u00a0provides a dedicated forum for Nordic stakeholders.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":175,"featured_media":76874,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_seopress_titles_title":"Nordic Climate Adaptation Programme (NCAP) in collaboration with Sweco","_seopress_titles_desc":"Nordic Climate Adaptation Seminar Series\u00a0provides a dedicated forum for Nordic stakeholders.","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"none","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"both","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":301,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_seopress_news_disabled":"","_seopress_video_disabled":"","_seopress_video":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas_manual":[],"_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable_all":"","_seopress_pro_rich_snippets_disable":[],"_seopress_pro_schemas":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[144],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-76810","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-events"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76810","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/175"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=76810"}],"version-history":[{"count":22,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76810\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":81070,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/76810\/revisions\/81070"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/76874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=76810"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=76810"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sweco.fi\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=76810"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}