Building Resilience – The Need for climate resilient infrastructure

Building Resilience - The need for climate resilient infrastructure in Europe

As Europe faces the growing impacts of climate change, the challenge is twofold: we must continue investing in infrastructure that helps mitigate climate change, while also upgrading existing assets and developing new ones that can withstand its effects.

We invite you to an evening of insight and dialogue with renowned climate experts, industry leaders, and policymakers. Together, we will explore the development, construction, and financing of climate-resilient infrastructure — and discuss routes and solutions to building a more sustainable and resilient future.

📅 Wednesday, 12 June 2025🕡 17h30 – 22h00

📍 FEB Auditorium, Rue Ravenstein 4, 1000 Brussels

Join us to shape the future of climate-resilient infrastructure in Europe.

Program:

• 17:30 – Registration
• 18:00 – Welcome and introduction: I4B – The Belgian Infrastructure Fund
• 18:05 – Opening speech by Jean-Pascal van Ypersele – Climate change and infrastructure : challenges and opportunities
• 18:45 – Round tables to address the following key discussion topics:
  - Impact of climate change on insurance predictive models
  - Insurance products and their limits to manage climate change risks
  - EU-level frameworks to support the development and retrofitting of resilient infrastructure
  - Design and construction of climate-resilient infrastructure
  - Financing resilient infrastructure : challenges and solutions
  - The role of public-private partnerships
  - Promotion of innovative solutions to build more resilient infrastructure
  
• 20h00 - 22h00: Walking dinner

Confirmed speakers include:

• Elina Bardram – Director, DG CLIMA, European Commission
• Wouter Casteels – CEO, De Werkvennootschap
• Tanguy Desrousseaux – Director, Projects Directorate, EIB
• Benoît Le Bret – Partner, Gide Loyrette Nouel
• Claire Mahieux – Senior Risk Manager - Central Risk Office, AG Insurance
• Nicolas Mary – Director of Financial Investments, Caisse Centrale de Réassurance
• Jean-Pascal van Ypersele – IPCC vice chair, Founder of the Walloon IPCC platform, Emeritus at UCLouvain and invited professor at ULiège
• Wim Vermeir – Chief Investment Officer, AG Insurance