Net Zero Strategies: From commitments to accountability in the real economy

As the urgency of climate action intensifies, moving from target setting to transition planning has become a defining challenge for companies, investors, policymakers and regulators. Companies across high-emitting sectors have published net zero commitments and decarbonisation strategies; yet the critical question is whether climate targets will be translated into concrete decarbonisation levers, low-carbon business models and, ultimately, real-world action.

Are corporate transition plans credible? How can industries, policymakers, investors, and academia distinguish genuine decarbonisation strategies from commitments that lack substance? And what role can rigorous, independent assessment play in holding companies accountable and driving meaningful climate action?

As part of London Climate Action Week (20-28 June 2026), this event will review the state of corporate transition plans in the oil & gas and diversified mining sectors, what credible sectoral transition plans look like and why they matter from policy, investor and industry perspectives.

Confirmed speakers:

• Vanessa Havard-Williams OBE, Member, UK Transition Finance Council and Chair, UK Finance Market Review
• Kate McGrath, Head of ESG, Fixed Income, Aberdeen
• Peter Metcalfe, Executive Committee Member, Ipieca
• Alireza Modirzadeh, Research Project Lead, TPI Centre at LSE
• Carmen Nuzzo, Professor in Practice and Executive Director, TPI Centre at LSE

How to attend:
This event will be held in a hybrid format in person in London and online globally.
To attend online, please click here. 

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