State of the sovereign transition 2026

This event presents an hour-long panel discussion focused on climate transition planning ahead of COP31, the annual platform for negotiating and advancing global action on climate change. The panel discussion will be followed by a 30-minute Q&A welcoming questions from the audience. 

In the week before COP31, this event will reflect on the state of national transition planning in 2026. Meeting national climate targets increasingly depends on mobilising private capital and translating these ambitions into commitments and policies that the private sector, including investors, can act on. Building on their economy-wide targets and climate laws, many countries have initiated sectoral transition planning to guide corporate decarbonisation and attract transition finance. This is a key finding of the TPI Centre’s State of the Sovereign Transition 2026 report.

Come along to this event to hear from the TPI Centre about common gaps and emerging best practices in climate policymaking by drawing on the latest data from the ASCOR (Assessing Sovereign Climate-related Opportunities and Risks) tool. You will also hear from panellists representing investor and government perspectives, who will share insights on transition planning at the sectoral level and discuss the novel financial instruments that sovereigns are leveraging to raise transition finance.

• Marjan Divjak, Director General of the Treasury Directorate at Slovenia's Ministry of Finance.
• Jana Harvey, Managing Director and Senior Portfolio Manager on the Emerging Markets Team at RBC BlueBay.
• Maya Hennerkes, Managing Director, Environment and Sustainability, at the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development.
• Setenay Hizliok, Project Lead at the TPI Centre at LSE, leading research on sovereign transition planning and the methodological development of the ASCOR tool.
• Chaired by Carmen Nuzzo, Professor in Practice and Executive Director at the TPI Centre at LSE. 

All welcome

Those interested in and/or working on climate policymaking, transition planning and transition finance.