In the first of two special Insights In Focus episodes, guest host Mark Rowland shares news and views from COP28 in Dubai. This episode focuses on the importance of transition plans in achieving net zero.

In the studio, ICAEW Climate Change Manager Sarah Reay and Resilience First’s Shazre Quamber-Hill explain why transition planning is a vital part of the COP28 agenda. And on the conference floor, LSE Professor Nick Robins and the Transition Plan Taskforce’s Nina Pimblett discuss the role that accountants and business will play in putting plans into action.

Access ICAEW’s Making COP Count content series for more insights on sustainability.

Links

• ICAEW: Making COP Count: http://www.icaew.com/making-cop-count

Host

Mark Rowland

Guests

• Sarah Reay, Climate Change Manager, ICAEW
• Shazre Quamber-Hill, Director, Strategy and Impact, Resilience First
• Nick Robins, Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance, London School of Economics and Political Science
• Nina Pimblett, Sector Guidance Lead, Transition Plan Taskforce 

Producer

Natalie Chisholm 

Episode first published: 5 December 2023
Podcast recorded: 4 December 2023