MSCI Climate Week NYC 2026

Registration and networking breakfast

Demos available

Opening remarks

Executive Fireside: What Is Reshaping Portfolios Right Now?

We examine how structural forces such as geopolitical disruption, AI, the energy transition and physical risk are hitting institutional portfolios today and what they mean for long-term investment strategy.

The Financial Materiality of Physical Risk: From Exposure to Investment Impact

Physical risk has moved past disclosure. It is showing up in insurance pricing, operating expenses, credit metrics and valuations, and in most institutional portfolios it is not yet fully in the price. This session takes the argument from hazard exposure to financial impact using asset-level data rather than scenario narrative, examining what physics-based models reveal about the exposure sitting in portfolios today and how those outputs hold up against realized losses and observed insurance repricing. The read-through runs across the capital structure, from equity-side valuation and terminal value to debt-side covenant stress, with a clear-eyed view of where the repricing has already happened and where the gap remains.

Energy Security, Geopolitics & the New Investment Map

Geopolitical conflict is reshaping investment flows, straining supply chains and challenging long-held assumptions about energy and transition pathways. Explore what prolonged energy disruption means across asset classes, which sectors and technologies are best positioned, and how investors can stress-test portfolios for a less predictable world.

Lunch and networking

Demos available

The Hidden Adaptation Economy: Where Is the Opportunity Right Now?

The adaptation investment opportunity is larger and more accessible than many investors realize, but unlocking it requires better visibility into where resilience is being built. Hear perspectives from investors, researchers and public finance leaders on where capital is flowing today, where the gaps remain, and what the data reveals about investable opportunities.

Breakout A: When the Rules Change: Navigating Engagement in a New Disclosure Environment

As corporate disclosure evolves, investors need new ways to identify material risks and engage effectively with companies. Through practical demonstrations and real-world examples, this interactive session shows how data and AI can help prioritize engagement and support more informed investment decisions.

Breakout B: Climate Investing, Reimagined: From Decarbonization to Transition Readiness

The energy transition is entering a more complex phase, and portfolio-level emissions targets alone aren't enough to capture real transition risk. This session explores how asset owners and managers are moving beyond decarbonization metrics to assess which companies are prepared to navigate the transition, and what that means for portfolio construction in 2026 and beyond.

Breakout C: Banks & Physical Risk: Integrating Physical Risk into Credit Decisions

Physical risk is becoming an essential part of credit analysis, lending and portfolio management. We look at how banks are integrating location-based risk data into their workflows to better assess borrowers, strengthen resilience and support more informed credit decisions.

Networking break

Demos available

Concentration, Disruption and Opportunity: An Investment Framework for AI Exposure

The AI boom is reshaping global markets in ways that go beyond the technology sector, creating new sources of both opportunity and risk. We unpack how investors can measure portfolio exposure across the AI value chain, understand emerging concentrations, and position portfolios for an increasingly AI-driven economy.

Closing remarks