EY at COP31
EY’s COP31 program brings together engagements across the Blue and Green Zones, the COP31 Business and Investment Forum, and wider partner platforms and events. Across the two weeks, EY leaders will host and contribute to discussions spanning finance, energy, resilience, supply chains and nature, with a focus on moving from ambition to implementation and creating long-term value.
Join EY at COP31
Join us for two EY-hosted events bringing together leaders and perspectives from across the COP31 community. Registration is now open.
EY Critical Conversations curated by DEBATABLE: ‘Electrification is for the elite’
Tuesday 10 November | 17:30–19:00 | COP31 TED Countdown House
An exclusive salon-style debate on the promise of electrification and whether it will deliver for everyone or only for those who can afford to move first.
Hosted by: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability
EY Reception at COP31
Wednesday 11 November | 17:30–19:30 | Divan Talya Hotel
Join us for a networking reception with EY, senior business leaders and COP 31 stakeholders, with a focus on connecting public, private and NGO perspectives on the topics of four business working groups EY is contributing to on carbon markets, climate finance, forestry and biodiversity, and food security.
Hosted by: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability; Damla Harman, EY Türkiye Country Managing Partner; and Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
EY across COP31
Beyond our two featured events, EY leaders will participate in discussions, roundtables and working groups across the COP31 Blue and Green Zones and partner platforms. Explore the wider program below.
For more information on any of the sessions below:
Monday 09 November
Food, agriculture & health
13:30–14:30 | From Waste to Value, From Women to the Future: Women’s Leadership in Recycling and the Power of Zero Waste
A panel exploring on Women’s Leadership in Recycling and the Power of Zero Waste
From EY: Muge Tan, EY Türkiye Partner - Tax
Blue Zone pass access | Women's Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
13:30–15:00 | To a Resilient Future: A Strategic Role in the Sustainable Transformation of Turkey's Retail Sector
A panel exploring how businesses across the food value chain can strengthen food security and accelerate the transition to more resilient and sustainable food systems.
From EY: Yusuf Bulut, Partner at EY-Parthenon
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
14:45–15:30 | Supporting Green Industrial Transformation through Participation Finance
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Invite only / Blue Zone pass access | Vakıf Katılım, Türkiye Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
17:30 | Financing Weather, Climate and Water Intelligence and Early Warning – Evidence and Lessons Learned
From EY: Marco Duso | Global Leader Sustainability, EY-Parthenon
Blue Zone pass access | BENELUX–EIB Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Tuesday 10 November
Energy and Transport
All Day | Sustainable Innovation Forum
From EY: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability and Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader
Registration required | Climate Action Innovation Zone
08:00–09:30 | EY, TÜSİAD & TheCityUK: Financing Resilient Growth Breakfast Roundtable
A discussion with business and finance leaders on mobilizing capital to support resilient growth and the transition.
From EY: Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
08:00–09:30 | EY Nordics C-Suite Breakfast
A curated discussion with Nordic business leaders on how the transition can strengthen competitiveness, resilience and value creation through innovation and collaboration.
From EY: Anna Ryott, EY Nordic Chief Impact Officer
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
08:00–09:30 | Goals House Breakfast: Building the Systems Behind the Transition
A discussion on the systems, collaboration and business action needed to support the transition.
From EY: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability
Invite only | Goals House
12:55–13:55 | SB COP: Enabling implementation: mobilizing skills, capital and markets
A panel exploring how skills, financing instruments and high-integrity carbon markets can help turn private-sector climate priorities into viable projects and mobilize capital at scale.
From EY: Velislava Ivanova, EY Global Chief Sustainability Strategist
SB COP event access | Registration required | Concorde De Luxe Resort, Galaxy II Room
13:30–14:30 | REA Roundtable: Resilience by Design: Accelerating Investment in an Electrified World
A discussion on the standards, incentives and financing needed to build resilient, affordable energy systems and accelerate investment in electrification.
From EY:Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability; Ben Taylor, EY UKand Ireland Energy Services
Invite only | Register interest | REA Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
14:30–15:30 | Climate Action / UNEP FI Roundtable
A roundtable exploring how credible transition planning and better information can support climate-risk management and financing decisions.
From EY: Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader
Invite only | Sustainable Innovation Forum, Climate Action Innovation Zone
15:30–16:15 | Building the Future of Energy Today, From Megawatts to Mega Value
A renewable energy panel exploring opportunities associated with the changing energy system.
From EY: Cem Camli, Türkiye Energy Industry Leader
Green Zone | Halkbank Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone
17:00–18:00 | From Market Potential to Investable Carbon Value: Launching the SB COP Carbon Market Pathfinder
The SBCOP Carbon Markets working group host a working session to introduce the Carbon Market Pathfinder and its three pathways, and inviting companies, host governments, financial institutions and market actors to contribute real cases to its next phase.
From EY: Ricardo Assumpcao, EY LATAM Sustainability Leader
Blue Zone pass access | Implementation Hub Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
17:30-19:00 EY Critical Conversations debate, ‘Electrification is for the elite'
An exclusive salon-style debate on the promise of electrification and whether it will deliver for everyone or only for those who can afford to move first.
From EY: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability
Registration required | COP31 TED Countdown House
Wednesday 11 November
Zero Waste
08:00–09:30 | Financing Resilient Food Systems: Executive Roundtable
An executive discussion on how finance can accelerate the transition to more resilient and sustainable food systems.
From EY:Sean MacHale, Head of Global Sustainable Finance Innovation Hub; Karel Leeflang, Partner, EMEIA Consumer, Food & Agriculture Strategy; Yusuf Bulut, Partner at EY-Parthenon
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
12:00–13:00 | Waste Treatment to Resource Plants: Unlocking Secondary Resources for Resilient and Competitive Economies
From EY: Anna Ryott, Nordic Chief Impact Officer
Blue Zone pass access | Estonian Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
13:30–14:30 | The Future of Nordic Industry: Scaling the Transition While Strengthening Competitiveness
From EY: Anna Ryott, Nordic Chief Impact Officer
Blue Zone pass access | We Don't Have Time Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
15:30–17:00 | Electrifying Europe's Economy: How Clean Generation and Industrial Demand Scale Together
An executive roundtable exploring how clean generation and growing industrial demand can scale together to support Europe's electrification and competitiveness.
From EY: Marco Duso, Global Leader Sustainability, EY-Parthenon
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
17:30–19:30 | EY Reception at COP31
Join EY leaders and guests for an informal evening bringing together leaders from business, policy and finance to connect, exchange perspectives and hear from EY and its COP31 working-group leaders.
From EY: Colm Devine, EY Global Vice Chair, Sustainability; Damla Harman, EY Türkiye Country Managing Partner; and Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Registration required | Divan Talya Hotel
Thursday 12 November
Resilient Cities & Built Environment
10:00–11:15 | Nikkei GX Conference COP31 Seminar
A seminar exploring corporate environmental strategy and how businesses can translate sustainability ambition into transformation and wider impact.
From EY: Velislava Ivanova, EY Global Chief Sustainability Strategist
Blue Zone pass access | Japan Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
10:00–12:00 | Vakıf Katılım’s - Financing the Green Transition: Strategic Partnerships in Participation Finance
A discussion on green transition and the role of finance
From EY: Ezgi İvecan, EY Türkiye
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
11:30–12:30 | Nature's Stress Test: Financing Resilience and the Transition
An interactive discussion exploring where climate finance can create the greatest value, and how adaptation and transition finance can work together to protect people, assets and cash flows while accelerating decarbonization.
From EY: Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader
Blue Zone pass access | UNFCCC Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
13:30–14:30 | From upfront cost to lifetime value: Making sustainable solutions pay
From EY: Anna Ryott, Nordic Chief Impact Officer
Blue Zone pass access | Swedish Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
14:00–15:00 | Unlocking Capital: Financing Climate Investments
A TOBB working-group session on practical approaches to unlocking private capital for climate investment, including de-risking, carbon markets, adaptation and resilience.
From EY: Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader; Sean MacHale, Head of Global Sustainable Finance Innovation Hub
Blue Zone pass access | COP31 Blue Zone, pavilion to be confirmed
16:00–18:00 | ISSB Preparer Roundtable: Sharing good practices globally and lessons from early Turkish preparers
The IFRS Foundation and EY invite participants to explore the practical experiences and lessons emerging as companies prepare sustainability-related financial disclosures.
From EY: John Hodges, Global Sustainability Advisory Leader; Michiel van der Lof, EY Partner; Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
Friday 13 November
Finance & Trade
08:30–09:30 | Carbon Markets Breakfast Roundtable: EY & City of London Corporation
An executive discussion on strengthening carbon markets and the conditions required to mobilize finance with greater confidence and integrity.
From EY: Shaun Carazzo, EY Global Financial Services Sustainability Leader
Invite only | Divan Talya Hotel
10:00–10:45 | Financing the Future: Sustainable Finance, Transformation and Inclusive Growth
A discussion on the role of sustainable finance in supporting transformation, investment and inclusive growth.
From EY: Velislava Ivanova, EY Global Chief Sustainability Strategist
Blue Zone pass access | Türkiye Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
10:00–10:45 | Green Transformation from Global to Value Chains
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Green Zone | Technology Innovation Hub, COP31 Green Zone
10:30–11:30 | Connectivity as Energy Security: A Latin America and Southeast Asia Knowledge Exchange
A knowledge exchange exploring how cross-border electricity connections can strengthen energy security in Latin America and Southeast Asia.
From EY: Philip Rao, EY ASEAN Energy Leader; Partner, EY Malaysia
Blue Zone pass access | Global Renewables Hub, COP31 Blue Zone
12:30–13:30 | The integrity stack: How ratings, standards, and insurance turn claims into a credible portfolio, co-hosted by BeZero Carbon and CEEZER
From EY: Claudio Nuber, EY Senior Manager, Climate Change and Sustainability Services
Blue Zone access | Think Negative CDR Pavilion , COP31 Blue Zone
12:30–13:30 | Turkish Industry in the Age of Carbon Pricing – CBAM, ETS and Low-Carbon Competitiveness
From EY: Arzu Önsal, EY Türkiye
Green Zone | TOBB Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone
15:00–16:00 | Feeding the Future: Resilient Food Systems
A TOBB working-group session focused on practical recommendations for strengthening food security, supporting farmers and building more climate-resilient food systems.
From EY: Karel Leeflang, Partner, EMEIA Consumer, Food & Agriculture Strategy
Blue Zone pass access | COP31 Blue Zone, pavilion to be confirmed
15:00–16:30 | Dialogue on the third independent review of the effective implementation of the Climate Technology Centre and Network
From EY: Alexis Gazzo, Global Climate & Sustainability Services Leader; Claudio Nuber, EY Senior Manager
Blue Zone pass access | UNFCCC Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Saturday 14 November
Children, youth, education & skills
10:00–10:45 | Internal Audit & Sustainability
A discussion bringing together sustainability, assurance and internal-audit perspectives on translating sustainability requirements into business practice.
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Green Zone | Garanti BBVA Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone
16:00–17:00 | Nature as Infrastructure: From Projects to Investable Landscapes
A discussion on moving from individual nature projects toward investable landscapes that can deliver value for nature, climate, communities and business.
From EY: Thais Fontanello, EY Brazil Senior Manager
Blue Zone pass access | Implementation Hub Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Monday 16 November
Science, industry and technology
10:00–10:45 | Greening Industry in Developing Economies: A Twin Transition Model
A discussion on how developing economies can advance industrial decarbonization by bringing digitalization and sustainability together.
From EY: Arzu Onsal, EY Türkiye
Blue Zone pass access | Türkiye Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
12:15–13:00 | AI Needs Power. Industry Needs Decarbonization. Can Technology Solve Both?
A discussion on the tension between AI's growing energy requirements and industrial decarbonization, and the role technology could play in addressing both.
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Green Zone | QNB Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone
18:00 | BDI Dinner: Night of German Industry
An EY Germany-sponsored gathering bringing together German industry and business leaders.
From EY: Martin Hoyer, Alexander Misgeld, Christian Grapatin and Markus Kroker, EY Germany
Invite only | Sandland, Antalya Sand Sculpture Museum
Tuesday 17 November
Oceans, seas, nature and land use
14:30–15:30 | CEO Roundtable - JCM Implementation: Blending Finance to Make Article 6.2 Projects Bankable
This roundtable will explore blended-finance structures that combine carbon credit revenues with concessional loans, government support, forward purchases and other revenue to enable first-of-a-kind projects to reach financial close
From EY: Kapil Bansal, EY-Parthenon Partner, Sustainomics & Energy Transition
Blue Zone pass access | IETA Business Hub, COP31 Blue Zone
16:00–17:30 | Fireside Chat and Moderated Dialogue - Financing Ocean-Based Climate Solutions: Offshore Wind, Ocean Energy and Blue Carbon
The panel will bring together government, technology, finance and carbon market leaders to discuss how carbon markets and blue finance can help translate ocean potential into bankable projects. It will explore financing approaches for offshore wind and emerging ocean-energy technologies, alongside the distinct pathways for support.
From EY: Kapil Bansal, EY-Parthenon Partner, Sustainomics & Energy Transition
Blue Zone pass access | IETA Business Hub, COP31 Blue Zone
Thursday 19 November
10:00–11:00 | From Report to Commitment to Practice: What Separates Companies That Deliver?
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Green Zone | QNB Pavilion, COP31 Green Zone
13:00–14:30 | Mandatory Sustainability Reporting Under Global Requirements: SOCAR Turkiye's Experience with TSRS
From EY: Ece Sevin, EY Türkiye Partner and Sustainability Services Leader
Blue Zone access | Azerbaijan Pavilion, COP31 Blue Zone
Antalya, Türkiye