📅 13 March 2025
Virtual
Climate change is accelerating economic losses across sectors and regions, straining businesses, governments, and households. With 2024 set to become the warmest year on record and Europe identified as the fastest-warming continent in the world, the urgency for coordinated action has never been greater.
EIOPA’s 2025 Sustainable Finance Conference will gather regulators, industry, and stakeholders to critically assess recent developments and identified challenges and explore solutions to deliver on sustainability goals. Natural catastrophes caused more than EUR 900 bn in direct economic losses in the EEA between 1980 and 2023, with more than 18% of the losses over these 43 years having occurred in the last three years.
This trend underscores the critical role of the insurance and occupational pensions sectors in managing sustainability risks, fostering societal resilience, and financing the transition to a carbon-neutral economy. Addressing sustainability risks and opportunities remains a strategic priority for EIOPA, to enhance financial resilience and consumer protection, as well as secure financial stability.
