The ClimateWise Chairman, Andrew Torrance, will chair the breakout debate on climate change at the ABI's upcoming biennial conference, on 9th June. The conference's overall title is "Today's Challenges, Tomorrow's Opportunities: taking action for success"

The climate change breakout session will tackle the provocation "Climate change and the financial crisis: an opportunity not to be missed?". Panellists include

• Simon Hughes MP, Lib Dem Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change
• David Kennedy, Chief Executive of the Climate Change Committee
• Karina Litvack, Director of SRI and Governance at F&C Asset Management
• Francesca Short, Partner, KPMG
• Professor Paul Ekins, Professor of Energy and Environment Policy, King's College London

For more information please visit the ABI website here.