Knowledge transfer
Strategically respond to climate change to protect businesses, the economy, and society.
30 and 31 October 2025 in Düsseldorf & digital
Economy adapts:
Understanding risks, strengthening resilience, shaping the future
By early adaptation to the unavoidable consequences of climate change, companies can reduce damage risks and secure location stability as well as competitive advantages. This Handelsblatt conference aims to empower leaders to strategically respond to climate change, thereby protecting businesses, the economy and society.
Decision-makers from companies, start-ups, the financial world and academia will gather on 30 and 31 October 2025 in Düsseldorf. This unique mix of diverse expertise, best practices, and groundbreaking insights will also offer an inspiring opportunity for networking, to establish new business contacts and deepen existing relationships.
This conference provides a European and strategic platform to inspire action, drive transformation, and present practical solutions for sustainable business practices.
Topics
Climate Realism – Understanding the +3 degree world
- Understanding the consequences of unavoidable climate change for the economy and society.
- What does a +3 degree world look like? A reality, not a dystopia.
- Climate systems and tipping points: How is our planet changing?
- Who is responsible for societal adaptations?
- Impacts on Europe, Germany, regions, and business locations.
Adaptation in practice – Solutions and innovations
- Adaptation Tech Award: New technologies for climate change adaptation.
- Leading examples from practice: How can companies act now?
- Investment cases: Economic benefits of proactive adaptation.
- Parallel workshops on specific focus topics and industries.
Enhancing adaptability
- Governance, strategies, and cultural change. Overview of frameworks and their implementation in companies.
- Creating a powerful “Adaptation Ecosystem.”
- Collaboration between politics, business, and society.
- Shaping change – Creating security in uncertainty.
- Leadership strategies for resilient companies.
Why and why now?
Urgent climate risks
Climate change is an immediate threat and impacts businesses, the economy, and society worldwide. Additionally, climate-related regulations increase compliance risks for companies.
Economic value at stake
Adapting to climate change is essential for economic stability. Failure to adapt can disrupt supply chains, undermine profitability, and endanger entire business models.
New solutions
Recent advances in climate science and innovative technologies offer new insights and solutions for companies aiming to succeed in a changing climate.
Increased collaboration required
Climate adaptation requires global collaboration and collective innovation. This event promotes collaboration, knowledge exchange, and partnerships across industries and borders.
Climate adaptation deals with current problem symptoms, while climate mitigation addresses long-term root causes. Understanding the consequences of their different nature as well as managing potential conflicting demands is key to successfully integrate corporate climate adaptation and mitigation measures.
As physical climate risks rise, adaptation must take center stage — also through close collaboration across business, politics, and finance.
Catalysing private capital into adaptation solution investments will remain unattractive until climate risk is correctly priced, policy distortions are removed, and expectation lags are shortened. Overcoming these barriers is the task of creating adaptation markets and more broadly economies.
Corporate Climate Adaptation30./31. Oktober 2025PreventionReinforcementForesight
Corporate Climate Adaptation30./31. Oktober 2025PreventionReinforcementForesight
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Ticket Prices
On-site Tickets from 1300€
Digital Tickets from 600€
Date and Time
Thursday, 30.10.2025, 09.00 –Friday, 31.10.2025, 14.00 add to calendar
Venue
Handelsblatt Media Group
Toulouser Allee 2740211 Düsseldorf
The Initiators
The Corporate Climate Adaptation is an event by the Handelsblatt Media Group in cooperation with DSR & Partners.
Handelsblatt
Das Handelsblatt ist die größte Wirtschafts- und Finanzzeitung in deutscher Sprache. Es ist mit mehr als 70 In- und Auslandskorrespondenten auf allen Kontinenten vertreten und verfügt über eines der größten Korrespondentennetzwerke der deutschen Medien.
DSR & Partners
DSR & Partners unterstützt Unternehmen bei der Bearbeitung von Klimarisiken entlang der Wertschöpfungskette. Mit Innovation und dem richtigen Anpack – für transformative Anpassung und mehr Resilienz.
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