AIR-Q Talk: Climate Change - Why Should Actuaries Care About It?

We are in the middle of a climate emergency. Across the globe, societies, businesses, industries and our natural environment are under threat from current and future impacts of rising global temperatures. Climate Change experts Louise Pryor (President-Elect, Institute and Faculty of Actuaries) and Alasdair Mullins-Smith (Senior Manager, PwC) will explain why climate change and the risks it poses are relevant to actuaries working in all fields. Further, they will discuss how sustainability impacts the work of actuaries, what opportunities there might be for actuaries in the area, and discuss the role it has played in their own work.

About the speakers:

Louise Pryor is currently President-elect of the IFoA. She has had a varied career as an actuarial consultant, academic, software developer and risk consultant. She led the development of the UK’s Technical Actuarial Standards at the Financial Reporting Council. Dr Pryor currently focuses on sustainability, and is Chair of the London Climate Change Partnership and a Non-executive Director of the Ecology Building Society. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/louisepryor/)

Alasdair is a senior manager in PwC's actuarial team, specialising in general insurance consulting and more recently how insurers can confront sustainability challenges. Alasdair was seconded to PwC's Mumbai office from 2017 to 2019 and while there he joined the IFoA's Sustainability board, focused on international liaison. (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alasdair-mullins-smith-36a93b25/)

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