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Climate Summit 2025

Standard Bank’s 2025 Climate Summit will spotlight Africa’s urgent need for a resilient energy mix and faster climate adaptation, as the continent faces deep energy poverty and high climate vulnerability.

The Summit will explore how policy, infrastructure investment, and capital mobilisation can unlock inclusive growth and sustainability.

Agenda

Discover the key topics, speakers, and sessions shaping the future.

  • Speakers and Moderators:
  • Panel 1:
  • Panel 2:
  • Panel 3:

Iman Rapetti
Programme Director
Sim Tshabalala
CEO, Standard Bank Group
Prof. Ricardo Hausmann
Founder and Director of Harvard’s Growth Lab
Dr. Bjorn Lomborg
A prominent author, President of the Copenhagen Consensus Center (CCC) and a visiting fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution
Dipak Patel
Head of Climate Finance and Innovation at the South African Presidential Climate Commission (PCC)
Simon Freemantle
Senior Political Economist, Standard Bank Group
Mamokete Lijane
Strategist, Global Markets, Standard Bank South Africa
Steve Barnes
Head, Corporate & Investment Banking, South Africa, Standard Bank
Prof. Michael Wilkins
Executive Director and Professor of Practice, Centre for Climate
Luvuyo Masinda
Chief Executive, Corporate and Investment Banking, Standard Bank Group

Dr. Rose Mwebaza
Director and Regional Representative, UNEP Africa Office
Pato Kelesitse
Founder, Sustain267
Helen Lubamba
Executive Director and Head of Corporate & Investment Banking, Stanbic Bank Zambia
André Abadie
Managing Director, Centre for Carbon Transition, J.P. Morgan
H.E. Mrs Sandra Kramer
EU Ambassador to the Republic of South Africa

Ana Hajduka
Founder and CEO, Africa GreenCo
Christopher Clarke
Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Inspired Evolution
Sandile Peta
Energy Sector Lead, Infrastructure SA
Rudi Dicks
Head of the Project Management Office, Presidency of South Africa

Bonifacio Antonio
Advisor, Economic and Disaster Risk Reduction, INGD Mozambique
Tente Tente
Chief Executive, Lesotho Highlands Development Authority
Erik Wandrag
Founder and CEO, Oceans Finance Company
Bongani Xaba
General Manager for Strategic Asset Management at Rand Water
Nicole Roos
Chairperson and Managing Director at East & Southern Africa Region Nestlé (South Africa)