The presentation will focus on the key decisions and examine some of the practical implications for businesses that result from agreement or lack thereof in the legal framework, the ongoing use of market-based mechanisms and the Green Climate Fund.

Presented by Karin Ireton Director: Group Sustainability Management Standard Bank

Karin joined Standard Bank in 2009 as Director: Group Sustainability Management. She advises the Group on the global sustainable development agenda, sustainable finance and climate change. She was previously Head of Sustainable Development Integration at Anglo American and Sustainable Energy Adviser at Eskom and Deputy Director of the then Industrial Environmental Forum. Karin started her career as a journalist writing for The Star and Financial Mail. She has participated in national and international policy on sustainable development since the Rio Earth Summit in 1992. She was re-elected chair of the Global Reporting Initiative's Stakeholder Council in 2011. She chairs the Institute of Directors' Sustainable Development Forum, serves on the JSE's SRI advisory board and the Board of Trustees of the EWT. She holds an MA in International Political Economy from the University of Leeds.