Meeting the challenges of new US regulation linked to climate change
The regulatory environment surrounding climate change is shifting rapidly, with the SEC proposing new climate related disclosure requirements and the Fed announcing the introduction of climate stress testing.
Our panel of experts discuss the implications of the new regulatory environment and how best to meet the challenges and opportunities these developments will create.

Jake Kuyer
Associate Director, Economics & Sustainability
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Jake Kuyer
Associate Director, Economics & Sustainability
London, United Kingdom
Jake Kuyer is an Associate Director and leads the Economics & Sustainability team within Economic Impact Consulting. He has extensive experience applying economics to challenges around the environment and social impact. He has managed numerous projects across the public, private and third sectors covering a broad range of fields. At Oxford Economics, he works with our economic models, such as our bespoke Global Sustainability Model, to embed sustainability into our offerings. He works with clients to understand both their impact and dependence on the environment, and to achieve their sustainability ambitions.
Prior to Oxford Economics, he worked for a multi-national engineering firm focusing on environmental impact, an economics think tank focusing on social value, and a boutique consultancy specialising in environmental economics. He has earned degrees with distinction from the University of Victoria, Canada, and the University of Edinburgh, UK.

Felicity Hannon
Director, Climate Modelling and Scenarios
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Felicity Hannon
Director, Climate Modelling and Scenarios
Oxford, United Kingdom
Felicity Hannon is an Associate Director of Oxford Economics’ Climate Scenarios and Macroeconomic Modelling team and has been in this role for over four years. Felicity is responsible for the publication of climate scenarios and regular research on the economic impact of climate change for the new Global Climate Service. She oversees a number of consultancy projects at OE including climate regulatory stress testing and bespoke scenario analysis. Felicity also worked with her team to introduce climate change scenario levers on the Global Economic Model. Previously, Felicity worked as a senior policy advisor at HM Treasury.

Neil Walker
Managing Director of Macro Modelling and Scenarios
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Neil Walker
Managing Director of Macro Modelling and Scenarios
London, United Kingdom
Neil is the Managing Director of the Macro Modelling and Scenarios team at Oxford Economics. He has over 10 years’ experience and oversees the production and development of the Global Economic model and Global Scenario Service.
He also leads projects for large corporate and financials clients to develop business planning scenarios covering demographic, technological, geopolitical, policy and climate and transition developments . His team also supports the delivery of a large number regulatory stress scenarios for financial institutions including the PRA, MAS, and HKMA. He also works with clients to develop bespoke organization specific modeling enhancements to aid with financial planning and decision making.
Some of his recent research focus has been on the economic impact of temperature volatility on economic growth. This research built on the work of Burke et al 2015 to focus on the role of the temperature anomaly instead of levels leading to significantly more economically consequential results that previously estimated.

Alex Mackle
Corporate Advisory Engagement Lead
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Alex Mackle
Corporate Advisory Engagement Lead
New York, United States
Alex Mackle is a Corporate Advisory Engagement Lead in the US Macro Consulting team based in New York. Alex focuses on scenarios and stress testing, as well as CECL/IFRS9 scenarios. He also frequently gives training sessions on the Global Economic Model, focusing on scenarios and stress testing capabilities.
Prior to joining the US Macro Consulting team in 2017, Alex worked in the Scenarios team in London, contributing to the Global Scenario Service and various stress testing exercises. He has also worked on several modelling projects, including a macro model for the Central Bank of Oman.
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