Women in Climate: Maintaining momentum

AI was the talk of the town at Davos 2025, which focused on ‘Collaboration for the Intelligent Age’.

At last year's summit climate change held centre stage, but significant headwinds now threaten the progress that’s been made. A climate-sceptic president has been elected in the US, promising to pull out of international climate negotiations; inaction at Cop29 left many attendees despondent; and, despite a rapidly expanding share of renewables, global emissions are still growing.

When the tides seem to be turning against climate action, how are leaders responding? Are they justifying climate action in new ways and using different language to discuss it? How are they creating consensus for action now that climate consensus seems in doubt? What narratives are unfolding around climate action? And what is stopping more from being done?

For the first episode of the Women in Climate podcast series, GIB Asset Management, a sustainability-focused investment firm, hosted a round-table at Davos where extraordinary women leaders in the climate space discussed how they maintain momentum for climate action within their industries.

Host of the series Naomi Kerbel, who is the director of communications at SEC Newgate UK, spoke to Katherine Garrett-Cox, chief executive of GIB Asset Management, Marisa Drew, chief sustainability officer at Standard Chartered Bank, Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas, chief executive of the Green Finance Institute, and Dr Manar Al Moneef, chief investment officer at Neom.