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Climate change was a popular topic of discussion at this year’s act21 conference, with several sessions addressing its impact on actuarial practice. Members of the CIA Climate Change and Sustainability Committee – FCIAs André Choquet, Zahir Bhanji, and Frédéric Matte – join us to review what was covered, and how these conversations will shape the profession’s challenges going forward. Documents mentioned in this episode (in order): • Navigating Uncertainty in Climate Change, OSFI, January 2021 • Advice statement to OSFI on navigating uncertainty in climate change, CIA, June 1, 2021 • Time to Act: Facing the Risks of a Changing Climate, CIA, September 24, 2019 • Practice Resource Document: Climate Change Scenario, CIA, April 1, 2021 • Factoring Climate Risk and Financial Valuation, Intact Centre on Climate adaptation, March 2020