Green, climate, biodiversity finance

Paris Agreement, Montreal-Kunming Agreement, 14th Five-Year Plan, Inflaction Reduction Act, Green Deal. The direction of international politics and economics, despite some slowdowns, seems to be increasingly geared towards mobilizing the necessary capital to deal with the environmental polycrisis and its impacts on economic and social stability at planetary level.

According to industry participants, at least USD 15 trillion will have to be mobilised globally by 2030, a huge figure but still less when compared to the amount of capital managed by sovereign wealth funds or asset managers, which is around USD 31 trillion. Climate finance, green bonds, climate loans, ESG, sustainability-linked bonds, are some of the instruments to be put in place to finance the transition to a future-proof economy, aligned with the major goals of the UN agreements, concerning climate, biodiversity, desertification, protection of the high seas, plastic pollution and environmental migration.

The meeting is of relevant interest to companies looking for green financing instruments, finance professionals, private investors and environmental associations.

Program

Moderator:     
Emanuele Bompan, Materia Rinnovabile

Panel discussion

Sara Lovisolo, Amundi
Cristina Colombo, Etica SGR
Isabel Reuss, Italian Sustainable Investment Forum
Beatrice Moro, Senior Policy Advisor for Sustainable Finance at ECCo think tank
Mariangela Siciliano, Head of Education & Connect Solutions, SACE
Vincenzo Galileo, Responsabile Corporate Banking, Cherry Bank 

Keynotes
              
Ambroise Fayolle, Vicepresident European Investment Bank (video-recorded speech)

Reforming the International Financial System to better finance climate mitigation and adaptation
Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank on Climate Change and architect of the Bridgetown Initiative 1.0 on International Financial Reform