Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance

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September 09, 2024, 9:00 - 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception and networking dinner

ESMT Berlin | In-person event only, registration and welcome coffee starts at 8:30 a.m.

The Societal Impact Financing Initiative (SciFi) at ESMT business school in Berlin organizes the Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, our event brings together leading international climate finance scholars, policy stakeholders, investors, development finance institutions and foundations. The Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance takes place just one day prior to the World Bank conference on Climate Finance, Innovate4Climate, which takes place in Berlin this year.

We recommend booking accommodation early, as our event coincides with the World Bank conference and IFA and high demand for hotels is to be expected

For any additional questions please contact Olga Almqvist (olga.almqvist@esmt.org)

Confirmed speakers

Chris Club, Managing Director, Convergence
Ottmar Edenhofer, Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Martin Ewald, Managing Director, London Office, Allianz Global Investors, OECD Senior Expert Group on Blended Finance and Adaptation
Raji Jayamaran, Professor of Economics, ESMT, Co-Director, Forward Society Lab
Marie Lam-Frendo, Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Merih Sevilir, Professor of Finance, ESMT
Maya Ziswiler, CEO, UBS Optimus Foundation

Suggested pre-reads

State of Blended Finance 2023 by Convergence, Climate Edition
Investing in Climate Resilience: Unlocking a Growing Market of Adaptation Solutions by Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI)
Financing Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation at Scale: Learning from Specialised Investment Managers and Nature Funds, published by Global Center on Adaptation and Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance by Standard Chartered, KPMG, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR),

© Global Center on Adaptation and Environmental Change Institute

Draft Agenda and Hotel Recommendations

Draft Agenda

Political keynote: Strengthening international and cross-sector collaboration to achieve climate goals
Session: Aligning the interests of the public and private sector to mobilize climate finance
Session: Challenging the status quo: Adaptation and mitigation finance today
Networking Lunch: Possibility to visit booths of adaptation funds
Session: Effective levers to mobilize climate finance
Session: Financing innovation in climate mitigation
Expert keynote: Moving the needle on adaptation and resilience finance
Session: Concessional finance as an enabler for mitigation & adaptation finance
Networking dinner

Hotels close to ESMT

Novotel Berlin Mitte, Fischerinsel 12, 10179 Berlin
Arcotel John F, Werderscher Markt 11, 10117 Berlin
Capri by Fraser, Scharrenstrasse 22, 10178 Berlin

If you would like to attend please register in the following link

Registration form