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COP30 side-event: Financing systemic climate effects

Financing systemic change requires mobilising and reorienting larger financial flows towards low-emissions and climate-resilient development pathways. The event aims to discuss proposed approaches to achieve greater impact, ultimately allowing financial institutions to go beyond individual projects and to act on systemic levers enabling Paris-aligned investments.

Provisional agenda:

Opening remarks: Nicolas Picchiottino, Secretary General, IDFC (TBC)

Introductory presentations:

  • Transformational finance for sustainable development – Gaia Larsen, Director Climate Finance Access, WRI
  • Assessing the quality of climate finance – Sean Stout, Senior Analyst, CPI

Approaches to financing transformational projects:

  • Alexis Bonnel, Strategy and Foresight (TBC), Agence française de développement (AFD)
  • Alain Beauvillard, Director for Strategy, Policy and Innovation, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
  • WB representative (TBC)
  • EIB representative (TBC)

Closing remarks: Guillaume Pottier, Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions