A Devex event during London Climate Action Week

Climate + Finance

June 25, 2024


London & Online


About the Event


Join us for Climate + Finance, a Devex event during London Climate Action Week where government leaders, industry pioneers, funders, and philanthropists will crack the code on climate finance to build resilience and achieve a sustainable future.

The problem: Climate change is an existential threat and low- and middle-income countries are bearing the brunt of it. We need smarter, equitable finance solutions, and fast.

The solutions:

  • Equity first: How to get more green where it's needed most? We'll tackle equitable financing for adaptation and loss and damage.
  • Finance innovators: Unveiling innovative tools such as debt-for-climate swaps, climate risk insurance, prizes, and green bonds to de-risk investments in LMICs.
  • Powering up clean energy: Can we finance a clean energy revolution that's affordable for all? We'll discuss incentives and strategies.
  • Healthy planet, healthy people: Exploring financial models to fortify health systems battered by climate change.
  • Collective goal on finance: Will COP29 deliver on its new finance goals? We'll dissect the progress and chart a course for better transparency and collaboration.

Devex journalists will serve as expert guides, fostering critical conversations with key decision-makers in the climate finance landscape. This is your chance to be part of the solution. Request to join us in person in London or watch online.

Hosted by:

Devex

In Partnership with:

Accenture Standard Chartered


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Agenda

  • 2:15 p.m.
    BST

    Registration

    In-person only

  • 3 p.m.
    BST

    Opening remarks

    Kate Warren

    Executive Vice President and Executive Editor, Devex

  • 3:05 p.m.
    BST

    The role of finance in confronting the climate crisis: A conversation with COP26 President Sir Alok Sharma

    Sir Alok Sharma

    President of COP26; and climate and finance fellow, The Rockefeller Foundation

    Interviewed by: David Ainsworth

    Business Editor, Devex

  • 3:20 p.m.
    BST

    Cross sector collaboration: Engaging new sectors, and unlikely allies, in climate finance

    Katja Iversen

    CEO, Museum for the United Nations – UN Live

    Nigel Topping

    Founder, Ambition Loop; and former U.N. climate change high-level champion

    Dr. Akinwale Aboyade

    Acting regional head for Africa, GEAPP

    Clare Shakya

    Global managing director of climate, The Nature Conservancy

    Interviewed by: Kate Warren

    Executive Vice President and Executive Editor, Devex

  • 3:45 p.m.
    BST

    Stocktake on country platforms and blended finance: Silver bullet or suffering backlash?

    In partnership with Standard Chartered

    John Murton

    Senior sustainability adviser, Standard Chartered Bank

    Alice Carr

    Executive director for public policy, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

    Chris Taylor

    U.K. JETP envoy, U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

    Interviewed by: Catarina Caria

    Partnerships Editorial Manager, Devex

  • 4:05 p.m.
    BST

    Greening the global economy: How MDBs can accelerate the transition to a zero-carbon future

    Odile Renaud-Basso

    President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

    Interviewed by: Rob Merrick

    U.K. Correspondent, Devex

  • 4:20 p.m.
    BST

    Unlocking climate finance: Innovative financial mechanisms for emerging economies

    Nick O'Donohoe

    CEO, British International Investment

    Lasitha Perera

    CEO, The Green Guarantee Company

    Katherine Stodulka

    Partner, Blended Finance Taskforce, Systemiq

    Dharshan Wignarajah

    Director, Climate Policy Initiative

    Interviewed by: Kate Warren

    Executive Vice President and Executive Editor, Devex


  • 4:50 p.m.
    BST

    Getting funding to the frontlines: The path to localizing climate finance

    Jane Burston

    Founder and CEO, Clean Air Fund

    Rojy Joshi

    Researcher-Climate Finance, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

    Interviewed by: David Ainsworth

    Business Editor, Devex

  • 5:15 p.m.
    BST

    The future of climate finance: Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin on the path to adequate, fair, and effective funding

    Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

    United Nations Special Envoy for Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Chairman of GFANZ Africa Advisory Board

    Interviewed by: Rob Merrick

    U.K. Correspondent, Devex

  • 5:30 p.m.
    BST

    Closing remarks

    Kate Warren

    Executive Vice President and Executive Editor, Devex

  • 5:30 - 6:30 p.m.
    BST

    Cocktail reception

    In-person only

Speakers:

Dr. Akinwale Aboyade

Dr. Akinwale Aboyade

Acting regional head for Africa, GEAPP

Jess Ayers

Jess Ayers

CEO, Quadrature Climate Foundation

Jane Burston

Jane Burston

Founder and CEO, Clean Air Fund

Alice Carr

Alice Carr

Executive director for public policy, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero

Katja Iversen

Katja Iversen

CEO, Museum for the United Nations – UN Live

Rojy Joshi

Rojy Joshi

Researcher-Climate Finance, International Institute for Environment and Development (IIED)

Avinash Mishra

Avinash Mishra

Chief investment officer, Global Innovation Fund

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin

United Nations Special Envoy for Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda and Chairman of GFANZ Africa Advisory Board

John Murton

John Murton

Senior sustainability adviser, Standard Chartered Bank

Nick O'Donohoe

Nick O'Donohoe

CEO, British International Investment

Lasitha Perera

Lasitha Perera

CEO, The Green Guarantee Company

Odile Renaud-Basso

Odile Renaud-Basso

President of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development

Alex Scott

Alex Scott

Independent climate diplomacy strategist

Clare Shakya

Clare Shakya

Global managing director of climate, The Nature Conservancy

Sir Alok Sharma

Sir Alok Sharma

President of COP26; and climate and finance fellow, The Rockefeller Foundation

Katherine Stodulka

Katherine Stodulka

Partner, Blended Finance Taskforce, Systemiq

Chris Taylor

Chris Taylor

U.K. JETP envoy, U.K. Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office

Nigel Topping

Nigel Topping

Founder, Ambition Loop; and former U.N. climate change high-level champion

Dharshan Wignarajah

Dharshan Wignarajah

Director, Climate Policy Initiative