Climate finance for private sector development: Challenges for DFIs. Public and private sector action to combat climate change.
Zone Time: Sharm el-Sheikh
Location: Spanish Pavilion (Area B - Delegation Pavilions 3 - P27)
Organizer: Compañía Española de Financiación del Desarrollo, (COFIDES )
Successful collaboration between private and public sectors is the way forward to close the climate finance gap in developing countries and to promote compliance with the Paris Agreement. Development finance institutions (DFIs) are positioned as key climate finance actors in working towards a just energy transition in developing countries.
How to apply ESG standards in the provision of climate finance for youth projects and NGOs?
Zone Time: Sharm el-Sheikh
Location: Spanish Pavilion (Area B - Delegation Pavilions 3 - P27)
Organizer: Fundación Ecología y Desarrollo (ECODES)
Climate finance is growing but continues to fall short of needs and commitments. We will offer a new perspective on inclusive climate finance in an international event providing insights both from Iberoamerica and MENA, using ESG standards as broader capacity-building instruments towards a low-emission and climate-resilient system.
From commitments to action: the recommendations of the UN Secretary-General High-Level Expert Group (HLEG) on Non State-Actors´ Net Zero Pledges
Zone Time: Sharm el-Sheikh
Location: Spanish Pavilion (Area B - Delegation Pavilions 3 - P27)
Organizer: EU Platform on Sustainable Finance
United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres established a High-Level Expert Group on the Net-Zero Emissions Commitments of Non-State Entities on 31 March 2022. Their mandate was to develop stronger and clearer standards for net-zero emissions pledges by non-State entities – including businesses, investors, cities and regions – and speed up their implementation. This side-event is privileged to count with the Chair and five members of the group who will present and explain the conclusions and recommendations of the report delivered to the UN Secretary General.
Financing sustainable transition: Towards a transformative scenario to tackle climate change
Zone Time: Sharm el-Sheikh
Location: Spanish Pavilion (Area B - Delegation Pavilions 3 - P27)
Organizer: Euro-Mediterranean Economists Association (EMEA) Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS). MedWaves. UNEP/MAP Regional Activity Centre for SCP.
The event will discuss about initiatives developed by international organisations and financial institutions that are exploring how to align market knowledge, scientific research with sustainability to tackle decisively climate change challenges. It will propose recommendations to further accelerate the transition with a private, public and civil society partnership approach towards sustainability.
Reconciling renewable energy and biodiversity objectives for a true ecological transition
Zone Time: Sharm el-Sheikh
Location: Spanish Pavilion (Area B - Delegation Pavilions 3 - P27)
Organizer: SEO/BirdLife
As IPBES and the IPCC identified jointly in 2021, to maximize the social benefits of actions for biodiversity and the climate, a combined approach on both fronts is required. This session will explore progress since the Paris Agreement in Spain and other countries in reconciling rapid renewable energy deployment with biodiversity objectives.