While Parties to the 2015 Paris Agreement committed to ‘making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development’ (Art. 2.1c), the COP27 outcome acknowledged the need to dramatically scale climate finance.

Considering insights from the Global Stocktake (GST) process (Art. 14), discussions around Art 2.1c and the New Collective Quantified Goal on Climate Finance (NCQG), as well as emerging financing partnerships, this Panel discussion with leading climate finance experts from the public and private sectors will explore the most promising actions Parties can pursue to meet collective goals.

Keynote introduction

Moderator

• Anna Schreyoegg, GIZ Senior Climate Programme Leader for the Implementation of the Paris Agreement and Lead Organiser of the Global NDC Conference

Panelists

• Richard Kozul-Wright, Director, Globalisation and Development Strategies Division, UNCTAD
• Christopher Flensborg, Head of Sustainable and Climate Finance at Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken (SEB)
• Sofia Vargas, Climate Finance Advisor and Negotiator, Colombia Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• R.R. Rashmi, Former Additional Secretary - Government of India, Distinguished Fellow, TERI
• Tasneem Essop, Executive Director, Climate Action Network (CAN) International (TBC)

Q&A

Key-takeaways