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Time (GMT+7)
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Agenda
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09:00 – 09:30
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Session 1. Opening: Policy Framework/urgency for climate finance and action
Opening and welcoming remarks
- H.E. Mr. Sameh Hassan Shoukry, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Egypt, President of COP27 (video)
- Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General, United Nations (video)
- Mr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27 & UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda (in person)
- Armida Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General & Executive Secretary, ESCAP (in person)
- Hiro Mizuno, UN Special Envoy on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments (video)
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09:30 – 11:00
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SESSION 2: Financing NDCS and national investment gaps
This session will identify illustrative examples of bankable projects and initiatives ready for implementation and/or scale-up and replication including (a) proposed technical measures in NDCs of Asia Pacific countries including priority sectors and needs that are ready for projectization and investment, particularly in LDCs, (b) priority projects from the Needs Based Finance of the UNFCCC secretariat and (c) major nationally approved investment packages and initiatives.
Moderator: Kaveh Zahedi, Deputy Executive Secretary, ESCAP (in person)
Speakers
- H.E. Mr. Aiyaz Sayed-Khaiyum, Minister, Ministry of Economy, Fiji (online)
- H.E. Ms. Sherry Rehman, Minister of Climate Change, Pakistan (online)
- H.E. Mr. Bat-Erdene Bat-Ulzii, Minister of Environment and Tourism, Mongolia (online)
- Mr. Hak Mao, Director, Department of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Cambodia (online)
- Mr. Andry Setiawan, Managing Director of Investment, Indonesia Investment Authority
Respondents
- Mr. Heath Gibson, Executive Director- Head of Asia, ESRM, Standard Chartered Bank (online)
- Mr. Adam Cotter, Senior Vice President, Senior Executive Banking, DZ BANK (in person)
- Ms. Yuki Yasui, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, GFANZ (in person)11:00 – 12:30
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11:00-11:45
11:45-12:30
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SESSION 3: Scaling up investment in climate infrastructure projects through Public Private Partnerships (PPP)
This session will showcase sustainable infrastructure projects that are bankable and aligned with their respective national SDG and climate-resilient strategy. Sample projects (with high climate impacts/benefits) drawn from the PPP network pipeline as well as suitable existing projects would serve to highlight opportunities to advance low-carbon, climate-resilient infrastructure through public-private partnership and promote investment interest and expertise from the private sector.
Key institutions: Principles for Developing Climate-Resilient Projects
Introduction
Moderator and Keynote
- Mr. Woochong Um, Managing Director General, Asian Development Bank (online)
Presenters
Presentation of Projects
Reference Project
Project Pipeline and Investment opportunities
- Mr. Janekrishna Kanatharana, Executive Director, EECi, THAILAND, Bio-Base Asia Pilot Plant (BBAPP), Eastern Economic Corridor of Innovation (EECi), Thailand (in-person)
- Mr. Liang Zhan (Eric), Deputy General Manager, Shanghai SUS Environment, Eco Industrial Park (Waste-to-Energy) Projects in Huangdao and Wuzhou, China (in-person)
- Ms. Jade Shu Wong, Infrastructure Finance Specialist, Global Infrastructure Facility, World Bank, Geothermal Resource Risk Mitigation Project, Indonesia (online)
Q&A:
Respondent: Nazmeera Moola, Chief Sustainability Officer, NinetyOne
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12:30 – 13:30
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Lunch
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13:30 – 15:00
13:30-14:00
14:00-15:00
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SESSION 4: Unlocking climate finance for green grid investments
This session will discuss the need for and the role of climate finance in power system/transmission such as the Green Grids Initiative – One Sun, One World, One Grid (GGI-OSOWOG), launched at COP26, inform stakeholders about the set of principles and their application, share perspectives of investors and financial institutions on approaches, platforms and financing solutions for green grid investments, and highlight specific projects that would benefit from access to climate finance.
Moderator: Weerawat Chantanakome, Councillor and Advisor, Ministry of Energy Thailand (in person)
Policies for promoting green grid investments
Presentation of projects
- Mr. Pratik Agarwal, CEO and Managing Director, Sterlite (online)
- Mr. Niwat Adirek, CEO and President, BCPG (online)
- Mr. Dario Traum, Senior Vice President, Macquarie (online)
- Mr. Kiran Raj, Chief Financial Officer, Sun Cable (in person)
- Mr. Jiwan Acharya, Principal Energy Specialist, Asian Development Bank (online)
- Mr. Seung Myun Lee, Senior Investment Specialist, AIIB (online)
- Mr. Marcus Stewart, Lead GGI, Department for Business, Energy and Industry Strategy, UK (online)
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15:00 – 16:30
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SESSION 5: Mobilizing green financing through capital markets
This session will look at the role of capital market instruments including equity and green, sustainable and sustainability-linked bond markets, to mobilise financing towards investment ready green and sustainable projects. The discussion will feature a) presentations of bankable green projects which are aligned with net-zero targets; b) emerging government investment priorities and thematic bond project pipelines; c) showcase pooled funding and de-risking opportunities.
Moderator: Ms. Tina Jabeen, Director, Bangladesh University Urban Lab and Chair, Bangladesh Women’s Investor Network (in person)
Projects and Presentations
- Mr. Sou Socheat, Director General, Securities and Exchange Regulator of Cambodia and Chair of the ASEAN Capital Markets Forum (in person)
- Mr. Hamed Yaqoob Sheikh, Federal Secretary, Finance Division, Government of Pakistan, (online) and Knut Ostby, Resident Representative, UNDP Pakistan (online)
- Ms. Maria E. Goravanchi, Regional Managing Director of the Lower Mekong, U.S. International Development Finance Corporation (in person)
- Mr. Yeshi Lhendup, Debt Management Division, Department of Macroeconomic Affairs, Ministry of Finance, Bhutan (online)
- Mr. Gulshan Vashistha, Regional Investment Lead, Global Green Growth Institute (in person)
- Mr. Rahul Sheth, Global Head, Sustainable Bonds, Standard Chartered Bank (online)
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16:30 – 17:00
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SESSION 6: Conclusions and Next Steps
The session will highlight practical next steps by participants including the public sector, private finance, development financial institutions, and philanthropists, with a focus on target sector(s) identified in the discussion.
- Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for COP27 & UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda (in person)
- Ms. Armida Alisjahbana, Under-Secretary-General & Executive Secretary, ESCAP (in person)
- H.E Ambassador Wael Aboulmagd, Special Representative of COP 27 President Designate (online)
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