On 25 September 2018 the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), UN Environment and the World Bank Group are hosting "Financing Climate Futures" at the UN Headquarters in New York, US.
Background
Scaling-up and shifting financial flows to low-emission and resilient infrastructure investments are critical to delivering on the objectives of the Paris Agreement and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. Despite some progress, the goal of aligning financial flows with climate objectives remains elusive. Greater efforts are needed by public and private actors to achieve the radical transformations needed to drive systemic changes in finance, infrastructure and innovation. The Financing Climate Futures initiative provides an agenda for such a shift and identifies six transformative areas that are key to aligning financial flows with climate and development objectives.
Panel discussion
The event is a panel discussion on their joint initiative Financing Climate Futures: Rethinking Infrastructure, and will start with a keynote presentation by Mr Angel Gurría, Secretary-General, OECD. This will be followed by a moderated discussion with high-level speakers and ministers including, Mr Jochen Flasbarth, State Secretary at Ministry for Environment, Nature Conservation and Nuclear Safety; Ms Laura Tuck, Vice-President for Sustainable Development, World Bank Group; Mr Erik Solheim, Executive Director, UN Environment. The session will be moderated by Mr Rodolfo Lacy, Environment Director, OECD. The discussion will be followed by a cocktail reception.
Please note that attendance is by invitation only, and for those that already hold valid UN ground passes. For registrations, please click here. For more information on the event, contact Ms Christina Theophilidou at christina.theophilidou@oecd.
