GFLP International Conference: Financing Net Zero and Nature Positive Future

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Organisation :
Global Green Finance Leadership Program (GFLP)
Location :
Online through Zoom

From 16 to 17 December 2021, the Global Green Finance Leadership Program (GFLP) is hosting GFLP International Conference: Financing Net Zero and Nature Positive Future, co-hosted by Beijing Institute of Finance and Sustainability and UK PACT.

The Global Green Finance Leadership Program (GFLP) is a global platform for knowledge sharing and capacity building on green and sustainable finance, which was created in 2018 and has held more than ten events since then, including both in-person and online events, covering more than 3,000 participants from over 70 countries and regions, mostly from financial institutions, green investors, financial regulators, IOs and other stakeholders. 

This two-day conference is intended to invite experts to exchange ideas and discuss topics on Role of Green and Sustainable Finance, Climate Disclosure and Other Approaches in Climate and Nature-Related Risk Management, Financial Product Innovation for Sustainability, and Carbon Accounting for Financial Institutions.

To participate, please fill the registration form.

Program

Day 1: Financing Net Zero and Nature: Maintain Financial Stability

Time: 15:00-18:00 (Beijing time)

15:00 - 15:30

Welcome Remarks

Moderator: Yann Matres, Regional Director in China, AFD

Speakers (3min each):

  • Rhys Gordon-Jones, Counsellor of Financial and Processional Services, British Embassy Beijing
  • High-level representative from French Embassy in China
  • Cheng Lin, Director of Center for International Collaboration at BIFS and Head of GIP  Secretariat Beijing Office

Keynote Speech (8min each):

  • Ma Jun, Chairman of China Green Finance Committee, Co-chair of the G20 Sustainable  Finance Working Group
  • LIU Ning, Deputy Director General of Ecology Department, Lead Negotiator of Chinese Delegation at COP 15
15:30– 16:40

Session I: From Marseille and Rome to Kunming and Jakarta: Role of Green and Sustainable Finance

Moderator: TBC

Speakers:

  • Ma Jun, Chairman of China Green Finance Committee, Co-chair of the G20 Sustainable Finance Working Group
  • Representative from the Bank of England
  • Representative from Banque de France
  • Representative from Italy
  • Representative from Indonesia
16:40 - 17:50

Session II: Innovative Practices in Climate and Nature-Related Risk 

Management: Climate Disclosure and Other Approaches

Moderator: Representative from EU  delegation

Speakers:

  • Representative from AFD
  • Representative from China Ministry of Finance
  • Representative from ICBC
  • Representative from ISSB
  • Tony Goldner, Executive Director of TNFD Secretariat
17:50 – 18:00

Closing Day 1 and Introduction to Day 2

 

 

Day 2: Invest in Nature and the Future: Shape Financial Innovation 

Time: 15:00-18:00 (Beijing time）
 

15:00 - 15:20

Welcome Remarks

  • Cheng Lin, Director, Center for International Collaboration, BIFS
  • Representative from EBRD

15:20 - 16:30

Session III: Financial Product Innovation for Sustainability

Moderator: Cheng Lin, Director of Center for International Collaboration at 

BIFS, Head of GIP Secretariat Beijing Office

Speakers:

  • Representative, Bank of China
  • Representative, Standard Chartered
  • Representative, Societe Generale Group
  • Representative, China RE
  • Representative, PT Indonesia Infrastructure Finance

16:30 - 16:40

Photo and Break

16:40 - 17:50

Session IV: Carbon Accounting for Financial Institutions

Moderator: Representative from TCFD/Bloomberg           

Speakers:

  • Yang Pin, Director, Research Bureau, PBOC
  • Representative from PCAF
  • Crystal Geng, Head of Group ESG, Ping An Group
  • Zhao Lijian, Carbon Trust  
  • Martin Waymann, Head of Sustainability, Swiss RE

17:50 - 18:00

Concluding Remarks

 

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Tags :
Green sustainable finance
climate disclosures
climate risk management