We would like to bring to your kind attention the event taking place on Thursday 4 May 2017, at 10:00, at the International Labour Organization (Room II).

The transition to a low-carbon economy entails diverse uncertainties and risks. The long-term, pervasive and in many cases highly uncertain nature of climate change and its surrounded perceived risks, make this transition uniquely challenging to rational and well-informed policy and investment decisions. If the low-carbon transition is to be successful, actors in the economy must be well prepared to face and overcome such challenges, reduce their potential impact, and to exploit the opportunities for wealth and welfare creation that may arise.

Green Talks LIVE - Green finance and investment: Using policy levers to accelerate green capital flows

Two years after the establishment of two historic global agreements – the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development with its 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change – leaders and other change agents from government, business, research and NGOs will come to Switzerland, host of the United Nations, to talk about how to accelerate the revolution.

How should we manage, coordinate, finance, track progress, learn, train and communicate about it?

PUBLIC LECTURE

Time: 18:30 - 20:00

Graham Dutfield, Professor of International Governance, University of Leeds

The complexity of inclusive agri-business development creates both opportunities and challenges for producers, SMEs, MNCs and governments. How can we ensure that trade and development efforts deliver sustainable impact for the rural poor?

Date: Thursday, 23 February 2017, 12:30pm - 2:00pm.