The Report of the Initial GreenInvest Consultation covers the relaunch of GreenInvest under the German G20 Presidency to strengthen the connection between green finance momentum and the insights, innovations and needs of developing countries. It will engage developing country actors in dialogue and action, facilitate their contribution to key international developments, and seek to ensure that such developments take account of the specific needs of developing countries. The Singapore Consultation relaunched GreenInvest and advanced each of its specific goals and themes.
The Singapore Consultation was the first of three planned under the German G20 Presidency, and initiated for the first time dialogue on:
- How international initiatives on sustainable finance can work to improve their coordination and information sharing.
- How developing countries discuss and contribute to the work of the FSB Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures.
- How green FDI can best be shaped through work planned going forward involving UNCTAD and other expert institutions.
- How the nexus between green finance and fintech – specifically for developing countries – can be exploited as a policy and market opportunity.
GreenInvest was established at the G20 Leaders Summit in Los Cabos, Mexico, in 2012 to accelerate investment in green priorities in developing countries. Since then, green finance has risen up the agenda of both policymakers and markets.