On 6th of August 2020 (3PM CEST/ 9AM EST), Climate Links will host a webinar on "Scaling up Financing for Clean Energy, Sustainable Landscapes, and Climate Adaptation".
The amount of development assistance available for clean energy, sustainable landscapes, and climate adaptation is relatively small. National governments have multiple, urgent, competing needs for public expenditures, recently exacerbated by the global pandemic and economic recession. Increasing investments in climate mitigation and adaptation will require greater private sector engagement, more access to international and domestic capital markets, and new sources of financing from institutional investors and impact investors. Development assistance organizations can play a major role in leveraging new private sector financing, but will have to adopt new approaches to scale up impacts.
This webinar will present highlights from the USAID-funded Climate Economic Analysis, Development, Investment, and Resilience (CEADIR) Activity’s Climate Finance Assessment: Opportunities for Scaling Up Financing for Clean Energy, Sustainable Landscapes, and Adaptation. It will describe experiences of USAID and other development assistance organizations to expand investment from the private sector and other sources. The webinar will highlight options for improving enabling environments, strengthening information and capacity, and creating or strengthening financing mechanisms and instruments.
Speakers will include:
- Glen Anderson (Senior Development Economist, Winrock International)
- Eric Hyman (Economist, USAID Economics and Market Development Center)
- Charlotte Mack-Heller (Director of Natural Capital, Resonance Global)
- Pablo Torres (Chief of Party, CEADIR)