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Transitioning Economies, Transforming Climate: Financing Climate Action | WBG Spring Meetings 2022
The connection between development and climate change is increasingly clear: delivering on these together will require large-scale low-carbon and resilient investments. It will also require approaches that tackle the political economy of the low-carbon transition and help communities build long-lasting resilience to climate change. What are the investments needed to achieve a green, resilient and sustainable future? How can we unlock private finance for climate action? How are countries stepping up to the challenge? This event will look at the actions that are needed to create enabling environments, leverage different pools of capital at the right time, for specific needs, while involving communities and bringing them along in the global low-carbon, resilient transition. More information: http://wrld.bg/VEvv50Ivcz6 #WBGIMFmeetings
️ Speakers:
– David R. Malpass, President of the World Bank Group
– Sri Mulyani Indrawati, Minister of Finance, Indonesia
– Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, IFC
– Rania Al-Mashat, Minister of International Cooperation, Arab Republic of Egypt
– Rhian-Mari Thomas, Chief Executive, Green Finance Institute
– Yves Perrier, Chairman of the Board, Amundi
– Mari Pangestu, Managing Director, Development Policy and Partnerships, World Bank
– Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, London School of Economics
– Auguste Kouamé, Country Director for the Republic of Turkey, World Bank
– Hania Dawood, Manager, Climate Business Development and Strategy, IFC
Agenda
00:00 Welcome! WBG Spring Meetings 2022 | Financing Climate Action
03:09 Climate action, climate change, global public goods
21:32 How climate finance works?
25:14 Private capital in supporting climate action
51:00 How to make climate finance tangible and action-oriented
1:03:32 Social media conversation and poll results
1:06:42 Live Q &A: How we can finance effective climate action
1:19:59 COP27: What young people are looking to change on climate action
1:22:58 Closure | Thanks for watching the WBG Spring Meetings 2022
Closed captions and video interpretations in:
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– FRENCH https://youtu.be/CXJpk2JsIKM
– SPANISH https://youtu.be/k3ozax8rT_M
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Debt Transparency – it’s a phrase that gets thrown around a lot in development circles. But what exactly is it? And why is it so important? To get answers to these and other questions, we spoke with Marcello Estevão, Global Director of Macroeconomics, Trade and Investment here at the World Bank. As we learn, it’s a lot more straightforward than you might think, and it can have big benefits for borrowing countries as well as lenders.
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The FINTECH Industry Impact of Covid-19
The COVID-19 worldwide crisis is affecting every industry differently, and FinTech is no exception. While the industry is projected to thrive once the new normal settles, how else can it continue supporting its customers in these unprecedented times? And how can it future-proof itself? We tackle all that in this webinar.