Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance

Registrations now open

September 09, 2024, 9:00 - 5:30 p.m. followed by a reception and networking dinner

ESMT Berlin | In-person event only, registration and welcome coffee starts at 8:30 a.m.

The Societal Impact Financing Initiative (SciFi) at ESMT business school in Berlin organizes the Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance. With support from the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, our event brings together leading international climate finance scholars, policy stakeholders, investors, development finance institutions and foundations. The Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance takes place just one day prior to the World Bank conference on Climate Finance, Innovate4Climate, which takes place in Berlin this year.

We recommend booking accommodation early, as our event coincides with the World Bank conference and IFA and high demand for hotels is to be expected

For any additional questions please contact Olga Almqvist (olga.almqvist@esmt.org)

Confirmed speakers

Chris Clubb, Managing Director, Convergence
Anmay Dittman, Head of the Climate Finance Partnership, BlackRock
Ottmar Edenhofer, Director and Chief Economist, Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research
Thomas Engelmann, CEO, PtX Development Fund
Martin Ewald, Managing Director, London Office, Allianz Global Investors, OECD Senior Expert Group on Blended Finance and Adaptation
Marcel Haag, Director, DG for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union, European Commission
Raji Jayamaran, Professor of Economics, ESMT, Co-Director, Forward Society Lab
David Kuijper, CEO, European DFIs (EDFI)
Christian Krämer, Member of the Management Committee, KfW Development Bank
Jörg Kukies, State Secretary, German Chancellery, G7 Sherpa
Anja Langenbucher, Europe Director, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Marie Lam-Frendo, Chief Strategy Officer, Meridiam
Bernhard Lorentz, Chairman of the Advisory Board, Stiftung Klimaneutralität
Malango Mughogho, Managing Director, ZENIZENI
Avinash Persaud, Special Advisor on Climate Change to the President of the Inter-American Development Bank
Leila Pourarkin, Research Director, Kaya Partners
Merih Sevilir, Professor of Finance, ESMT
Günther Thallinger, Member of the Board of Management and Chair of the Investment Board, Allianz. Chair of the Steering Group, Net Zero Asset Owners Alliance
Anzetse Were, Senior Economist and Green Finance Advisor, Financial Sector Deepening (FSD) Kenya

Suggested pre-reads

State of Blended Finance 2024 by Convergence, Climate Edition
Investing in Climate Resilience: Unlocking a Growing Market of Adaptation Solutions by Global Adaptation & Resilience Investment Working Group (GARI)
Financing Nature-Based Solutions for Adaptation at Scale: Learning from Specialised Investment Managers and Nature Funds, published by Global Center on Adaptation and Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
Guide for Adaptation and Resilience Finance by Standard Chartered, KPMG, and the United Nations Office for Disaster Risk Reduction (UNDRR)
A climate finance framework: decisive action to deliver on the Paris Agreement, published by the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Adaptation & Resilience Impact: A measurement framework for investors, published by the United Nations Environment Programme - Finance Initiative (UNEPFI)
Slides from the session on "Financing climate adaptation" from the EIB Adaptation Days, April 2024
Climate Finance Provided and Mobilised by Developed Countries in 2013-2022, by The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
Scaling Up the Mobilisation of Private Finance for Climate Action in Developing Countries, by Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
State and Trends of Carbon Pricing, by World Bank
Strengthening the Role of Ministries of Finance in Driving Climate Action, by The Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action
The Bigger Picture, by Howden and Boston Consulting Group (BCG)
The (in)coherence of adaptation taxonomies, by Spacey Martín, Roberto and Ranger, Nicola and England, Kit, June 24, 2024. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=
Taxonomies Database, published by Resilient Planet Finance Lab, Environmental Change Institute, University of Oxford
The Green Swan: Central Banking and Financial Stability in the Age of Climate Change, published by Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

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Draft Agenda and Hotel Recommendations

Draft Agenda

Opening keynote: Climate action and sustainable development
Session: Aligning the interests of the public and private sector to mobilize climate finance
Political keynote: Strengthening international and cross-sector collaboration to achieve climate goals
Challenging the status quo: Adaptation and mitigation finance today
Networking Lunch
Effective levers to mobilize climate finance
Case study session
Investor keynote & Q&A: Moving the needle on adaptation and mitigation finance
Session: Concessional finance as an enabler for mitigation & adaptation finance
Networking dinner

Hotels close to ESMT

Novotel Berlin Mitte, Fischerinsel 12, 10179 Berlin
Arcotel John F, Werderscher Markt 11, 10117 Berlin
Capri by Fraser, Scharrenstrasse 22, 10178 Berlin

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Expert Forum Adaptation and Mitigation Finance

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Draft Agenda

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