Expert forum: blended finance for climate and energy investments

Official partner event of the Berlin Energy Transition Dialogue

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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)

Panel discussion, 2 - 3 p.m.

How to tackle the climate crisis jointly by overcoming silos between different investor types

Moderator: Rajshri Jayaraman, ESMT Berlin

Panelists:

Markus Aschendorf, KfW
Claudia Kruse, APG Asset Management
Christoph Kuhn, European Investment Bank
Anja Langenbucher, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
Hans Peter Lankes, Grantham Research Institute

Case study session 1, 3:15 - 4:30 p.m.

How concessional funding can help mobilize private investment

Moderator: Katharina Birgmeir, Allianz Investment Management

CEI Africa, Hanns Martin Hagen, KfW
InsuResilience Investment Fund, Alessandra Nibbio Bonnet, BlueOrchard
Mirova Gigaton Fund, Sebastien Duquet, Mirova SunFunder

Case study session 2, 4:45 - 6 p.m.

Waterfall structures to improve risk-return profiles in emerging markets

Moderator: Aleksi Lumijärvi, Nordic Development Fund

Climate Investor One & Two, Dorien Lobeek, FMO; Robert Whitlock, Climate Fund Managers
Emerging Market Climate Action Fund, Martin Ewald, Allianz Global Investors; Gunter Fischer, EIB
Green for Growth Fund, Lachlan Cameron, Finance in Motion

Networking dinner

Participants are invited to a networking dinner at a nearby restaurant. Due to capacity reasons, the networking dinner is only open to speakers of the event and representatives of DFIs, policy makers, investors, foundations, and impact asset managers.

Please note that we are already at capacity for the networking dinner (7 - 9 pm) and are not accepting any additional registrations for this part of the event.

Registration for this event is currently closed

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