Moderators: Jo Coburn & Sean Whelan |
2:00PM | Opening Remarks
- Ursula von der Leyen, President of the European Commission
- Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank
- Valdis Dombrovskis, Executive Vice President of the European Commission
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2:15PM |
Keynote Address Michael Bloomberg, UN Secretary-General's Special Envoy on Climate Ambition and Solutions |
Session One – Getting Our Hands Green: Climate Action for the Critical Decade With the EU and many others preparing or having already submitted updated emissions-reduction targets as outlined in the Paris agreement, there is no shortage of ambitious climate commitments on the table. The question now is how to make climate action a reality through concrete policies – and without leaving anyone behind. Are current approaches to regulation, taxation, investment, and other forms of policymaking sufficient, or are more robust and innovative strategies needed? |
2:20PM |
Keynote Address Laurence Tubiana, Chair of the European Climate Foundation |
2:25PM |
Call to Action Yann Arthus-Bertrand, Environmentalist and Photographer |
2:30PM | Panel Discussion- João Pedro Matos Fernandes, Minister of the Environment of Portugal
- Christopher Hurst, Director-General of the Projects Directorate at the European Investment Bank
- Ma Jun, Chairman of China’s Green Finance Committee
- Mauro Petriccione, Director-General for Climate Action at the European Commission
- Samantha Smith, Director of the Just Transition Centre at the International Trade Union Confederation
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3:20PM |
Keynote Address Elizabeth Wanjiru Wathuti, Founder of the Green Generation Initiative |
3:25PM | Closing Remarks Ambroise Fayolle, Vice President of the European Investment Bank |
3:30PM | Break |
Session Two – A New Green Boom: Revolutionizing Sustainable Investment Key to the global fight against climate change will be a revolution in finance to align market incentives and public funding with sectoral and global net-zero targets. With the financial industry already moving in a greener direction, what can governments, investment banks, and multilateral organizations do to accelerate this necessary re-orientation and make the most of the new opportunities on offer? |
3:40PM |
Opening Remarks Teresa Czerwińska, Vice President of the European Investment Bank |
3:45PM |
Keynote Address Mairead McGuinness, European Commissioner for Financial Services, Financial Stability, and the Capital Markets Union |
3:50PM | Panel Discussion- Oliver Bäte, Chairman of the Board of Management of Allianz SE
- Eila Kreivi, Director of Capital Markets at the European Investment Bank
- Fiona Reynolds, CEO of the Principles for Responsible Investment
- Irene Tinagli, Chair of the Committee on Economic and Monetary Affairs of the European Parliament
- Maarten Verwey, Director-General of Economic and Financial Affairs (ECFIN) at the European Commission
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4:40PM |
Keynote Address Andrew Steer, President and CEO of the World Resources Institute |
4:45PM |
Keynote Address Christine Lagarde, President of the European Central Bank |
4:50PM | Break |
Session Three – Climate Action Goes Global: Toward a Greener Multilateralism After years in the wilderness, international cooperation is taking root once again. While the United States re-engages constructively with the rest of the world, Europeans have started to unite behind a shared climate agenda, and both have recognized climate as not just an environmental but a geopolitical issue. What forms will – and should – international climate engagement and diplomacy take in the years ahead? |
5:00PM |
Opening Remarks John Kerry, United States Special Presidential Envoy for Climate |
5:05PM | Fireside Chat- Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund
- Werner Hoyer, President of the European Investment Bank
- Achim Steiner, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme
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5:45PM | Keynote Address Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations |
5:50PM | Fireside Chat- Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
- Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission
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6:25PM |
Closing Remarks Frans Timmermans, Executive Vice President of the European Commission |