Financing the transition: how to use public finance smartly
Webinars - By : Diana CÁRDENAS MONAR / Louise KESSLER, PhDHow to use public finance smartly, increase the role of international finance institutions and the performance of multilateral climate funds
Date : Monday, December 4, 2023
Time: 9:30-11:00 (GMT+4) // 6:30-8:00 (Paris time)
Location: France Pavilion and online
Organising: I4CE, Green Climate Fund (GCF)
Following introductory remarks on the investments & financing needs of developing countries, a panel discussion with representatives from developing countries and MDBs (Multilateral development banks) has covered the challenges in determining financing needs of countries, and the role different actors can play for increased ambition.
Agenda
Keynote: Atika Ben Maid, Deputy Head of Climate Division, French Development Agency (AFD)
Part 1: Country and PDB-Public development banks’s perspective
- Benoît Leguet, Managing Director, Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE);
- Léa Boudet, Programme Director Finance and Budget, General Secretariat for Ecological Planning (SGPE), France ;
- Jaime Tramon, Senior Policy Advisor, Financial and international Affairs Division, Ministry of Finance, Chile;
- Gan Gan Dirgantara, Head of Environmental, Social and Technical Evaluation Division, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PT SMI), Indonesia.
Part 2: Evaluating the performance of multilateral climate funds
- Andreas Reumann, Head of the Independent Evaluation Unit, Green Climate Fund;
- Neeraj Kumar Negi, Senior Evaluation Officer, Global Environment Facility Independent Evaluation Office;
- Neha Sharma, Evaluation and Learning Lead, Climate Investment Funds;
- Debbie Menezes, Chair Adaptation Fund Technical Evaluation Reference Group.
