Early retirement of fossil fuel assets
Webinars - By : Sarah BENDAHOU / Claire ESCHALIERDate : Monday, December 11, 2023
Time: 18:30-20:00 (GMT+4) // 15:30-17:00 (Paris time)
Location: IDFC Pavillion and online
Organising: I4CE, NewClimate Institute
This event was the opportunity to share the findings of an upcoming publication by I4CE and NewClimate Institute on the role development banks should play in the early retirement of fossil fuel assets. The discussion was then allow development bank representatives to share their perspectives on how to best mobilise finance to enable an ambitious early retirement of fossil fuel assets.
Agenda
Presentation of the outcomes of the NewClimate Institute / I4CE study on early retirement of fossil fuel assets
- Aki Kachi, Senior Climate Policy Analyst, NewClimate Institute;
- Sarah Bendahou, Research fellow, Development Finance, Institute for Climate Economics (I4CE)
Roundtable including IDFC members: Perspectives on energy transition, Just Energy Transition Partnership–JETPs, and early retirement of coal:
- Pauline Larat, Deputy Head of the Energy Unit, French Development Agency (AFD);
- Gan Gan Dirgantara, Head of Environmental, Social and Technical Evaluation Division, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur (PT SMI);
- Olympus Manthata, Head of Climate and Environment Finance Unit, Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA);
- Nora Lambrecht, Climate Risk Officer, IDB Invest, Inter-American Development Bank;
- Debabrata Chattopadhyay, Senior Energy Specialist, World Bank (WB);
- Rishikesh Ram Bhandary, PhD, Assistant Director, Global Economic Governance Initiative, Boston University (BU);
- Christopher Beaton, Director, Energy Program, Public Financial Flows, International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD).
Discussion
