Financial markets are expected to play a crucial role in promoting and implementing climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies and measures. Suitable financial instruments can foster commercially viable and high impact climate-related investments, provide necessary funding for climate protection in emerging and developing countries, and help efficiently mitigate the associated risks.

High-level speakers including
  • Jacques Aigrain (CEO, Swiss Re),
  • Doris Leuthard (Federal Councillor, Head Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Switzerland),
  • Lars Thunell (CEO & EVP, International Finance Corporation)
and prominent experts, will:
  • provide a comprehensive overview of the market; and specific financial innovations,
  • explore opportunities and challenges for viable private sector investments and public-private partnerships,
  • identify success factors for sustainable climate-related investments based on best practice examples.
during plenary and working sessions on:
  • climate-related funds,
  • project and corporate finance,
  • carbon market and weather risk transfer solutions from the capital markets,
  • identification of specific follow-on investment and partnership opportunities.
The conference addresses:
  • private and institutional investors, fund managers, senior market strategists, analysts and product managers from financial services such as banking, private equity and (re-)insurance,
  • experts in emerging and developing country financial markets,
  • private sector leaders in relevant industries with a special focus on emerging and developing countries,
  • senior staff from IFC/World Bank, SECO and other Swiss Federal agencies involved in climate-related finance,
  • senior representatives of national and international agencies and foundations involved in climate change mitigation and adaptation programs.
For further information please contact:
IFC: Max Aitken, Partnerships & Donor Relations, e-mail contact
Jean-Marie Masse, Global Financial Markets, e-mail contact
SECO:Nadia Bohli, Multilateral Cooperation, e-mail contact
Swiss Re: Rick Perdian, Centre for Global Dialogue, e-mail contact
BHP:Andrea Schuenke, Project Management Consultancy, e-mail contact

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