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Opening Plenary

The 2015 Sustainable Development Goals and Paris Climate Agreement have made it clear that the finance sector must become a catalyst for sustainable, climate resilient development. This new development agenda will require new ways of thinking and of working. Bringing public, private, civil society and United Nations perspectives, this opening plenary will help to clarify the pathway towards this new financing approach, and will engage participants in addressing the most challenging sustainable finance questions of our day.

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Moderator

Ligia Noronha Director, Economy Division, Industry and Economics (DTIE) of UNEP

Speakers

	H.E. Dr. Thani Al Zeyoudi Minister of Climate Change and Environment, United Arab Emirates
	H.E. Dr. Nadia Makram Ebeid Member of the Board of Directors of the Commercial International Bank Former Minister of the Environment, Egypt
	Dr. Lars Thunell Chair of the African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited (ARC Ltd) Former CEO of the International Finance Corporation (IFC), World Bank Group, Sweden