Recordings available below.
Time (CEST)
Sessions – 5 October

Focus: Africa & Middle East
09:00 – 09:55

Middle East & North Africa (MENA) focus: Climate action in the MENA finance industry: On the road to COP27 and COP28

Speakers:

  • Randa Mounir, Africa and Middle East Engagement Lead, UNFCCC Climate Champions Team
  • Walid Ali, General Manager of the Sustainability Department at the Central Bank of Egypt
  • Raidan Al Saqqaf, United Nations Economist, UAE UN Resident Coordination Office
  • Shargiil Bashir, Chief Sustainability Officer, First Abu Dhabi Bank
  • Moderator: Nuran Atef, Regional Coordinator for MENA, UNEP FI

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10:00 – 10:55

Sub-Saharan Africa focus: Mobilising climate finance for loss and damage in Africa

Speakers: 

  • Lesley Ndvolu, CEO, African Risk Capacity
  • Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, Namib Re
  • Sara Jane Ahmed, Finance Advisor, V20
  • Moderator: Reuben Wambui, Regional Coordinator for Africa, UNEP FI

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End of Day 

 

Time (CEST)
Sessions – 6 October 

Focus: Asia Pacific and Europe
09:00 – 09:55

Asia Pacific focus: Implementing climate targets in APAC across Net-Zero Banking Alliance priority sectors

Speakers

  • Cho Jeong-hoon, Head of ESG Division, Shinhan Financial Group
  • Siobhan Toohill, Chief Sustainability Officer, Westpac
  • Coby Wong, Senior Vice President, Sustainability, Institutional Banking Group, DBS Bank
  • Moderator: Yuki Yasui, Managing Director, Asia Pacific Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)

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10:00 – 10:55

Asia Pacific and Europe focus: Aligning international taxonomies on sustainable finance

Speakers:

  • Eugene Wong, CEO SFIA, host of the ASEAN Taxonomy Board
  • Tomohiro (Tomo) Ishikawa, Managing Director & Head of Government and Regulatory Affairs, Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group
  • Helena Vines Fiestas, Commissioner, Spanish Financial Markets Authority (Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores)
  • Mireille Martini, Taxonomy Outreach Manager, Climate Bonds Initiative
  • Moderator: Daniel Bouzas, Regional Coordinator, Europe, UNEP FI

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11:00 – 11:55

Europe focus: EU Sustainable Finance Regulation, state of play and way forward: the impact on financial institutions

Speakers: 

  • Hans Biemans, Head of Sustainable Markets, ING
  • Anne-Claire Ducrocq, Head of ESG Reporting, BNP Paribas
  • Andreas Rajchl, Policy Expert, Sustainable Finance, DG FISMA, European Commission
  • Fabien Le Tennier, Policy Expert, Sustainable Finance, European Banking Authority (EBA)
  • Moderator: Daniel Bouzas, Regional Coordinator, Europe, UNEP FI

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End of Day