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Financing and Climate Investments

10.12.19 | Begivenheder
Windmills
Photographer
Luca Bravo
Financing and climate investments does not at first glance seem to be two things that goes hand in hand. But maybe it does not come of as odd as it may sound? Come to the Nordic Hubs to learn and hear more about sustainable financing and business models that contribute to concrete climate action, and to network with professionals in green financing, growth businesses and sustainable development

Information

Dates
10.12.2019
Time
09:30 - 19:30
Location

IFEMA - Feria de Madrid , hall 6
Avda. del Partenón 5
28042 Madrid
Spanien

Type
Event

09.30-10.30 Greening desert areas and creating new jobs through production of food, water and clean energy

The Sahara Forest Project Foundation is a Norwegian non-profit organization turning awareness-raising and advocacy into action by realizing Water-Energy-Food Nexus facilities in dry countries. SFP in Jordan uses saltwater, sunlight, desert areas and CO2 to produce food, freshwater, biomass and clean energy. This side event will feature a global premiere of a short film about the ongoing work, and highlight the public-private initiative to scale up the unique desert project.

The Sahara Forest Project

11.00-12.00 Financing green transition of hard-to-decarbonize sectors – the Poseidon principles, shipping and beyond

Incorporating climate alignment into the future of scaling up green investments: how the impact of the Poseidon Principles can go beyond financing ships to financing the transition to zero carbon solutions in other sectors.

Danish Foreign Ministry

12.30-13.30 Co-financing climate change adaptation and mitigation for a sustainable agricultural production

What policies in the field of agriculture and land use are being implemented in different countries across Europe to meet the Paris Agreement goals – and how may co-financing allow for climate change adaptation and a sustainable agricultural production? 

The Nordic Pavilion at COP25 has the pleasure of hosting an event, exemplifying, how governments can create synergies between agricultural production, biodiversity, climate change adaptation and mitigation as well as rural development.

Ministry of Environment and Food of Denmark and Ministry of Agriculture, Nature and Food Quality of the Netherlands

14.00-14.45 Nordic Business Fika

The key to Swedish sustainable success

Business Sweden

15.00-16.00 Sustainable finance - The Nordic Way

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid 

The path we are on is not sustainable regarding the limits of our planet. If nobody slows us down, we may be on highway to hell. What is the best way for the Nordics to reduce global emissions? Is building battery factories in Swedish Lapland the answer? What are the implications for sustainable finance? Should finance ministers get their act together? Is there any Nordic value-added in the debate?

Panellist:

  • Kjell Nilsson, Director, Nordregio
  • Susanna Campbell, Member of the Board, Northvolt
  • Thomas Wrangdahl, First Vice President and Head of Lending, Nordic Investment Bank
  • Professor Nicholas Stern, London School of Economics and Political Science

Moderator:

  •  Jukka Ahonen, Head of Communications, Nordic Investment Bank

Host in Madrid

  •  Pekka Morén, Co-chair (Sherpas) of the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action 

Nordic Investment Bank (NIB)

16.00-17.00 Engaging public and private sector to co-create impactful off-grid energy business models

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid 

Did you know that almost one billion people worldwide still lack access to electricity? These people have difficulty even getting light to cook or read during dark hours. Not to mention charging their phones. In today’s world, access to electricity is one of the main preconditions of prosperity growth.

A new award-winning programme, Beyond the Grid Fund, has proven how a vision of scale with local solutions and an openness for exploring new ways of collaborating can result in innovation, break business- as-usual trends and bring us closer to realizing the sustainable development goals.

Experts from the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (Sida), the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Partnership (REEEP) and the Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO) will together with private sector investors share their experience and look into how we can get further involved in global climate action, in a financially and socially viable way.

Speakers:

  • Patrik Stålgren, Head of Project, Power Africa, Sida
  • Tom Erichsen, Differ
  • Hon. Dr Nathaniel T. Blama, Executive Director, Environmental Protection Agency of Liberia 
  • Christoffer Falsen, Trine, crowdsourscing
  • Merja Laakso, REEEP
  • Adam Öjdahl, Adviser, Power Africa, Sida 
  • Helle Lindegaard, NEFCO

Moderators in Stockholm Josefin Hoviniemi, NEFCO, and in Madrid Ash Sharma, NEFCO.

Nordic Environment Finance Corporation (NEFCO)

18.00-18.30 Briefing Swedish delegation and civil society

The Minister for the Environment and Climate, and Deputy Prime Minister, Isabella Lövin, will host a meeting between the Swedish delegation and the Swedish civil society regarding the status and upcoming issues during the last week of negotiations. There will also be some time for questions. Will be held in Swedish.

Swedish Ministry of Environment

18.30-19.30 Strengthened institutions for a sustainable climate – A global capacity building program

Joint event between Stockholm and Madrid

This program aims to support selected African countries to produce, analyse and use data for climate and urban policy development. An identified key challenge is how to ensure that individual capacity and commitment also becomes institutional. The seminar will, through a participatory approach, focus on ways of addressing this challenge.

  • Björn Svensby, Senior Advisor. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
  • Malin Kanth, Senior Advisor. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
  • Jonas Allerup, Climate Analysist. Swedish Environmental Protection Agency
  • Bo Söderberg, Chief Economist. National Board of Housing, Building and Planning

Swedish Environmental Protection Agency

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