IDFC is at COP 26 in Glasgow, UK !

See below the list of our Day by Day Side-Events :

Monday 1^st November, 2021

• 14:30 – 16:00 Fostering access to sustainable urban mobility through efficient low-emission transport (Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI + Green Climate Fund GCF)

Tuesday 2^nd November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Innovative Instruments for Green Financing (Trade and Development Bank TDB + KfW)
• 11:30 – 14:00 Outcomes Finance in Common Summit (Finance in Common Summit FICS, Agence Française de Développement AFD) including a lunch reception
• 14:00 – 15:30 Presentation of BOAD’s 2021-2025 Environment and Climate Finance Strategy
• 16:00 – 17:30 IDFC – A key player for financing the transition towards low-carbon and climate-resilient development (IDFC) followed by a cocktail reception

Wednesday 3^rd November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Understanding and managing transition risk for development banks (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 11:30 – 13:00 The Role of National PDBs in Financing Green Transition (VEB.RF)
• 14:00 – 15:30 Creating fiscal resilience in the face of climate disasters: the West African Approach  (Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement BOAD + KfW Development Bank)
• 16:00 – 17:30 Financing W-MSMEs for a Green, Resilient, and Inclusive Recovery in the Central American Region (Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI)

Thursday 4^th November, 2021

• 09:00 – 10:00 Southeast Asia Energy Transition Dialogue: Challenges and Opportunities to a Low Carbon Pathway in the region (Southeast Asia Energy Transition Partnership)
• 10:30 – 11:30 Shifting US$ 5.8 trillion of real-estate investments towards Paris-alignment – the role of development banks (Agence Française de Développement AFD/PEEB)
• 12:00 – 14:00 IDFC Annual Meeting (Closed IDFC event)
• 14:00 – 16:30 IDFC Press Conference, followed by a reception
• 17:00 – 18:30 Facilitating Energy Transition Through Sustainable Finance (VEB.RF)

Friday 5^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Just do it: How to implement Paris Alignment successfully (KfW Development Bank)
• 11:30 – 13:00 Just transition or how to make the transition acceptable (Finance for Tomorrow)
• 13:30 – 15:00 Empowering action through scientific literature: highlights from IPCC 6^th Assessment Report and dialogue with youth and PDBs (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 15:30 – 17:00 Facing the Effects of Climate Change and Increasing Resilience in Central America (Central American Bank for Economic Integration CABEI)
• 18:30 – 19:45 Official side event on UNFCCC Pavilion “Public Development Banks: maximizing their potential to boost a sustainable recovery” with IDFC CEOs and Finance in Common Secretariat

Saturday 6^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Time for life (T4L) approach: “From landscape analysis to impacts at scale” (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 11:30 – 13:00  Climate/Biodiversity convergence: how to measure and increase Climate finance with biodiversity co-benefits? (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 15:00 – 16:30 How to unlock barriers to scaling-up climate finance for more transformative climate finance (Agence Française de Développement AFD + Climate Policy Initiative CPI)
• 17:00 – 18:30 Conservation Trust Funds as Boosters for Nature Based Solutions (Legacy Landscapes Fund + KfW Development Bank)

Monday 8^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Adapt’Action – Lessons learned and perspectives (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 11:30 – 13:00 Climate change an umbrella for livelihoods in coastal marine areas and island territories? (Development Bank of Latin America CAF)
• 14:00 – 15:30 Implementation and Review of Nationally Determined Contributions: Good Practices & Constraints (Banque Ouest Africaine de Développement BOAD)
• 16:00 – 17:30 Catalyzing Green Recovery (Development Bank of Latin America CAF)
• 17:30 – 19:00 How are PDBs increasing their contribution to the Adaptation Goal of the Paris Agreement? (MCI)

Tuesday 9^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 Gender and Climate Bonding within the Perspective of Development Banking (Industrial Development Bank of Turkey TSKB)
• 11:30 – 13:00 Is social the new green? Connecting climate action and social investment (Council of Europe Development Bank CEB)
• 14:00 – 15:30 Making Climate Finance Work in an Uncertain World (Agence Française de Développement AFD + Climate Action in Financial Institutions Initiative)
• 16:00 – 17:30 Assessing company transition with deep decarbonization pathways in Brazil and Mexico – lessons learned from the ACT-DDP Project (Agence Française de Développement AFD + Fonds français pour l’environnement mondial FFEM)
• 17:30 – 19:00 Catalyzing Climate Action in Cities (Development Bank of Latin America CAF)

Wednesday 10^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 The role of DFI’s in mobilizing resources to a net-zero objective (Brazilian Development Bank BNDES)
• 11:30 – 13:00 Managing Water Challenges in the developing economy: A DFI approach (Development Bank of Southern Africa DBSA)
• 14:00 – 15:30 Supporting Long-term Strategies: Some Lessons from Country Experiences and Implications for Development Banks (Agence Française de Développement AFD)
• 16:00 – 17:30 G20 Financing the Global Commons for Pandemic Preparedness and Response (Agence Française de Développement AFD + Center for Global Development)
• 17:30 – 19:00 E-Mobility and Low Carbon Transportation (Development Bank of Latin America CAF)

Thursday 11^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 The role of Public Development Banks to finance the climate transition in cities (FMDV + Agence Française de Développement AFD + CDG)
• 11:30 – 13:00 What are the levers to boost financing of the energy transition and resilience in Africa? (Climate Chance)
• 13:30 – 15:00 Operationalisation of Paris Agreement (IDFC + German Watch + New Climate + I4CE + WRI)
• 15:30 – 16:30 IDFC – Climate Tool Box – Preparing the way for Paris Alignment (IDFC closed event)
• 17:00 – 19:30 Paris Alignment technical workshop: Assessing the alignment of financial intermediaries (MCI)

Friday 12^th November, 2021

• 09:30 – 11:00 IDFC Climate Facility: Presentation of CF achievements (IDFC)
• 11:30 – 13:00 The Amazon: Integrated actions for sustainable development (Brazilian Development Bank BNDES)
• 14:30 – 15:30 IDFC GCF Readiness Project – State of play and next steps (IDFC closed event)
• 16:00 – 17:30 Green Budgeting, Fiscal incentives and Green bonds (Agence Française de Développement AFD)