DZ BANK
PRE-COP SUMMIT 2023
TRANSITION FINANCE: THE NEED FOR A NEW PARADIGM
CHAMPIONING TRANSITION FINANCE FOR THE PLANET’S FUTURE
Please join us in Berlin on 2 November 2023 for the DZ BANK Pre-COP summit CHAMPIONING TRANSITION FINANCE FOR THE PLANET’S FUTURE.
In 2015, the world agreed in Paris to limit global warming to 1.5°C compared to pre-industrial levels by 2050. We are at a halfway point now. It has been 7 years since COP21, with 7 years to go to 2030.
It will still be a long and rocky road, and not achieved with only large corporates committing to transition plans. We need to reduce emissions by 43% by 2030 and there is no net zero without SME transition finance.
Though each SME has a relatively small individual environmental and carbon footprint, their combined emissions are substantial. This necessitates a scaling up innovative financing tools to allow SMEs to play a more active role through global capital markets financing.
In the run up to the 28th UN Climate Change Conference DZ BANK and UN ECE are once again joining forces hosting a high-level event to discuss how to rethink, reboot, and refocus the climate finance agenda.
The one-day Pre-COP conference will create momentum on climate action and discuss the role global financial markets have in promoting transition finance. The conference will gather international and national experts from financial institutions, multilateral development banks, UN, government, and business, advancing a new paradigm for transition finance.
When: November 2, 2023
Time: 10:00am – 6:00pm
Where: DZ BANK AG Berlin, Pariser Platz 3, 10117 Berlin, Germany
Join us as we delve into the following discussions:
The need for transition financing
Transition finance in emerging markets: attracting private capital investments into the market
Updates on the common ground taxonomy
Mobilising assets for transition
Scaling up and further developing sustainable finance instruments
Transforming the real economy
The tools and resources needed for SMEs to transition
Schedule
Frank Scheidig, Global Head of Senior Executive Banking, DZ BANK
Khalfan Almatrooshi, Deputy Head of Mission, United Arab Emirates to the Federal Republic of Germany
Mahmoud Mohieldin, UN Climate Change High-Level Champion (virtual)
Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Esther Wandel, Head Investment Funds and Sustainable Finance, German Federal Ministry of Finance
Odilbek Isakov, CEO and Co-Founder, Infrasia Capital; Former Deputy Minister of Finance, Uzbekistan
Pekka Moren, Special Representative, Minister of Finance, Finland
Joanne Yawitch, Head, JET IP PMU, South Africa
Moderation
Dmitry Mariyasin, Deputy Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Europe
Heike Freimuth, Head, EIB Group Office for Germany, European Investment Bank
Anne Müllejans, Senior Manager, Financial Institutions Asia, DEG
Annette Windmeisser, Head, Division Climate Finance, German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development
James Wylie, Global Portfolio Officer, IFC
Moderation
Ryan Loughead, Climate Solutions Analyst, BloombergNEF
Dianora Aria de Marco, ISSB Technical Fellow, IFRS Foundation
Sebastien Duquet, Deputy Head, Asset Management Emerging Markets, Mirova
Thomas Kieselstein, Senior Partner & Co-Founder, Quoniam Asset Management
Jakob Thoma, Director, Theia Finance Labs
Thomas Walenta, Co-Head, Asia-Pacific and Europe, Fund of Funds, responsAbility Investments
Moderator:
Simone Utermarck, Director, Sustainable Finance, International Capital Market Association (ICMA)
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Theodora Antonakaki, Director, Climate Change and Sustainability Centre, Bank of Greece
Marcus Mølbak Ingholt, Senior Lead Climate Economist, Danmarks Nationalbank
Yvonne Mccarthy, Head, Climate Change Unit, Central Bank of Ireland
Moderation
Marcus Pratsch, Global Head, Sustainable Finance and Fixed Income, DZ BANK
Alexander Fisher, Director, Climate Ambition, ClimateWorks Foundation
Markus Schwaninger, CIO, ecoligo
Ieva Steponaviciute, Community Manager, Climate Action Data Trust
Fabian Vandenreydt, Chief Operating Officer, NowCM
Moderation
Marcus Pratsch, Global Head, Sustainable Finance and Fixed Income, DZ BANK
Oliver Wieck, Secretary General, ICC Germany
Jannis Luca Arnold, Sustainable Finance, econsense
Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
Henrik Pontzen, Head, ESG Portfolio Management, Union Investment
Maxfield Weiss, Managing Director, CDP Europe
Moderation:
Tim Buchholz, ESG Originator, DZ BANK
Frank Scheidig, Global Head of Senior Executive Banking, DZ BANK
Registration
Contact
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us:
Organisational:
Georg Behrendt
Event Management
Phone +49 69 7447-92894
Content:
Adam Cotter
Senior Executive Banking
Phone +65 64278384
