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The COP29 IDFC Pavilion is a platform for our members and partners to showcase their ongoing projects and concrete deliverables, for the benefit of our members and development actors more broadly. This year, COP29 will take place in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The pavilion will host more than 30 events and 200 panelists over the course of two weeks.
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COP29 – Baku, Azerbaijan
Time zone : Asia / Baku (UTC+4)
12th November
9:00 am 10:30 am
Options for aligning international financial flows with climate objectives and country priorities (IDFC Facility)
Climate Finance
IDFC Facility
Panel

The ongoing reform of the international financial architecture is placing PDBs in the spotlight as key players in helping mobilise and channel resources towards a just and orderly transition in line with country priorities. Yet, to leverage their value-added, collaboration is needed at national and international level. There has been little inter-PDB cooperation on climate finance to date and several differences between international and domestic PDBs have hindered their alignment and collaboration on financing the Paris Agreement goals.

Complementary taxonomies, country platforms, and strengthening capacity-building and knowledge-exchange initiatives can be pivotal to strengthening PDBs activities that are aligned with national priorities.

In particular, country platforms are increasingly being seen as part of the solution to catalysing different sources of finance and supporting the alignment of international financial flows with national priorities and climate objectives.

This event highlights several key mechanisms/actions which can be instrumental to improve the country-level impact of international climate and development finance, and the associated conditions for success.

12th November
11:00 am 12:30 am
Unlocking climate finance for national transition planning and climate positive growth: the link between the NCQG and IFA reform (IDFC Facility)
Climate Finance
IDFC Facility
Panel

The session aims to explore the critical interlinkages between the International Financial Architecture (IFA) reforms and the New Collective Quantified Goal (NCQG) for climate finance, particularly in the context of emerging markets and developing economies. The objective is to foster a deep understanding of how ongoing reforms to global financial systems can be leveraged to enhance the quality and quantity of climate finance, ensuring alignment with the Paris Agreement goals.

The session will:

  • Examine the current progress and challenges in IFA reforms, including PDBs, debt relief mechanisms, international taxation, and levies, and how these can contribute to climate finance.
  • Discuss the NCQG negotiations and its potential that address the climate finance quantum and sources, including public, private, and mobilized finance.
  • Analyse how the PDB ecosystem can contribute to the NCQG and disseminate mechanisms like debt-for-climate swaps, Special Drawing Rights (SDR) rechannelling, and other innovative financial mechanisms in a reformed global financial architecture.
12th November
5:00 pm 6:30 pm
Living up to Paris alignment commitments – towards higher collective ambition (Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions)
Paris alignment
Partner event
Panel

The objective is to allow supporting institutions to learn from each other’s respective experiences with Paris alignment and latest research on how to improve their Paris alignment.

ABM
Atika Ben Maid

AFD

CE
Claire Eschalier

I4CE

LSR
Laura Sabogal Reyes,

E3G

AG
Anja Gebel

Germanwatch

AP
Ana Raquel Paiva Martins

BNDES

JD
Javier Díaz

Bancóldex, IDFC co-chair

DD
Damien Delhomme

AFD

GW
Graham Watkins

IDB

13th November
9:00 am 10:30 am
Leveraging international brands’ power over supply chains to accelerate the transformation of the economy (AFD)
IDFC member event
Panel

The objective is to share new insights on the nexus Trade & Development, in particular opportunities for PDB to design program in concertation with international brands and retailers.

 

Damien DELHOMME

French Agency for Development (AFD)
Head of Impact Trade Partnership

Mathilde BORD-LAURANS

French Agency for Development
Head of Climate and Nature Team

Vanessa EROGBOGBO

International Trade Center (ITC)
Chief of Section

Matthew STEPHENSON

World Economic Forum
Head, Investment and Services

Jens SEDEMUND

OECD
Head of climate change and environment team

Guillaume BARBEROUSSE

Proparco / French Agency for Development
Director Sustainable Development

13th November
2:30 pm 3:30 pm
Decarbonizing SMEs for a Sustainable Future (Bancoldex + IDFC Facility)
Climate Finance
Partner event
High level event

Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) play a critical role in driving economic growth and employment globally. However, from an aggregate perspective they also contribute significantly to carbon emissions, which impacts climate change efforts. Public Development Banks (PDBs) are uniquely positioned to support SMEs in adopting sustainable, low-carbon practices through innovative financing, capacity-building initiatives, and technical assistance. By providing tailored solutions, PDBs can empower SMEs to transition towards greener business models, reducing their environmental footprint while enhancing resilience and productivity.

At COP29, this panel will gather leading PDBs to explore strategies for enabling and accelerating SME decarbonization. The discussion will underscore the importance of public-private partnerships, sharing of best practices, and tailored financial mechanisms to foster green transitions among SMEs worldwide.

13th November
5:00 pm 6:30 pm
IDFC High Level Event : What Can the IDFC Bring to the Post-2025 Agenda?
Climate Finance
IDFC
High level event

This high-level side-event will be the opportunity to present IDFC contributions to Climate finance, in particular the Green Finance Mapping 2023, and to illustrate the role of public development banks to achieve Paris Agreement alignment.

IDFC also aims to promote the role of public development banks and to contribute to the international agenda and debates on climate, for instance on the New Collective Quantitative Goal (NCQG) or on the different approaches for financial institutions to align on the Paris Agreement.

 

Objective

Based on an overview of IDFC main deliverables this year, this side-event will explore ideas to go beyond in the coming years to meet Paris Agreement Goals. What IDFC can bring to the post-2025 agenda?

Mrs Megumi MUTO

Special Advisor to the President, JICA

Mr Javier DIAZ FAJARDO

IDFC Co-chair and CEO of Bancoldex

Serge EKUE

IDFC Co-chair and CEO of BOAD

Rémy RIOUX

AFD CEO and Secretary General of FiCS

Mr Stefan WINTELS

CEO of KfW

Nicolas PICCHIOTTINO

Secretary General of the IDFC

Paolo Lombardo

CDP

13th November
6:30 pm 8:00 pm
IDFC Cocktail
IDFC
Social Events
14th November
9:00 am 10:30 am
Climate financing: the challenges of improving resource deployment (BOAD)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

The aim of this event is to share feedback on project implementation challenges to improve the deployment of GCF resources.

Panelists will present their different experiences and lessons learned from the implementation of projects financed by climate funds.

14th November
11:00 am 12:30 am
Next-Gen Climate Finance Enabling system change for climate and sustainability (AFD)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
High level event

Fostering collaboration among financial stakeholders, and collectively working on a better and differentiated characterization of financial flows according to their qualitative contribution to the above challenges (“traditional” climate finance, Paris-aligned finance, transformational finance for climate) are also essential.

The event will interactively discuss all of the above and sketch next steps for the continuation of a whole-of-finance effort towards its systemic transformation for low carbon and resilient sustainable development.

14th November
1:00 pm 2:00 pm
Role of public development banks in supporting the operationalization of carbon credits mechanisms (AFD)
Carbon market
IDFC member event
Panel

This session will explore the operationalization of Article 6 of Paris Agreement, focusing on innovative market mechanisms that can enhance climate finance, including carbon credits. PDBs (Public Development Banks) as enablers can provide financial and technical support to foster Article 6 projects, acting as a bridge between government policy and private sector engagement.

 

The session will present frameworks and financial instruments (e.g. blended finance, loan guarantees) needed to support Article 6 implementation and the issuance of carbon credits. The discussion will also cover the co-benefits integration of sustainable development goals, transparency mechanisms and capacity building to ensure efficient and reliable carbon markets, based on practical examples of projects enabling and allowing the issuance of carbon credits and the inclusion of institutional framework for carbon markets.

 

Mathilde BORD-LAURANS

Head of Climate and Nature unit at AFD-French Development Agency

Axel MICHAELOWA

Senior Founding Partner at Perspectives Climate Group

Matthias BÖRNER

Senior Economist Climate Finance at KFW Development Bank

Moubarak MOUKAILA

Financial Implementing Lead at West African Alliance on Carbon Markets and Climate Finance and Head of Environment and Climate Finance at West African Development Bank

Rachid TAHIRI

Head of Climate Change and Green Economy Division, Secretary of State for Sustainable Development of Morocco

Ricardo ULATE

Director, Sustainable Development, Global Policy and Government Relations at Conservation International

14th November
4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Post-Earthquake Green Economic Recovery in Türkiye – an IDFC Partnership (AFD x CDP x TSKB )
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

On February 6, 2023, two earthquakes, among the most devastating of the 21st century, struck the South-East of Türkiye, affecting 17 provinces, causing more than 50,000 victims and collapsing more than 200,000 buildings. Total financial burden of the disaster is estimated at USD 103.6 billion.

 

As part of the mobilisation of international aid, and relying on their long-term partnership within IDFC, TSKB, AFD and CDP proposed to support the region’s industrial sector While evaluations of the damages highlight the dramatically deleterious impact of earthquakes on long-term economic prosperity; they also identify “green infrastructure investments” as a priority in the reconstruction phase in order to support Türkiye’s sustainable and low-carbon development trajectory.

 

The side-event will present the genesis of an IDFC collaboration in an emergency context, which allowed TSKB to mobilise 100 M EUR for a green reconstruction in the earthquake region.

GM
Giorgio Massotti

Head of Business Partnerships, International Development Cooperation

AG
Alessandro Guerri

Director EU Affairs, International Affairs, Sustainable Finance

MM
Meral Murathan

Executive Vice President and Sustainability Leader of TSKB

AB
Atika BEN MAID

Deputy head of AFD Climate Department

15th November
9:00 am 10:30 am
NDCs: At the end of Generation 2.0, what is the balance between ambitions and funding actually mobilized in the WAEMU region? (BOAD)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

The main objective of the event is to review the objectives of the NDCs and the participation of BOAD and development stakeholders in financing these strategies for the WAEMU zone, in order to examine the level of resources actually mobilized in relation to the ambitions expressed.

 

The event will bring together political decision-makers, partner organizations coordinating the NDCs, climate experts, the private sector and civil society organizations keen to include their actions in the national NDCs.

15th November
11:00 am 12:30 am
Climate risk Insurance: how PDBs and insurers can better combine expertise and tools to strengthen resilience in the Global South (AFD)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

Objective of this session is to discuss how PDBs and Insurers/ReInsurers can better combine their expertise and tools to strengthen resilience and contribute to close the protection gap in the global South.

 

The session, among others, could showcase (i) some de-risking solutions implemented by the insurance industry together with MDBs/PDBs, (ii) some default protection mechanism under implementation (such as the shock resilient loan solution put in place with BOAD/KFW and Munich Re), and (iii) the IDRIMA initiative (between IDF & AFD) to stimulate opportunities for adequate and comprehensive solutions offered to SOEs and PBDs.

Jean-Christophe DONNELLIER

Co-Chair, Board of the Fund for responding to loss and damage

Catherine SIMONET

Climate and Nature Team – Lead expert Adaptation French Agency for Development (AFD)

Mathilde BORD-LAURANS

Head of Climate and Nature Team French Agency for Development (AFD)

Rowan DOUGLAS

CEO Climate Risk and Resilience, Howden

Veronica SCOTTI

Group Managing Directior, Swiss Ré

Dr. Komlanvi MOGLO

Expert in climate change and climate finance, BOAD

Ekhosuehi IYAHEN

Secretary General, Insurance Development Forum

15th November
2:00 pm 3:30 pm
Experiences of BOAD as an implementing entity of climate funds with a view to mobilizing resources for the loss and damage fund (BOAD)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

The aim of this event is to review experiences of collaboration with other climate funds.

Panelists will present their different experiences and lessons learned in working with climate funds to mobilize resources through project implementation.

15th November
4:30 pm 5:30 pm
Financing a Just Transition: Accelerating Carbon Neutrality in Asia (JICA)
Carbon market
IDFC member event
Panel

This session aims to foster discussions on financing mechanisms to facilitate a just transition towards carbon neutrality, primarily in Asia. We will explore the concept and importance of a just transition, the current state and challenges of decarbonization in Asia, financing needs and opportunities, and case studies.

In this context, financing not only climate solution but also high-emitting sectors / Hard-to-Abate sectors is important in order to accelerate whole society decarbonization. Engagement with clients is also critical. Given the fast-growing economy in Asia, this discussion is crucial for the common goal of achieving the net-zero.

Megumi Muto

Special Advisor to JICA President

Satoshi Ikeda

Chief Sustainable Finance Officer, Japan Financial Services Agency (JFSA)

Masayuki Takanashi

Group CSuO, Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group

Christian Déséglise

Group Head of Sustainable Infrastructure and Innovation, HSBC

Hervé BRETON

Senior Climate Finance specialist, Agence Française de Développement

Pradana Murti

Director of Risk Management, PT Sarana Multi Infrastruktur

16th November
2:00 pm 3:30 pm
Science and Technological innovations for the resilience of agroforestry ecosystems in West Africa: Dissemination of results on the spatial evolution of land use over the last two decades (BOAD)
Agriculture
IDFC member event
Panel

The aim of this event is to review the technologies dedicated to the spatial monitoring of land use in the context of the promotion of the AIC, and to disseminate the maps produced on the evolution of the agro-ecological zones of the five (05) countries in West Africa in the context of the Regional Project for the Promotion of Climate Intelligent Agriculture financed by the Adaptation Fund with the support of the BOAD, as the Accredited Entity and the collaboration.

16th November
4:30 pm 6:00 pm
Financing a Just Energy Transition: Exploring the Role of Development Banks and Country Platforms (IDFC Facility)
Energy
IDFC Facility
Panel

The objective of this event is to examine the scale of financing required for a just transition in the power sector, using Mexico—where reliance on unabated fossil gas is significant—as a case study. The session will also explore the challenges development banks face in providing transition finance and their role in innovative solutions, such as country platforms, to scale up financing and improve coordination among key stakeholders.

18th November
11:30 am 12:30 am
Financing Resilient Infrastructure (CAF)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

The side events focus on exploring innovative financing mechanisms for climate-resilient infrastructure development. It will bring together policymakers, investors, development banks, and experts from around the world to discuss the challenges and opportunities in financing sustainable infrastructure projects. Key topics will include public-private partnerships, green bonds, blended finance, and climate-smart investments. It aims to foster collaboration, knowledge sharing, and the development of concrete strategies to accelerate the transition to a more resilient and sustainable future.

18th November
2:00 pm 3:30 pm
Robust tracking methodologies and their relationship with DFI transparency and accountability (CAF and CPI)
IDFC member event
Panel

Rigorous standards of consistency, transparency, and accountability in the tracking of green finance are vital for IDFC members as they strive to amplify their green investments. IDFC members contributed over a third of global public climate finance in 2021/2022 and have provided more than USD 1.5 trillion since the adoption of the Paris Agreement in 2015.

 

As members look to further expand their mitigation, adaptation and biodiversity financing, the Common Principles provide a framework for high integrity tracking. Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) has been working with the IDFC to develop materials to deepen members’ understanding of the principles of climate finance tracking, streamline their tracking processes through tools such as decision trees, and address related challenges.

 

This event will build on the meetings, workshops and publications that have flowed from this capacity building partnership and will create space for a wider discussion on the following:

1. The importance of robust tracking methodologies and their relationship with DFI transparency and accountability

2. Lessons learned from early efforts to integrate Common Principles into IDFC member tracking

3. Future areas for methodology improvement

SA
Sasha Abraham

CPI

AA
Andre Albuquerque Sant Anna

BNDES

SN
Siloshini Naidoo

DBSA

MC
Martha Castillo

CAF

18th November
4:00 pm 5:30 pm
Nature-Positive Infrastructure for Climate Change Resilience (DBSA)
Biodiversity / Nature
IDFC member event
Panel

Climate change is one of the most pressing issues of our time, with far-reaching consequences for human societies and natural ecosystems, including infrastructure development. As the world works to reach climate and sustainability goals for every global citizen, the need for essential infrastructure services continues to grow.

 

Infrastructure development is a critical component of climate change mitigation and adaptation strategies especially in the context of ensuring that such infrastructure is sustainable. However, traditional infrastructure development often neglects the importance of natural ecosystems and their role in supporting human well-being and climate resilience.

 

This session will explore how sustainable and nature-positive approaches to infrastructure development can deliver long-term economic, social and environmental benefits, and contribute to climate and nature action.

19th November
11:00 am 12:30 pm
Forum on Building Climate-Resilient Economies: Synergistic Partnerships to Support Vulnerable Groups (CABEI)
Climate Finance
IDFC member event
Panel

The event entitled “Forum on Building Climate-Resilient Economies: Synergistic Partnerships to Support Vulnerable Groups” has as its main objective to promote climate-resilient economies through the creation of synergistic partnerships and innovative approaches. It focuses on how financial and technological tools can support vulnerable communities in the face of climate change.

CS
Carlos Sanchez

Director of Investment and External Financing, CABEI

AS
Alex Shyy

Deputy Secretary General, TaiwanICDF

MK
Manfred Kopper

Chief Sustainability Officer, CABEI

JV
Jan-Willem van de Ven

AD International Climate Policy and Engagement, EBRD

JL
Jonathan Liu

Director of Lending and Investment Department, TaiwanICDF

KB
Kenrick Burke

Program Specialist for Sustainable Energy, CARICOM Development Fund

RA
Mr. Raúl Artiga

Coordinator for Climate Change and Risk at CCAD (Central American Commission on Environment and Development)

19th November
2:30 pm 3:30 pm
Practical appliance of GHG accounting trough IDFC CarboMeter tool (IDFC Facility)
Carbon market
IDFC Facility
Panel

The discussion intends to assess the importance of the GHG accounting in tracking GHG emissions and the presentation of the IDFC CarboMeter tool that will be offered to IDFC members. During the event, some of the tool testers, IDFC members, will present their experience in using and testing the tool.

ML
Morgane Le Guen

CARBONE 4

IC
Ines de la Comble

CARBONE 4

KL
Karsten Löffler

Co-Head of the Global Shield Solutions Fund and Frankfurt School of Management representative

DDK
Draženka Draženović Kostelac

IDFC Facility Coordination Unit member and Advisor to the Management Board in HBOR

JP
Josua Partogi

PTSMI

GN
Ghizlaine Nourlil

CDG

FS
Francesca Spinosi

CDP

19th November
4:00 pm 5:30 pm
Supporting climate risk management practices: how financial institutions go beyond disclosure (Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions)
Partner event
Panel

Financial institutions are important players towards resilience against climate impacts through the integration of climate-related risks into their frameworks and strategies. This event intends to: i) highlight recent findings on climate risk management relevant to financial institutions, ii) foster experience sharing on how financial institutions can work together for better climate risk management, and iii) support the identification of financial instruments that adapt to the risks financial institutions’ counterparties might be facing.

 

This event will ultimately help financial institutions better contribute to addressing global climate risks, target their assistance to increase resilience in local economies, going further beyond risk disclosure.

20th November
9:30 am 11:00 am
Boosting the global energy transition (KfW)
Energy
IDFC member event
Panel

In a landmark moment for the global energy transition, the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) agreed to transition away from fossil fuels, triple renewable power and double energy efficiency by 2030.

What solutions can development banks provide to boost the global energy transition?

20th November
2:00 pm 3:30 pm
National development banks’ Urban Climate Action (IDFC Facility)
Urbanisation
IDFC Facility
Panel

Cities generate around 70% of the global greenhouse gas emissions and are highly vulnerable to climate change. National development banks (NDBs) are well positioned to support cities’ climate-smart infrastructure projects – they often have long-standing relationships with local public and private sectors, can provide local currency funding at attractive financial rates and usually also offer support in the form of guarantees or grants for technical assistance.

 

Each of the below mentioned banks, will be invited present the efforts that they are making in order to systematically improve their institutional readiness for financing and advising on urban low-carbon and climate-resilient infrastructure with the objective to increase their financing commitments with climate benefits, thereby unlocking further financing from a range of local/international private and public sources.

 

The exchange between NDBs in international fora with diverse stakeholders is crucial to foster change at scale. Additional PDBs (eg. FiCS members) from other than the 5 emerging economies participating in the NUCA programme are also likely to gain from knowledge exchange if their circumstances and challenges regarding urban climate finance are similar to the ones encountered by the panelists.

20th November
4:00 pm 5:30 pm
Maximising PDBs’ climate impact through financial intermediation (Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions)
Climate Finance
Partner event
Panel

The objective of the session is to present the latest research from think tanks and international organizations on the potential role of financial intermediation in achieving the Paris Agreement objectives.

NL
Nancy Lee

CDG

LS
Laura Sabogal

E3G

NP
Nicole Pinko

CPI

ML
Marine Lagarde

AFD

DDR
Daniela Diedrich-Ristic

EIB

SN
Siloshini Naidoo

DBSA

CE
Claire Eschalier

Secretariat Mainstreaming Climate in Financial Institutions

21st November
2:00 pm 3:00 pm
Gender, Equity, and Justice in Climate Change Adaptation: Mobilizing the evidence from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IISD)
Gender
Partner event
Panel

The 6th Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) – Working Group II on Impacts, Adaptation, and Vulnerability includes more references to gender, equity, and justice than any previous IPCC report. This evidence is needed by policy-makers and practitioners working to advance climate change adaptation; however, the length and technical nature of the IPCC reports make it difficult to capture and apply the key messages. In this session, IPCC authors, researchers, practitioners, and advocates will discuss the key findings of the IPCC related to gender, equity, and justice and explore how they can be applied, towards more just and effective adaptation.

 

The expected outcomes are:
• Greater awareness of the evidence presented by the IPCC on gender, equity, and justice in climate change adaptation
• Mobilization of this evidence for gender-responsive and just adaptation action

21st November
3:30 pm 5:00 pm
Nature and Climate Change Adaptation in Public Development Banks (IDFC Facility)
Biodiversity / Nature
IDFC Facility
Panel

This session will explore how public development banks (PDBs) can play a pivotal role in financing and supporting nature-based solutions (NbS) for climate change adaptation. Over 90 minutes, panelists from PDBs will discuss the parallels between financing NbS and climate change adaptation as well as strategies to align financial flows with Article 2.1(c) of the Paris Agreement.

Participants will also identify and discuss enabling factors that can scale up investments in NbS for climate resilience like policy adjustments that enhance the role of PDBs and public-private partnerships.

21st November
5:30 pm 7:00 pm
Building Capacity of Public Development Banks to Mainstream Climate (IDFC Facility)
Climate Finance
IDFC Facility
Panel

This session will explore how public development banks (PDBs) are integrating climate considerations from their strategic level to their operations. The goal is to mainstream climate into the financing of operations within countries at the sub-national level into economic activities and in doing so, contribute to the global climate mitigation and adaptation objectives.

MK
Mustapha Kleiche

Head, IDFC Climate and Nature Facility

AT
Asmita Tiwari

Senior Urban and Disaster Risk Management Specialist, World Bank Group

GP
Giulia Picano

Senior Partnerships Specialist, or Luna Montozzi, Climate Finance Specialist, CDP

GN
Ghizlaine Nourlil

Group Director Finance Mobilization and Sustainability, CDG

GL
Gaia Larsen

Director, Climate Finance Access and Deployment, WRI

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