Climate Finance Day 2017 will take stock of climate action in the financial sector since COP21. It will showcase recent initiatives and innovations from the financial sector to accelerate the adoption of forward-looking strategies around the world. Those initiatives will be highlighted the following day at the occasion of the One Planet Summit that will be attented by international leaders, CEOs, and government representatives.
Benoît Leguet, Managing Director, I4CE-Institute for Climate Economics
13:00 -
14:00
Registration
14:00 -
14:05
Welcome Address
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Gérard Mestrallet, Chairman of the Board, ENGIE & Chairman, Paris EUROPLACE
14:05 -
14:15
Opening
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Nicolas Hulot, French Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition
14:15 -
14:25
Keynote Speech
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Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)
14:25 -
15:25
Round table 1
Risks and opportunities related to climate change: transparency and beyond
Moderated by Christian Thimann, Axa Group, Vice chair, Task-force on Climate Financial Disclosures (TCFD) & Chair, European High Level Expert Group on sustainable finance (HLEG)
Wrap-up speech: Anne Le Lorier, First Deputy-Governor, Banque de France
15:25 -
15:35
Keynote speech
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Ma Jun, Special Advisor to the Governor, People’s Bank of China (PBoC) & Chairman, Green Finance Committee of China Society for Finance and Banking
15:35 -
16:40
Round Table 2
A new deal between finance and the real economy
Introduction by Ségolène Royal, Former Minister, COP 21 President, Special Envoy for International Solar Alliance
Moderated by Philippe Zaouati, CEO, Mirova & Chair, Finance for Tomorrow
16:40 -
16:50
Keynote Speech
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Lionel Zinsou, Chairman, African Investors Network for Climate
16:50 -
17:45
Round table 3
Renewal of public-private cooperation
Moderated by Barbara Buchner, Executive Director, Climate Finance program - Climate Policy Initiative & Director, Climate Finance Lab
17:45 -
17:50
Warm up
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Bertrand Piccard, Initiator & Chairman, Solar Impulse Foundation
17:50 -
17:55
Keynote Speech
Michael R. Bloomberg, Chair, Task Force for Climate-Related Financial Disclosures
17:55 -
18:05
Closing
- Bruno Le Maire, French Minister for the Economy and Finance - Per Bolund, Swedish Minister for Financial Markets and Consumer Affairs
