Focused Discussion: How Big Data Can Advance Climate Finance

The IFC Green Banking Academy in Europe and Central Asia is inviting you to an online focused discussion How Big Data Can Advance Climate Finance.

The event will feature Maria Teresa Zappia, Deputy CEO at BlueOrchard and a global impact investment manager. Maria Teresa will speak about the current trends and innovations in climate finance and the role of big data in scaling up climate finance and climate insurance.

Peter Cashion, the Head of Climate Finance at the IFC’s Global Financial Institutions Group will open the event. The agenda will also include presentations by IFC’s leading climate finance experts Gursimran Rooprai and Martin Dasek who will speak about how financial institutions can evaluate the impact of their climate finance projects.

The event will be of interest to leaders of the Central Banks; CEOs and senior managers of banks and other financial institutions interested in green finance.

The event is part of a series of online discussions on climate finance delivered by the IFC Green Banking Academy in Europe and Central Asia in partnership with the Government of Austria.

Agenda (Vienna time GMT+2):

13:00 Opening and Introductions, Leah Ann Soroka, Program Manager, Climate and Agricultural Financial Services in Europe and Central Asia, IFC 13:05 Driving Climate Finance in ECA, Peter Cashion, Head of Climate Finance and Chief Investment Officer, Global Financial Institutions Group, IFC 13:10 Rethinking Climate Finance: How Data Can Revolutionize Climate Finance and Climate Insurance, Maria Teresa Zappia, Deputy CEO and Chief Impact & Blended Finance Officer, BlueOrchard 13:40 Questions 13:50 Evaluating the Impact of Climate Finance, Gursimran Rooprai, Climate Finance Analyst, Financial Institutions Group, IFC 14:15 Questions 14:20 Climate Finance Development Roadmap, Aliaksandr Novikau, Green Banking Academy in Europe and Central Asia, IFC 14:25 Closing, Martin Dasek, Senior Climate Finance Specialist for Europe and Central Asia, IFC

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