Filling in the Finance Gap: IFC at Copenhagen Most of the investments needed to tackle climate change will have to come from the private sector. Public finance is not enough to tackle climate change. In Copenhagen, IFC will demonstrate business models that can enable private companies, financial institutions and institutional investors to significantly boost their climate-related investments. > Launch Telling Our Story: Climate Change - Filling the Financing Gap > Visit the UN Climate Change Conference 2009 website ............................................................................................................... World Bank Group President Robert B. Zoellick interviewed on CNBC on Copenhagen - December 16 ............................................................................................................... Launch of IFC and S&P Carbon Efficient Index for Emerging Markets - Press Conference, December 10 Rachel Kyte, Vice-President, Business Advisory Services, IFC David Blitzer, Head of Indices, Standard & Poor Brunno Maradei, Program Officer, Sustainable Investing, IFC > Download Carbon Efficient Index and Factsheet ............................................................................................................... Post Copenhagen: Leadership for a Decade of Change An expert panel from business and civil society will examine the leadership challenges facing all parts of society over the next decade. Concluding remarks on the role of science will be made by Katherine Richardson, Professor of Marine Science, University of Copenhagen, and Chair of the Scientific Steering Committee for the IARU 2009 Congress on Climate Change. Panel debate and reception Wednesday, 9th December 6:00 – 9:30pm A.P. Møller - Mærsk Group, Headquarters, Esplanaden 50, 1098 Copenhagen K, Denmark > Read more ............................................................................................................... IFC and S&P to Launch World’s First Carbon Efficient Index for Emerging Markets IFC and Standard & Poor’s will be launching at Copenhagen the world’s first carbon efficient index for emerging markets that should mobilize more than $1 billion for carbon-efficient companies over the next three years. Press conference Thursday, 10th December 10:30 – 11:00am Bella Center, Copenhagen > Watch video of the press conference > Read Media Advisory > Download Carbon Efficient Index and Factsheet ............................................................................................................... Mobilizing Private Capital for Low-Carbon Growth Join us to discuss how private capital markets – public and private equity, as well as debt – can contribute to private sector low-carbon growth in emerging markets. MDB Dialogue Day, Thursday, 10th December 4:30 – 5:30 pm Opera House, Copenhagen Moderator: Rachel Kyte, Vice-President, Business Advisory Services, IFC Panel: Rob Lake, Head of Sustainability, APG – Dutch pension fund Ole Sorensen, Chief of Research and Strategy, ATP – largest Danish pension fund David Blitzer, Head of Indices, Standard & Poor Carla Tully, Climate Change Coordinator, Office of the Vice-President for Private Sector and Non-Sovereign Guaranteed Operations, Inter-American Development Bank > Read more