Green Bonds for Green Economies

Location: ‘Bab IGHLI’, COP22 IETA BUSINESS HUB, Green Zone, Innovations Tent 2, Stands 401-403, AAA Pavilion, Marrakesh, Morocco.

Date and Time: November 15, 08:30 AM – 11:00 AM GMT

The panel discussion aims to profile green bonds as an instrument to mobilize private sector capital for green economies, share IFC experience in green bonds, and introduce a new initiative that IFC is working on to catalyze the green bond market in developing countries. The event will seek to align potential donors and institutional investors for a new Green Bond initiative that IFC is leading and expecting to launch in 2017. The link between green bond markets and climate finance policy reforms at country level will also be discussed.

Opening Remarks: Dimitris Tsitsiragos, IFC Vice President for Global Client Services.

Featured panelists from: Climate Bond Initiative, IFC Treasury, Fransabank Group, YES Bank, Türkiye Sınai Kalkınma Bankası, and others.