Global Energy Forum at COP28 - Mobilizing private investment through blended finance is crucial for accelerating the energy transition in emerging markets and developing economies. Existing multilateral institutions have shown promise in delivering necessary reforms to do so, but calls for new financial structures have emerged to address challenges of slow bureaucratic processes, inflexible instruments, insufficient private capital, and debt in the Global South. How can financial institutions, the public sector, and the private sector collaborate to deliver on international sustainable development goals?
Speakers:
- Javier Campillo, Vice Minister of Energy, Republic of Colombia
- Linda-Eling Lee, Founding Director and Head, MSCI Sustainability Institute
- Demetrios Papathanasiou, Global Director for the World Bank's Energy and Extractives Global Practice, The World Bank
- Pradeep Tharakan, Director, Energy Transition, Asian Development Bank
- Adam Wang-Levine, Deputy Assistant Secretary, Climate, Environment, and Infrastructure, US Department of the Treasury
Moderator:
- David Sandalow, Inaugural Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Director of the Energy and Environment Concentration at the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbia University
