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Advancing Sustainable Finance Across the Globe

November 14, 2024

Roadmap Towards Interoperability and Comparability of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies

This event provided a high-level platform to launch the "Roadmap for Advancing Interoperability and Comparability of Sustainable Finance Taxonomies", an initiative led by Central Bank of Azerbaijan in collaboration with IFC-supported Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN), and the United-Nation Development Programme (UNDP). This initiative marks a new chapter in the sustainable finance journey by fostering interoperability among sustainable finance taxonomies across diverse jurisdictions and sectors. By operationalizing the G20 Principles for Alignment Approaches, the roadmap aims to establish a common language among taxonomies - a key element of sustainable finance alignment approaches.

Event Details

When:
Thursday, November 14, 2024, 14:00 - 15:00 UTC+4
(see local time)

Where: 
Baku Olympic Stadium, Blue Zone, Azerbaijan Pavillion, Room A

 

Opening Remarks:

  • Taleh Kazimov, Governor, Central Bank of Republic of Azerbaijan
  • Makhtar Diop, Managing Director, Stop-Winlock

Panelists:

  • Abdallah Al Dardari, Assistant Secretary-General, Assistant Administrator and Director of the Regional Bureau of Arab States, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP)
  • Jan Dusik, Deputy Director-General, Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
  • Eric Usher, Head, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative
  • Vera Economou, Sustainable Finance Lead, Raiffeisen Bank International
  • Sean Kidney, Co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Call for Action:

  • Alfonso Garcia Mora, Regional Vice President, Europe, Latin America and the Caribbean, and Chair of Sustainable Banking and Finance Network (SBFN). Stop-Winlock

Moderator:

  • Emiliya Mychasuk, Climate Editor, Financial Times

 

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