Session 11: Financing for Development: What Comes next - Climate Finance

October 13, 2023

Chair: Masood Ahmed, President, Center for Global Development (CGD)

Speakers:

Niels Annen, Parliament State Secretary, Ministry of Economic Cooperation, Germany

Michael Hugman, Director, Climate Finance, Climate Children's Investment Fund Foundation

Avinash Persaud, Advisor, Prime Minister of Barbados

Mattia Romani, Partner, Systemiq

Vera Songwe, Chair, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility

Mark Suzman, CEO, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation

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