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Financing Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
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Financing Climate Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies

Thursday, October 6, 2022 – Thursday, October 6, 2022
11:00 – 12:30
Centre International de Conférences Genève - Room C

How can emerging market and developing economies promote climate adaptation and build resilience? The event will look at what investments are needed, how public and private finance can be mobilized, policies and tools that have reduced vulnerability and boosted resilience, and how data can be utilized by decisionmakers.

Speakers:

Niels Holm-Nielsen

Practice Manager, Head of GFDRR, World Bank

Le Thi Tuyet Mai

Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary​, Permanent Mission of the S.R. of Viet Na​​m to the United Nations, the World Trade Organization and o​ther International Organizations in Geneva, Switzerland

Abhilash Panda

Head of Infrastructure Resilience & De-risking Investment, UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction

Maria Dimitriadou

Special Representative to the UN and Head of the Geneva Office - World Bank Group

Tobias Meier

Global Key Account Manager for Multilateral Development Banks, Swiss Re

Jan van Bilsen

Country Manager for Switzerland, Germany and the Nordics - IFC-International Finance Corporation

Richard Hardy

Investment Director - Africa Private Equity, BlueOrchard Finance Ltd
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