04:05 pm - 05:30 pm
Auditorium Hall 4
(Track 2: Natural Capital Dialogues)
Session 4: Innovative Financing & Investment Mobilization
Moderator: Martin Lemoine, Advisor, PSOD, ADB
Fireside Chat: “What will it take to mobilize billions for Natural Capital?”
Anchor: Martin Lemoine, Advisor, PSOD, ADB
- Antoine Raes, Investment Director, Mirova
- Ella Wang, Senior Program Director, Carbon Neutrality Lab, Tencent
Case Studies: “Financing Nature at Scale: Tools and Transactions”
- Operationalize nature credit – the case of Chishui River Basin
Xueliang Cai, Senior Water Resources Specialist, AFNR, SD2, ADB - Impact Funds
Narayan Iyer, Principal Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, AFNR, SD2, ADB - Sustainability-Linked Loans
Namuugerel Batbayar, Senior Investment Officer, PSOD, ADB - Financing Nature at Scale: Tools and Transactions for Ecosystem Landscapes in India
Sumit Pokhrel, Senior Natural Resources and Agriculture Specialist, SD2, ADB, and Dr Pradeep Kumar, Principal Secretary Forest, Environment and Agriculture, Sikkim
Closing Remarks
Qingfeng Zhang, Senior Director, SD2-AFNR, ADB
