On 19 January 2021 at 13.30 pm CET, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment in co-operation with CDC Group is organising a webinar to launch the project "Just Transition Finance Roadmaps in South Africa and India".
The webinar will discuss the role that financial institutions can have in helping achieve a just transition in the two countries. The project will build on existing local processes and promote tangible action.
Agenda
Welcome and Project Launch:
Nick Robins, Professor in Practice – Sustainable Finance, Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics
Fireside chat:
Nick O’Donohoe, Chief Executive Officer, CDC Group in conversation with Nick Robins
Opening remarks: What is the role of finance in enabling a just transition in South Africa?
Joanne Yawitch, Chief Executive Officer, National Business Initiative
Opening remarks: What is the role of finance in enabling a just transition in India?
Rathin Roy, Managing Director – Research and Policy, Overseas Development Institute
Panel discussion
Moderator: David Wood, Director of the Initiative for Responsible Investment , Harvard Kennedy School
Q&A session
Closing remarks:
Suranjali Tandon, Assistant Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy