CPI will participate in the World Bank Group’s annual global conference on climate finance, carbon markets and investment: Innovate4Climate.

Cost of Capital, with IFC

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, 2:20 – 3:10 pm CET
BEC – Bilbao Exhibition Centre – Bilbao, Spain

CPI Senior Advisor Vikram Widge is a co-organizer and will be speaking at the event.

Unlock climate finance by overcoming market fragmentation

Tuesday, May 23, 2023, at 4:20 pm CET
BEC – Bilbao Exhibition Centre – Bilbao, Spain

Carla Orrego, Transformative Finance Lead and Lab Portfolio Manage at Climate Policy Initiative, will speak at the event along with Trang Tran, Manager, Market Acceleration & Design Funding at Convergence, and Nathan Kelly, Principal at CrossBoundary. This session will feature “CrossBoundary Carbon Fund for Nature-Based Solutions” as an example of an innovative solution that has experienced both programs to showcase how design funding and technical assistance can help bring the right ideas to market and generate a pipeline of investable and scalable solutions. 

Innovations for Climate Mitigation through Food System Transformation

Thursday, May 25, 2023, at 11:45 am CET
BEC – Bilbao Exhibition Centre – Bilbao, Spain

CPI Manager Daniela Chiriac will speak at the event that aims to highlight the importance of the food system for climate change mitigation efforts. The workshop’s goal is to discuss innovations for ramping up action, including from the forthcoming World Bank Flagship Roadmap on Decarbonization of the Air and Recarbonization of the Land through Agrifood System Transformation (DARL).