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Conference

UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Africa and Middle East 2023

Name: UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Africa and Middle East 2023
Start: 2023-06-14
End: 2023-06-15
Location: Namibia

14 - 15 June 2023

Windhoek, Namibia

Overview

Agenda

The UNEP FI Regional Roundtable Africa and Middle East will be held on 14-15 June in Windhoek, Namibia. The event, co-organised with NamibRe, will convene UNEP FI member banks and insurers, policymakers, civil society, and academia to discuss sustainable finance trends, challenges, and solutions in Africa and Middle East.

Speakers and participants will have the opportunity to network and explore topics such as regulations and their effects on sustainable finance, climate mitigation, and adaptation action, financial health and inclusion, sustainable insurance, nature-related risks, existing projects and partnerships in the regions, and much more.

Registration: Register here to attend in person or to receive the recordings after the event.

Time Sessions – Day 1

9:00 Welcome remarks

Liesel van Ast, Deputy Head, UNEP FI

9:10 Opening keynote

9:20 Keynote address

Rose Mwebaza, Director, Africa, UN Environment Programme

9:30 Panel: Transforming the real economy for a sustainable future

Anne Juuko, CEO, Stanbic Bank Uganda Limited
Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, NamibRe
Liesel van Ast, Deputy Head, UNEP FI

10:30 Break

11:00 High level dialogue: Making credible climate commitments count – the road to COP28

Randa Mounir Africa and Middle East Engagement Lead, UNFCCC Climate Champions Team
Sarah Kemmitt, Head of Net-Zero Banking Alliance, UNEP FI

11:40 Panel: Regulatory developments promoting sustainable finance in Africa and Middle East

Louise Gardiner, Sustainable Banking Network Africa Coordinator, IFC
Nuran Atef, Regional Coordinator for Africa and Middle East, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Panel: Climate adaptation in Africa and Middle East: The finance journey

Ali Haider, Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Global Center on Adaptation
Dipeeka Rangolam, Sustainability Reporting Coordinator, MCB Group
James Mnyupe, Presidential Economic Advisor – Government of The Republic of Namibia
Paul Smith, Senior Consultant, Climate Change, UNEP FI

Parallel sessions (Room 1)Parallel sessions (Room 2)

14:30 Advancing sustainability in banking through the Principles for Responsible Banking

Alice Anders, Implementation Coordinator Banking and Climate, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

Tackling loss and damage through innovative insurance facilities

Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, NamibRe
Kelvin Massingham, Director of Risk and Resilience, FSD Africa
Butch Bacani, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Lead, UNEP FI

15:20 Break

15:50 Addressing water risks and management through finance

Graham Ching’ambu, Regional Fund Manager, SADC Water Fund at Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA)
Dr Anton Earle, Director, Africa Regional Center, SIWI
Peggy Lefort, Pollution & Circular Economy Lead, UNEP FI

Launch: White paper on nature positive insurance

Dennis Fritsch, Associate Nature Lead, UNEP FI
Butch Bacani, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Lead, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

16:40 Finance solutions for nature and biodiversity risks

Lina Osman, Regional Head, Sustainable Finance, West at Standard Chartered
Louise Heaps, Head of Sustainable Blue Economy, WWF
Dennis Fritsch, Associate Nature Lead, UNEP FI

ESG risk management and insurance underwriting

Monday Utomwen, Chief Risk Officer, Waica Re
Butch Bacani, Principles for Sustainable Insurance Lead, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

17:30 End of Day 1

Time Sessions – Day 2

9:00 Opening remarks

Patty Karuaihe-Martin, Managing Director, NamibRe

9:10 Keynote address

9:20 Panel: The role of finance in achieving the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development

Ange Chitate, Chief Operating Officer, African Risk Capacity
More to be announced…

10:20 High-level dialogue: Financing resilient food and water systems in Africa and Middle East

Peggy Lefort, Pollution & Circular Economy Lead, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

10:50 Break

11:20 Panel: Scaling up sustainable finance: African Financial Alliance on Climate Change

Nuran Atef, Regional Coordinator for Africa and Middle East, UNEP FI
More to be announced…

12:20 Lunch

13:20 Panel: Climate mitigation in Africa and Middle East: The finance journey

14:20 Addressing environmental concerns through Islamic Finance

More to be announced…
Paul Smith, Senior Consultant, Climate Change, UNEP FI

Advancing a circular economy in Sub-Saharan Africa

More to be announced…
Peggy Lefort, Pollution & Circular Economy Lead, UNEP FI

15:10 Intersections between climate and nature: insights into TCFD and TNFD frameworks

More to be announced…
Dennis Fritsch, Associate Nature Lead, UNEP FI

Embedding the Just Transition in the finance industry

Stephane Lebon, Sustainability Manager, MCB Group

16:00 Break

16:30 Panel: Next steps to promoting sustainable finance in AME: Projects and partnerships

Ali Haider, Senior Climate Finance Specialist, Global Center on Adaptation
More to be announced…

17:20 Closing Remarks

17:30 End of Day 2