Banque de France-Ferdi–AFD Conference: What Financial Choices for Africa in the Face of Climate Change?

How can we meet the financial challenges of climate change in Africa? What role can the financial sector play? What are the constraints and opportunities?
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Banque de France-Ferdi–AFD Conference: What financial choices for Africa in the face of climate change?
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From Tuesday 29 June 2021 to Thursday 01 July 2021

Africa is one of the most vulnerable regions to climate change. African countries, which are often low-income countries, are poorly equipped to cope with the consequences of climate change. The risks of crises, conflicts and migration caused by global warming are particularly high. 

Domestic public resources may not be sufficient to cover Africa’s transition financing needs. The financial sector can play a key role in ensuring the effective mobilization of financial resources and improving resilience. In particular, it can facilitate the allocation of funds to sustainable investments. The financial implications of climate change in Africa thus reflect different constraints and opportunities from those in developed countries.

The conference is split in three sessions: one session per day lasting from 2 to 2.5 hours each. An inaugural speech will introduced the conference the first day. The conference will close with a round table aiming at broadening the subject to other environmental aspects.

  • Session 1 - June 29, 2:30 GMT +2 
    : Africa's Response to Climate Change
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  • Session 2 - June 30, 2:30 GMT +2 : How to finance the climate transition in Africa
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  • Session 3 - July 1st, 2:30 GMT +2 : Resilience to climate change :
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The conference will be available live in its original version on YouTube. The registration on Zoom allows access to the French / English translation.
 

Please also find the detailed invitation and the program.


→ Find all the documents produced by our three institutions here:

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From Tuesday 29 June 2021 to Thursday 01 July 2021
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Speakers
Rabah
ARESKI
Chief Economist and for Economic Governance and Knowledge Management, African Development Bank
Fatima
DENTON
Director, Institute for Natural Resources in Africa, United Nations University
Secou
SARR
Director, ENDA Energie
Nathalie
DELAPALME
Executive Director, Fondation Afrique Europe
Ambroise
FAYOLLE
Vice-President, European Investment Bank (EIB)
Luis
PEREIRA DA SILVA
Deputy General Manager, Bank for International Settlements (BIS)
Roland
KPODAR
Deputy Unit Chief in the Strategy, Policy and Review Department, International Monetary Fund. Senior Fellow, Foundation for Studies and Research on International Development (FERDI)
Tao
ZHANG
Deputy Managing Director, International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Youba
SOKONA
Vice-President, GIEC. Special Advisor for sustainable development, South Center
Véra
SONGWE
Secrétaire exécutive, Economic Commission for Africa (tbc)
Abbas
MAHAMAT TOLLI
Governor, Bank of Central African States (BEAC)
Rémy
RIOUX
Chief Executive Officer, Agence Française de Développement (AFD)

Location of the event

Siège de l'AFD
5 rue Roland-Barthes
75012
Paris