Climate Infrastructure Forum
Leaders Summit | 4-5 March 2019 | Barcelona
Accelerating change
Challenging investment environments in developing countries have resulted in a multi-trillion annual shortfall that is needed to finance sustainable infrastructure.
The boundaries of what is sustainable infrastructure are unclear. This can jeopardize investment decisions, potentially resulting in missed opportunities and stranded assets.
The Climate Infrastructure Forum brought together a curated group of leaders from government, business, finance, and civil society to build actionable solutions around the sustainable infrastructure imperative – with the aim of accelerating investment and making it consistent with the Paris Agreement, the Sustainable Development Goals, and the Addis Ababa Action Agenda.
Event Highlights
60+ Leaders
A curated pool of policy, business, finance, and civil society leaders of change.
Investment De-risking
De-risking strategies to unlock infrastructure investments.
5 Sectors
Energy, transport, water, buildings, and telecoms.
Metrics
Developing standardized metric tools.
Actionable Solutions
Identifying and sharing actionable solutions and tools.
Networking
Creating a transformative community of practice.
Keynotes
News
Patricia Espinosa
We are delighted to announce the participation of Ms. Patricia Espinosa, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, as a Keynote Speaker at the Climate Infrastructure Forum 2019.
Christiana Figueres
We are delighted to announce the participation of Ms. Christiana Figueres, Convenor of Mission 2020 and former Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change, as a Keynote Speaker at the Climate Infrastructure Forum 2019.
Kirsten Snow Spalding
We are delighted to announce the participation of Ms. Kirsten Snow Spalding, Investor Network Director of Ceres, as a Keynote Speaker at the Climate Infrastructure Forum 2019.
Takahiro Tsuda
We are delighted to announce the participation of Mr. Takahiro Tsuda, Director for Development Policy Coordination at the Ministry of Finance, Japan G20 Presidency, as a Keynote Speaker at the Climate Infrastructure Forum 2019.
Luigi Carafa
We are delighted to announce the participation of Dr Luigi Carafa, Executive Director of the Climate Infrastructure Partnership, as a Keynote Speaker at the Climate Infrastructure Forum 2019.
Agenda
Monday, March 4th
- Opening remarks
11:30 - 12:00
- Keynote Conference: Infrastructure Systems, Climate Change and Sustainable Development
12:00 - 13:30
- Executive lunch
13:30 - 15:00
- Leadership Roundtable:
Shaping the Future of Infrastructure15:00 - 18:00
- Tour of Sant Pau Landmark
18:00 - 19:00
Tuesday, March 5th
- Session I - Metrics for Sustainable Infrastructure: Defining the Boundaries, Unlocking Institutional Investment
10:00 - 13:00
- Executive lunch
13:00 - 14:30
- Session II - Derisking Strategies: Transforming the Paris Agreement and Agenda 2030 into investment
14:30 - 16:30
- Session III - Cities: Unlocking urban infrastructure investment
16:30 - 18:00
- Closing remarks
18:00 - 18:30
Keynote Conference
Leadership Roundtable
Advisory Committee
Amal-Lee Amin
Chief Climate DivisionInter-American Development Bank
Cesar Carreño
Senior Officer, Low Carbon CitiesCarbonn Center, ICLEI World Secretariat
Stephen Hammer
Advisor, Global Partnerships and Strategy,Climate Change Group
World Bank
Sebastián Kind
Undersecretary of Renewable EnergiesMinistry of Finance, Argentina
Julie Perkins
GWOPA Program ManagerUN Habitat
Marc Ribó
Business Development ManagerAbertis
Flavia Rosembuj
Global Lead for Climate BusinessInternational Finance Corporation
Speakers & Delegates
Maximiliano Morrone
National Director for the Promotion of Renewable Energy, Secretary of Energy, Argentina
Frederic Ximeno
Comissioner for Ecology,Barcelona City Council
Sylvain Nachef
International Business Development Director, Bouygues Energies & Services
James Alexander
Director, City Finance Programme,C40 Cities
Kate Hampton
CEO, Children's Investment Fund Foundation
Mafalda Duarte
Head, Climate Investment Funds
Jose Andreu
Lead Operations Officer, Climate Investment Funds
Francisco Benedito
CEO, ClimateTrade
Silvia Charpentier
Board Member,Central Bank of Costa Rica
Matthew Jordan-Tank
Director, Sustainable Infrastructure Policy and Project Preparation (SI3P), Sustainable Infrastructure Group, EBRD
Christopher Hurst
Director General, Projects Directorate, European Investment Bank
Jose Luis Muñoz
Director General, EIT Climate KIC Spain
Marco van der Ree
Director Business Development, EIT Climate-KIC
Neil Walmsley
International Business Development & Partnerships Lead, EIT Climate-KIC
José Lluch
Business Development, EIT Climate-KIC
Claudio Memoli
E-Industries Strategy, Enel X
Carlo Papa
Director, ENEL Foundation
Audrey Quehen
Senior Manager External Relations, ENGIE
Gebru Endalew
Former Chair LDCs, Ethiopia
Yvon Slingenberg
Director for International, Mainstreaming and Policy Coordination, DG Climate Action, European Commission
Antonio Burgueño
Director of Quality and CSR,FCC Construcción
David Garcia Nuñez
Director of Communication,FCC Construcción
Arnau Queralt
Director Advisory Council for Sustainable Development, Generalitat de Catalunya
Isidre Sala
Director General for Multilateral and European Affairs, Generalitat de Catalunya
Tony Clamp
Deputy Director, Private Sector Facility, Green Climate Fund
Jonathan Pershing
Program Director of Environment, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
Stephanie Maier
Director, Responsible Investment, HSBC Global Asset Management
Ivan Corbacho Morales
Advisor, IDB Invest
Ricardo Gonzalez
Investment Officer, Blended Finance, IFC
Stephanie Pfeifer
CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Pia Heidenmark Cook
Chief Sustainability Officer, IKEA
Karol Gobczynski
Head of Climate and Energy, IKEA
Maria Tapia
Lead Climate Change Specialist, Inter-American Development Bank
Mustapha Bakkoury
President & CEO, Masen
Ali Zerouali
Head of Institutional Relations, Masen
Stephanie Goodrid-Lawson
Executive Director, McKinney Family Foundation
Sasja Beslik
Head of Group Sustainable Finance, Nordea Bank
Anthony Cox
Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD
Robert Metzke
Head of Sustainability, Philips
John Tidmarsh
Chief Investment Officer,R20 Regions of Climate Action
Michael Northrop
Program Director, Sustainable Development,Rockefeller Brothers Fund
Isabel Garro
Special Adviser High Commissioner for the Agenda 2030, Spain
Francisco Heras
Adaptation Unit Spanish Climate Change Office, Ministry for Ecological Transition, Spain
Francisco Doblas-Reyes
Earth Sciences Department Director, Supercomputing Center BSC
James Grabert
Director, Sustainable Development Mechanisms, UN Climate Change
Patricia Purcell
Head of Parnterships, UN Global Compact
Joan Clos
Former Executive Director,UN Habitat
Marco Attisani
CEO, Watly
Laura Canas da Costa
Senior Advisor Sustainable Finance, WWF Switzerland
David Pistoni
CEO, Zeleros HyperloopVenue
The Roundtable took place at the Climate Infrastructure Partnership's headquarters, the Sant Pau Art Nouveau Site, a UNESCO World Heritage Landmark, in the framework of the collaboration agreement between the Sant Pau Foundation and the Diputació de Barcelona.
Visit Sant Pau's official photo stream here. Photo credits: Sant Pau Foundation.
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