Programme

The conference is in English

 

09.00-09.50A planet in peril - calls for action

Money Talks

Bård Vegar Solhjell, Director General, Norad


Investment Imperative: Realize Climate Prosperity Through Resilience

H. E. Mohamed Nasheed, Secretary-General of the Climate Vulnerable Forum, Former President of the Maldives


Investing in Tomorrow: The Green Transition and Financial Stability

Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF


Keynote speech

Anne Beathe Tvinnereim, Minister of international development

09.50-10.20Coffee break
10.20-11.45Country leadership

The Ecological Transformation Plan of Brazil

Rafael Dubeux, Deputy Vice Minister of Finance, Brazil


Economic Transformation and Green Development in Africa

Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, President & CEO ACET


The Missing Piece: Why Private Capital & Innovation is Key to Africa's Impact Story

Marie Nielsen, Partner, Antler Africa


Country leadership - Fireside chat

Rafael Dubeux, Mavis Owusu-Gyamfi, Marie Nielsen.
Moderator: Helen Clark, The Rt Hon. Former Prime Minister New Zealand


International development during Trump 2.0

Tove Bjørgaas, U.S. Senior Correspondent, Norwegian Broadcasting Corporation (NRK)

11.45-12.30Lunch
12.30-13.30Joint forces for finance

Reform: A frontline perspective

Pepukaye Bardouille, Director, Bridgetown Initiative and Special Advisor on Climate Resilience, Prime Minister’s Office


Multilateral Development Banks: A New Role in the Development Landscape

Vera Songwe, Chair and Founder, Liquidity and Sustainability Facility, Non-Resident Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings


Financing Trust: Tackling the Deficit of Global Cooperation in Sustainable Development

Navid Hanif, Assistant Secretary-General for Economic Development


Joint forces for finance - Fireside chat

Vera Songwe, Navid Hanif, Pepukaye Bardouille, Sony Kapoor, Professor of Climate, Geoeconomics, and Finance.
Moderator: Robin Wigglesworth, Alphaville Editor (Financial Times)

13.30-15.00Follow the money

Financing the future: Can it be done?

Dagfinn Høybråten, Secretary General, Norgwegian Church Aid, Christina Lund, Student and advocate for economic and climate justice


Transparency and good governance: Essential pillars for financing development

Helen Clark, The Rt Hon. Former Prime Minister New Zealand


The billionaire tax: a (modest) proposal for the 21st century

Gabriel Zucman, Professor of economics and Director of the EU Tax Observatory


Follow the money - Fireside chat

Helen Clark, Gabriel Zucman, Tellef Thorleifsson, CEO Norfund.
Moderator: Robin Wigglesworth