ECLAC will host the regional forum on investment and financing for climate action in Latin America and the Caribbean

High-ranking government authorities and international organizations, along with representatives of the private sector, development and commercial banks, and partners in multilateral and bilateral cooperation, will participate in the Roundtable on Climate Finance and the Energy Transition in Latin America and the Caribbean, which It will be held on September 1 and 2 at the headquarters of the United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) in Santiago, Chile.

The event, which will be held in a hybrid format -face-to-face and virtual-, is one of the five Regional Forums on Climate Initiatives to Finance Climate Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)preparatory to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which are promoted by the United Nations System, the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27 and the Champions UN High Level Committee on climate change.

The meeting will open on Thursday, September 1 at 9:00 am local (UTC/GMT -4:00) by Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary General of the United Nations (virtual); Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt and President-designate of COP 27 (virtual); Mahmoud Mohieldin, Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Climate Change Champion COP27 (virtual); León de la Torre, Ambassador of the European Union in Chile, and Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC.

The event will feature four thematic panels that will address, among other issues, the energy transition, electromobility, sustainable and equitable supply chains of fundamental and strategic minerals for the energy transition, and climate financing for the resilience of Small Island States. Developing States (SIDS) and other vulnerable States.

The round table is expected to activate processes to finalize investment agreements between those responsible for project portfolios of the governments of Latin America and the Caribbean and financial institutions, by defining concrete opportunities to advance the sustainable energy transition of the region. , the analysis of the necessary political changes and the bottlenecks that exist for financing and the interaction with sources of financing and investment, both public and private, to mobilize action towards COP 27.

The media are invited to follow the meeting through https://live.cepal.org/climaticaction and the ECLAC website.

The full program of the event is available at the following link.

What: Round table on climate finance and the energy transition in Latin America and the Caribbean

Who is it:

• High government authorities and international organizations
• Representatives from the private sector, development and commercial banks and partners in multilateral and bilateral cooperation

When: Thursday 1 and Friday 2 September 2022.

They inaugurate (Thursday, September 1, 09:00 am in Chile, GMT -4 hrs.):

• Amina J. Mohammed, Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations (virtual)
• Sameh Shoukry, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Arab Republic of Egypt and President-designate of COP 27 (virtual)
• Mahmoud Mohieldin, Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, COP27 Climate Change Champion
• León de la Torre, Ambassador of the European Union in Chile
• Mario Cimoli, Acting Executive Secretary of ECLAC

Where: ECLAC headquarters (Av. Dag Hammarskjöld 3477, Vitacura, Santiago, Chile, Sala Celso Furtado).

Virtual transmission on the ECLAC website and on https://live.cepal.org/climaticaction