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The USAID LEAD program supports developing countries in Asia to achieve low-carbon, sustainable economic development
Presentations from the Asia LEDS Partnership Workshop on Climate Finance
Tuesday, April 2, 2013 – Pre-Workshop Event: Introduction to LEDS and Climate Financing
Plenary: Introduction and Economics of Climate Change - Impacts in South and Southeast Asia
- Regional Economics of Climate Change in South Asia - Akm Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, Principal Climate Change Specialist, South Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank
- Economics of Climate Change in Southeast Asia (Key Findings from the ADB Study in 2009) - Ancha Srinivasan, Principal Climate Change Specialist, South East Asia Regional Department, Asian Development Bank
Plenary: Introduction to LEDS and Green Growth
- Foundations for Long-Term Sustainable Growth: Low Emission, Climate Resilient Development Strategies - Orestes Anastasia, Co-Chair, Asia LEDS Partnership, and Senior Regional Climate Change Advisor, USAID Regional Development Mission for Asia
- NAMAS: Overview, Design, and Financing Sources - Brad Johnson, Senior Financial Advisor, Center for Clean Air Policy
Plenary: LEDS and the Climate Finance Landscape in Asia
- Climate finance in Asia: findings from USAID’s Fast Out of the Gate study - Aidan Stretch, USAID LEAD Program
- ADB’s Climate Change Financing Program - Michael Rattinger, Climate Change Specialist, Climate Change Program Coordination Unit, Regional and Sustainable Development Department, Asian Development Bank
- Mobilizing Climate Finance - Athena Ronquillo Ballesteros, Project Manager, Institutions and Governance Program, World Resources Institute
Wednesday, April 3, 2013 - Main Workshop, Day 1
Opening Plenary: New Business Opportunities for Green Growth
- Public sector perspective: How to scale up climate finance and make it more effective? - Barbara Buchner, Senior Director, Climate Policy Initiative Europe
Panel: Climate Finance Outlook and Key Opportunities
- Asian National Development Finance Institutions’ Experiences in Climate-friendly Green Investment: The ADFIAP Perspective - Octavio B. Peralta, Secretary General, Association of Development Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific
Panel: Bank and Private Equity Perspectives on Climate Friendly Investments
- BPI Globe BanKO, A Savings Bank - Tessie Tan, President, BPI Globe BanKO
Plenary: Presentations on National Frameworks to Support Green Finance
- National Framework to Support Climate and Green Growth Finance and Mainstreaming LEDS Finance in National Budgets and Plans The Case of Vietnam - Nguyen Tuan Anh, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam
- National Framework to Support Green Finance: The Case of Papua New Guinea - Joe N Pokana, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Climate Change and Development Papua New Guinea
- National Framework to support Green Finance in Indonesia - Edi Setijawan, Senior Researcher/Assistant Director at Financial System Stability Group-Banking Research and Regulation Department, Bank Indonesia
- National Framework to Support Green Finance: The Case of Thailand -Wannapa Khlaisuan, Senior Professional, Plan and Policy Analyst, NESDB, Thailand
Thursday, April 4 - Main Workshop, Day 2
Plenary: Using the Public Sector to Mobilize Private Climate Finance
- Theory: What does the public sector have to do to mobilize the private sector? - Tomonori Sudo, Research Fellow, JICA Research Institute
Plenary: Mainstreaming LEDS Finance in National Budgets and Plans
- The Climate Public Expenditure and Institutional Reviews (CPEIR) - An Introduction - Alex Heikens, United Nations Development Programme
- Mainstreaming Green Financing in National Budget and Plans: Indonesia Case - Irfa Ampri, Director of the Center for Climate Change Financing and Multilateral Policy, Fiscal Policy Office, Ministry of Finance, Indonesia
- National Framework to Support Climate and Green Growth Finance and Mainstreaming LEDS Finance in National Budgets and Plans: The Case of Vietnam - Nguyen Tuan Anh, Deputy Director General, Ministry of Planning and Investment, Vietnam
- Mainstreaming Climate Finance into Papua New Guinea’s National Budget - Joe Pokana, Senior Policy Analyst, Office of Climate Change and Development, Papua New Guinea
Plenary: Access to Finance for Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP) and Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Sectors
- Sustainable Energy Finance: South Asia - Access to Finance Advisory -Sakshi Varma, Access to Finance Advisory, South Asia, International Finance Corporation
- Selling solar as a service: pay-as-you-go solar for the BoP - Paul Needham, President, SIMPA Networks
Sector Breakout Sessions: Public and Private Sector Case Studies in Climate Finance
Energy Efficiency
- China Energy Efficiency Financing Program (CHUEE) - William Beloe, Senior Operations Officer, International Finance Corporation
- Update on India’s Perform, Achieve, and Trade (PAT) program for Industrial Energy Efficiency - S.S.Krishnan, Center for Study of Science, Technology and Policy (CSTEP), Bangalore
- How IFC leverage CTF in mobilizing finance for EE projects in Southeast Asia - Romel Carlos, Operations Officer, Sustainable Energy Finance, Access to Finance Advisory Services, International Finance Corporation
Renewable Energy
- Gujarat Solar Rooftop program - Anjali Garg, Energy Specialist, Sustainable Business Advisory - International Finance Corporation, South Asia
- Case studies from Bangchak's solar projects - Nintira Abhisinha, VP Finance, Bangchak Petroleum
Transport
- Case Study on Lanzhou Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) as a CDM Project Activity - Wayne Zhou, CDM Specialist (Consultant), Carbon Market Program, Asian Development Bank
- Working with cities to attract climate finance: A case study of the Islamabad (Pakistan) Bus Rapid Transit project - Nadir Ehsan, Senior Municipal Development Specialist, Cities Development Initiative for Asia
- National Investments in Urban Transport: The Indian experience - Chhavi Dhingra, Program Manager - Capacity Building, EMBARQ India
Panel: Ensuring Climate Finance Readiness - Concrete Actions and Next Steps
- Key issues in establishing frameworks for measurement, reporting, and verification (MRV) of GHG emissions reductions - Tom Baumann, USAID LEAD Program (Greenhouse Gas Management Insitute)
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