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Time of Event
Day 1: 16:00 - 19:30 Tokyo time
Day 2: 14:00 - 17:10 Tokyo time
Day 3: 10:30 - 16:35 Tokyo time
Summary
There is a large financing gap for carbon net-zero transition in Asia, prompting measures to mobilize greater private capital. To tap financing opportunities in the region, domestic and global financial institutions require a strong understanding of their transition-related risk and return profile and how it fits their risk appetite. Stakeholder collaboration is also critical to promote data essential for informed capital allocation with useful corporate disclosure on transition, as well as innovative public-private finance schemes, and comparable cross-border carbon pricing.
This ADBI-SOAS University of London Centre for Sustainable Finance virtual conference will feature new research on sustainable finance and mobilizing private capital to achieve climate goals on net zero carbon emissions, with a focus on Asia. Topics to be addressed include the identification of transition-related financial risks and risk mitigation measures, the evaluation of blended finance mechanisms, transition finance-related criteria and frameworks, obstacles to ESG investment, incentivizing private sector investment in carbon emission reduction, and the implications of carbon-pricing for just transition and wider financial stability.
Objectives
- Explore current and future policy challenges posed by the need for scalable sustainable finance for the transition to net-zero carbon emissions in Asia
- Examine public-private sector risk-sharing and blended finance schemes
- Discuss carbon net-zero transition modelling, including developments on corporate emissions disclosure, transition paths, and the carbon-offset market
Target Participants
- Policy makers, researchers from think tanks, universities, and international organization, and interested members of the public
Output
- Enhanced understanding of sustainable finance policy challenges and collaborative solutions for advancing Asia’s carbon net-zero transition
- Greater impetus for research dialogue and collaboration
- Research papers featured during the virtual conference will be considered for publication in a special issue of an academic journal
Partners
- SOAS University of London, Centre for Sustainable Finance
Event Presentations*
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Financing Asia’s transition pathways |
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Impact of Indian Corporates’ net zero transition/ carbon neutrality announcements on their share prices |
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Comments on “Impact of Indian Corporates’ net zero transition/ carbon neutrality announcements on their share prices ” by Kruti Upadhyay and Raghu Dharmapuri Tirumala |
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Government Guarantee in the Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Development of the Energy Transition Mechanism |
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Discussing the Paper: “Government Guarantee in the Public-Private Partnership Infrastructure Development of the Energy Transition Mechanism” |
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ESG in Japan: Exploration of risks and opportunities in the startup investment and venture capital sectors |
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ESG in Japan: Exploration of risks and opportunitiesin the startup investment and venture capital sector |
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Transitions: Common Approaches for Different Starting Points |
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Sustainable Finance in Southeast Asia |
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Discussion on Paper 5: Sustainable finance in Southeast Asia by Swisa Ariyapruchya |
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Climate Change Breakthrough: Renavigating Indonesia’s Budgeting Pathway in Transition to Climate Budget Tagging |
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Climate Change Breakthrough: Renavigating Indonesia’s budgeting Pathway in Transition to Climate Budget Tagging |
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Examining the Impact of Just Transition in India |
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Examining the Impact of “Just Transition” in India |
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Financing an Equal Net-Zero: Assessing the Just Energy Transition Gap in Indonesia |
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Financing an Equal Net-Zero: Assessing the Just Energy Transition Gap in Indonesia |
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Structural Loopholes in Sustainability-Linked Bonds |
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Review of “Structural Loopholes in Sustainability –Linked Bonds” |
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Quality of Materiality Disclosure and Sustainability Performance: The Case Study of Southeast Asian Companies |
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Determining Factors of Successful Commercial Banks in Implementing Sustainable Finance Policy in Indonesia |
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Determining Factors of Successful Commercial Banks in Implementing Sustainable Finance Policy in Indonesia |
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Virtual Conference on Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Transition to Net Zero |
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Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Net Zero Transition |
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Promoting Net Zero Transition: Japanʼs Initiatives on Sustainable Finance |
*Disclaimer: The views expressed in these presentations are the views of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views or policies of the Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI), the Asian Development Bank (ADB), its Board of Directors, or the governments they represent. ADBI does not guarantee the accuracy of the data included in these presentations and accepts no responsibility for any consequences of their use. Terminology used may not necessarily be consistent with ADB official terms.