For more than a year of a coordinated work with relevant Ministries, regulators and international organizations, the Ministry of Finance of Chile, launched its inaugural Financial Strategy on Climate Change in December 2019. The Strategy is one of the country commitments under the Paris Agreement and reaffirms the country’s ambitious on climate action. It defines a framework that will guide the institutional efforts to mobilize resources needed to achieve Chile’s carbon neutrality target and NDC commitments in a responsible and orderly manner by addressing barriers and contributing to sustainable development.
In order to strengthen the public-private cooperation on green finance, the Ministry of Finance of Chile, with the support of the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB), UNEP FI and the UK Embassy are delivering a series of Webinars of the Public-Private Working Group on Green Finance of Chile on Green Finance.
The webinars are held in English and Spanish between June and October 2020.
Recorded webinars/Presentations:
10 June 2020: TCFD (investors)
- Las expertas de Schroders Hannah Simmons, Head of Sustainability Strategy, y Holly Turner, Sustainable Investment Analiyst.
- Patricio Valenzuela, Intendente de Regulación del Mercado de Valores de la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF)
11 June 2020: TCFD (insurers)
- Carlos Sánchez, Director of Climate Resilience Investment, Willis Towers Watson.
- Martin Weymann, Head of Sustainability, Emerging & Political Risk Management, Swiss Re.
- Patricio Espinoza, Jefe de División de Regulación de Seguros de la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF)
11 June 2020: TCFD (bankers)
- Valerie Smith, Chief Sustainability Officer, Citi.
- Gabriel Acuña, Director de Asuntos Institucionales de la Comisión para el Mercado Financiero (CMF).
23 June 2020: TCFD (pension funds)
- David Farrar, Senior Policy Manager – Climate Governance and ESG at Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), UK.
- Sergio Aratangy, Jefe de la División Financiera de la Superintendencia de Pensiones.
15 July 2020: Riesgo climático en el sistema financiero: una discusión sobre sus tipos y gestión
- Theresa Löber, Head of Climate Strategy, Bank of England
- Gabriel Aparici, Gerente de Infraestructura y Regulación Financiera, Banco Central de Chile
19 August 2020: Tendencias en inversión sostenible y productos financieros verdes
- Presentación de Francisco Javier López Díaz, Subsecretario de Energía
- Presentación de Zoe Knight, Managing Director, Group Head, HSBC Centre of Sustainable Finance
- Presentación de Lord Mayor William Russel, City of London Corporation
10 September 2020: Avances en la regulación internacional y local
- Kevin Cowan, Comisionado, Comisión para el Mercado Financiero
- Elisabeth Siltberg, Senior Advisor, Swedish Financial Supervisory Authority
6 October 2020: Definiendo lo verde: Desarrollo de Taxonomías
- Sean Kidney, CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative
- Helena Viñes Fiestas, Global Head of Stewardship and Policy, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Andrés Pérez, Coordinador de Finanzas Internacionales y Jefe de Asesores, Ministerio de Hacienda
More information about the “Mesa Público-Privada de Finanzas Verdes de Chile”:
mfv.hacienda.cl/eventos
Collaborators:
Contact:
carolina.lopez@un.org