High-Level Panel: Aligning the Financial System with Sustainable Development

Perhaps the single greatest challenge in the necessary transition to sustainable development lies in harnessing the financial system to the needs of a productive, inclusive and environmentally-responsible economy. This will require reforms to the policies, rules and practices that govern financial and capital markets. The good news is that this « quiet revolution » is already underway and gaining momentum with every day that passes. The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has just completed a comprehensive, two-year Inquiry into the Design of a Sustainable Financial System, but the actors in this space – many of them in Geneva – are numerous and each holds an essential piece of the puzzle. 

A symposium organized within the framework of the Geneva Environment Network, will take place at the Maison Internationale de la Paix on 18 January 2016, from 15.00 – 17.30 on the subject. Moderated by Mark HALLE from IISD, it will feature a presentation of the Inquiry’s findings by Simon ZADEK, Inquiry Co-Director, followed by a moderated debate. The panel will include Sabine Döbeli, Swiss Sustainable Finance CEO (tbc); Mukhisa KITUYI, Secretary-General of UNCTAD; Bruno OBERLE, Adjunct Professor of Green Economy at EPFL, Lausanne and member of the UNEP Inquiry Advisory Council, and Ugo PANIZZA, Professor of International Economics, Pictet Chair and ​Deputy Director, Centre for Finance and Development, Graduate Institute.

Please register at: http://www.genevaenvironmentnetwork.org/?q=en/registration-inquiry or gen.secretary@unep.org by 14 January.

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