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SUMMARY:Side event at 55th Annual Meeting of the ADB: Re-imagining green ec
 onomy\, trade\, industry and finance pathways
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DESCRIPTION:This event is part of the programme of the 55th Annual Meeting 
 of the Asian Development Bank.\n\nAddressing the twin challenges of climat
 e change and biodiversity loss and the risks they pose to economies requir
 es significant transformation. How can we innovate in our goods and servic
 es to create new and sustainable market opportunities both domestically an
 d internationally? The United Nations Conference on Trade and Development
  (UNCTAD) will share emerging findings from a three-year study on mobiliz
 ing resources for a green New Deal. This will highlight country perspectiv
 es and promising regional opportunities in industrial and trade policies 
 that can help secure sustainable demand and pathways to greener markets. I
 nsights will be shared from country experts\, finance institutions and SWI
 TCH-Asia on sustainable consumption and production. \n\n\nObjectives\n\n\
 nTo highlight promising regional transformations in green finance\, indust
 rial and trade policy\nTo share new data and research findings about clima
 te resilient trade\nTo bring together green and blue finance with effectiv
 e economic pathways creating sustainable jobs and income generating opport
 unities\nTo encourage innovation in closing resource loops and benchmarkin
 g sustainable market opportunities\n\n\n\nSpeakers\n\n\nDiana Barrowclough
 \, Senior Economist\, Globalization and Development Strategies\, UNCTAD\nK
 eith Lockwood\, Economist\, UNCTAD\, Sustainable Development Finance Asse
 ssment Framework\nKarlos Lee Moresi\, Programme Advisor\, Resilient Devel
 opment Finance\, Pacific Islands Forum Secretariat\nManuel Montes\, Chief 
 of Policy Analysis and Development Branch at Financing for Development Off
 ice of United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA)\n
 Zinaida Fadeeva\, Team Leader\, SWITCH-Asia Sustainable Consumption and Pr
 oduction Facility\nZhang Wencai\, Vice President\, The Export-Import Bank 
 of China\nEnrique Florencio\, Secretary General\, Association of Developme
 nt Financing Institutions in Asia and the Pacific (ADFIAP)\n\n\nModerator:
  Katharine Thoday\, Principal Environment Specialist Sustainable Developme
 nt and Climate Change Department\n\n\nProgramme\n\nReimagined Pathways Int
 roduction and country examples\n\nRichard Kozul-Wright – Director Global
 ization and Development Strategies - Overview\n\nDiana Barrowclough –Sen
 ior Economist GDS\n\n\nSuccessful transformations and their characteristic
 s – interlinking policies for trade\, industrial policy and finance for 
 development.\nWhat lessons are learned from Asia and elsewhere.\n\n\nKeith
  Lockwood – UNCTAD Sustainable Development Finance Assessment Framework.
 \n\n\nTrends in balancing external and public sector financial sustainabil
 ity\; examples from Asia\nHow to increase the area of external financial s
 ustainability and create greater policy space and capacity to service publ
 ic sector net liabilities\n\n\nCountry Perspectives:\n\n1. Pacific – Kar
 los Lee Moresi\, Programme Advisor-Resilient Development Finance\, Pacific
  Islands Forum Secretariat \n\n\nHow can development and development fina
 nce needs be aligned with climate and climate finance needs?\n\n\n2. Indon
 esia - Manuel Montes\, Chief of Policy Analysis and Development Branch at 
 Financing for Development Office - UNDESA \n\n\nHow can structural transf
 ormation be aligned with development benefits?\nWhat are the main obstacle
 s to change?\nWhat policies are needed to support transition?\n\n\nEnablin
 g Frameworks:\n\n1. Zinaida Fadeeva\, Team Leader SWITCH-Asia Sustainable 
 Consumption and Production Facility \n\n\nWhat do changing EU policies me
 an for Asian exports?\nWhat is SWITCH-Asia’s approach to supporting Gree
 n Industrial pathways/supply chains?\n\n\n2. Zhang Wencai\, Vice President
 \, The Export-Import Bank of China\n\n\nWhat is the role of an Export-Impo
 rt Bank in supporting Green Development Pathways?\nHow can we better track
  trade in environmental goods and services to grow greener market\n\n\n3. 
 Katie Gallogly-Swan – UNCTAD\n\n\nWhat green and trade policies are emer
 ging and what is needed?\nWhat are challenges and opportunities for DFIs i
 n this space?\nWhat is the way forward?\n\nhttps://am2022.adb.org/event/ee
 f31f94-5ad0-4017-954c-1a3c44018e72/websitePage:67b55363-3c06-4624-b911-79a
 33f1fb7d8\n\nView meeting on unctad.org\nhttps://unctad.org/meeting/side-e
 vent-55th-annual-meeting-adb-re-imagining-green-economy-trade-industry-and
 -finance
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