USAID Climate Strategy Webinar Series: Climate Finance
As part of the release of USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy, Climatelinks is hosting two webinar series. The USAID Climate Strategy Launch Webinar Series occurred in May 2022 and consisted of three weekly webinars to introduce a broad audience to USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy. The USAID Climate Strategy Deep Dive Webinar Series consists of four monthly deep dive webinars that started in June 2022.
The first webinar in Climatelinks’ Deep Dive Webinar Series focused on Climate Finance and USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy. This webinar occurred on June 7, 2022 from 8:30AM - 10:00AM EDT and featured representatives from Green Invest Asia (GIA), Dalberg, SVX, and KOIS with the following learning objectives:
- Sashi Jayatileke, USAID’s Bureau for Development, Democracy, and Innovation (DDI) climate finance expert, will introduce the topic and moderate the session.
- Suphasuk “Bird” Pradubsuk will present examples of how Green Invest Asia (GIA) has bundled supplier financing, advanced purchase agreements, and technical assistance to increase production and sustainability of supply chains for agricultural products.
- Fabiola Salman (from Dalberg) and Stevie Smyth Valdez (from SVX) will share examples of how blended finance for climate solutions, mitigation, and adaptation have been deployed in Mexico with a focus on the inclusion of local communities and indigenous peoples.
- Serena Guarnaschelli from KOIS will share an investor’s perspective of how donors can support blended finance and the potential benefits of private sector investment for climate solutions.
- Q&A
- Recording from the Climate Finance Knowledge Sharing Webinar on June 7:
USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy
USAID’s 2022-2030 Climate Strategy takes an unprecedented “whole-of-Agency” approach that calls on all corners of USAID to play a part. USAID will work on the ground with partner governments and local actors to set the global trajectory toward a vision of a resilient, prosperous, and equitable world with net-zero greenhouse gas emissions.
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