Webinar Invitation | Aligning Multilateral Finance with the Paris Agreement: Looking at the AIIB

Dear Sir/Madam,

Greenovation Hub (GHub) is delighted to invite you to join a webinar discussing how MDBs such as the AIIB can implement policies to best address climate change and the key role stakeholders can play in the process, which will bring together experts from an European think tank – E3G, German-based NGO – Germanwatch and the bank itself.

Topic: Aligning Multilateral Finance with the Paris Agreement: Looking at the AIIB

Time: 15:00 – 16:20 (Beijing Time, UTC/GMT +8 hours), 12th September 2019

Host: GHub

Speakers: E3G, Germanwatch, AIIB

Language: English

During the webinar, the key topics that will be addressed are:
· How sustainable infrastructure investments can help achieve the SDGs and the Paris Agreement;
· The challenges and opportunities associated with aligning MDBs such as AIIB with the Paris Agreement;
· How actions taken by AIIB can encourage a transition within the Asian economy towards decarbonisation.

Please click here or the button below to register if you would like to attend. Links to access the webinar will be sent out shortly. We look forward to welcoming you all to what promises to be an insightful discussion.

Best regards,
Greenovation Hub

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Background

According to US climate scientists from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, June 2019 was the Earth’s hottest June ever recorded since 1880, which scientists link with climate change. Extreme weather has brought public awareness to the urgency of addressing the climate crisis to the forefront . As such, swift action is required, particularly with respect to delivering on the commitments made by signatories to the 2015 Paris Agreement.

Key to the successful implementation of the Paris Agreement is article 2.1c, which calls for making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate-resilient development. To this end, the role of multi-development banks such as the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) is key towards achieving the transition to a lower carbon future.

At the AIIB’s annual meeting, the urgency of tackling climate change andtheir determination to take action were emphasised. Still, ambition and efforts by all parties, banks, governments, private and public sector must be raised to tackle the climate crisis.

At this event, China-based CSO Greenovation Hub, European think tank E3G, Germany-based CSO Germanwatch and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will have a focused conversation on the AIIB’s policies and efforts to address climate change, and the role stakeholders can play in this process.

This webinar will be in English only.

Agenda