This year Climate Week New York will take place from September 22-27. Convergence will be an active participant, attending and contributing to several events related to blended finance and mobilizing capital for climate action. Read on to find out which events we’ll be part of.
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Convergence Delegation:
Joan Larrea, CEO
Leah Pedersen, Senior Director, Market Acceleration and Design Innovation
Nnamdi Igbokwe, Ph.D., Director, Knowledge and Thought Leadership
Trang Vandelis, Associate Director, Design Funding and Market Acceleration
Andrew Apampa, CFA, Manager, Content
Ayesha Bery, Manager, Content
Nick Zelenczuk, Manager, Content
Kanwal Rathi, CFA, Senior Associate, Design Funding and Market Acceleration
Robin Ivory, Senior Associate, Content
Events
Date & time (GST) | Event title | Organizer |
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Sep 23, 8:30AM-10AM | Convergence Member Breakfast and Networking | Convergence |
Sep 23 | How Investors Are Addressing the Climate Emergency | ClimateTech IQ |
Sep 23, 11AM-3PM | Unlocking Nature Finance in the Global South: Policy Strategies, Barriers, and Capital Flow Challenges | Pakistan Environment Trust |
Sep 23, 1:05PM-1:35PM | Blended Finance as a Danish Strategy for Creating Impact and Return on a Greater Scale | Danish Consulate |
Sep 23, 11AM-3PM | Blended Finance in Healthcare | Devex, Vodafone Foundation, and MSD for Mothers |
Sep 23, 6PM | Blended Finance as a Danish Strategy for Creating Impact and Return on a Greater Scale | Danish Consulate |
Sep 23, 3PM-7PM | De-Risking Our Future: a Howden and Microsoft Event - Climate Week NYC | Howden & Microsoft |
Sep 23, 4:30PM-6:30PM | Climate Gender Roundtable | Convergence and Natixis IM |
Sep 23, 7PM-10PM | Humanity Insured Private Dinner | Humanity Insured |
Sep 24, 9AM-5:30PM | Day Two of The Nature Hub @ Climate Week New York City 2024 | The Nature Hub |
Sep 24, 8AM-1PM | Mobilizing Funds and Financial Instruments for the Green Economy | AYA earth Partners |
Sep 24, 9AM-10AM | Enabling NCS Investment: policy barriers and solutions | Forest Investor Club (FIC) |
Sep 24, 1PM-2:30PM | FAST-Infra Label: Mobilizing the Private Sector for Sustainable Infrastructure | Global Infrastructure Basel, FAST-Infra, Bloomberg |
Sep 24, 2:30PM-7PM | Financing the Transition | Morningstar Analytics |
Sep 24, 3:30PM-5PM | Beyond the Horizon-Innovative Financing for Food Security | AVPN |
Sep 24, 3:30PM-5PM | Forest Investor Club Member Meeting | Forest Investor Club (FIC), World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) |
Sep 24, 3:30PM-9PM | Climate Leaders' Assembly: The New Chapter for Climate Action | National Climate Change Secretariat of Singapore |
Sep 24, 3:30PM-5PM | First-of-a-kind (FOAK) finance | Standard Chartered |
Sep 24, 5PM-6PM | Climate Adaptation and Resilience Investment Solutions Roundtable | Bechtel |
Sep 24, 6:30PM-8:30PM | Collaborative Event w/ SDG Impact Finance Initiative (SIFI) | Convergence and SIFI |
Sep 24, 5:30PM-7:30PM | Standard Chartered: Leaders in Carbon Reception | Standard Chartered |
Sep 24, 2PM-6PM | NYCW Climate DealRoom | MUFG, Green Guarantee Company, and Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change |
Sep 24, 5:30PM-7:30PM | 2X Investor Meetup | 2X Global |
Sep 24, 10AM-12PM | NDC Investment Summit SMIAC Investable Asset Classes Working Group GEMs3.0 Investor and Philanthropy Consultation | Sustainable Markets Initiative |
Sep 24, 10AM-12PM | Facilitated discussions on Maximising benefits: practical advice for investing in and procuring Nature-based Solutions | Nature Hub |
Sep 24, 1:30PM-5:30PM | Africa Investment Forum | AOS: Africa Investment Forum |
Sep 25, 8AM-10AM | Closing Brazil’s Climate Finance Gap | Climate Advisors |
Sep 25, 8:30AM-11AM | Catalyzing Climate and Nature Solutions: The Role of Public, Private Philanthropic and Academic Collaborations in Blended Finance | Columbia U, WEF GAEA, et al |
Sep 25, 8:30AM-6:30PM | Inaugural SIRI Blended Finance Conference | SIPA Columbia University |
Sep 25, 1PM-2PM | Investing in Naure-based projects: managing the risks | FIC |
Sep 25, 12PM-2PM | NIEES Private Roundtable "Barriers and Opportunities for Financing Global South Energy Transitions | Duke University |
Sep 25, 12PM-2PM | NYCW Global Capacity Building Coalition Lunch & Launch Event | Global Capacity Building Coalition (GCBC) |
Sep 25, 2PM-5PM | High-Level Roundtable on Private Sector Engagement for NDCs 3.0 | NDCs Partnership |
Sep 25, 4PM-6PM | From Patagonia to the Caribbean: Seizing the Climate Market Opportunity in LatAm | Reciprocal Studio |
Sep 25, 8AM-11AM | Accelerating Global Connectivity and Progress Toward the SDG | Rockefeller Center |
Sep 25, 1PM-5:30PM | S&P Global Sustainable | Javits Center |
Sep 26, 8AM-9:30AM | No Smallholders Left Behind: Empowering livelihoods & action through climate finance | Climate Action for Smallholders (CASH) Coalition |
Sep 26, 1:30PM-3:30PM | Girls First Finance Reception | Girls First Finance |
Sep 26, 3:30PM-5:30PM | Financing the ‘Just’ in Just Transition | Boston Consulting Group, World Business Council for Sustainable Development & Council for Inclusive Capitalism |
Sep 26, 3:30PM-5:30PM | The People-Centric Energy Transition in Asia Pacific: The Now, The How, & The Future | AVPN and Boston Consulting Group |
Sep 26 | Lab Endorsement Meeting and 10th Anniversary Summit | Climate Policy Initiative (CPI) |
Sep 26, 9AM-5PM | CLEM (Clean Energy Mechanism) - Making Clean Energy Transitions Profitable | Sustainability Economics |
Sep 26, 4:30PM-6:30PM | Funding Collaborative Solutions on Climate Adaptation | Latimpacto, Trafigura Foundation and Dalberg |
Sep 26, 9AM-12PM | Catalytic Climate Capital Forum | RMI |
Sep 27, 6PM-8PM | IMPACT EUROPE (formerly EVPA) - Member Event | IMPACT EUROPE (formerly EVPA) |
Sep 27, 6PM-8PM | AVPN Members' Reception | AVPN, Impact Europe, Latimpacto, AVPA |