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Climate Bonds CONNECT 2024 Shanghai - Asia-Pacific

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议程（拟）

08:50 - 09:15  签到

09:15 - 09:30  开幕致辞

09:30 - 10:00  主题演讲

10:00 - 11:00  专题讨论1：亚太地区可持续金融监管动向：气候变化视角下的金融稳定政策和分类标准发展状况

本环节将探讨目前亚太地区监管框架、政策激励和分类目录等金融标准发展情况，以促进和挖掘应对气候变化的投资机遇。

11:00 - 12:00  专题讨论2：亚太地区气候金融市场状况以及机构投资者在中国绿色转型中的作用

气候金融在近年来得到飞速发展，亚太地区的金融监管和市场走在世界前列。中国多年来一直在推动可持续投资，机构投资者正在大规模投资转型，这为行业发展实现可信的低碳转型创造了突破性机遇。本环节将汇集有关转型及其发展的多方观点。

12:00 - 13:30  工作午餐

13:30 - 14:30  专题研讨3：转型金融和转型计划所扮演的角色

应对气候变化需要在经济各个领域实现根本性、迅速的转型，包括那些排放规模最大、减排难度最大的行业。本环节将邀请行业资深专家和投资者探讨如何利用可持续融资推进实体行业的快速脱碳。

14:30 - 15:30  专题研讨4：气候韧性投资的迫切性和机遇

本环节将邀请业界领袖和专家交流气候韧性投资市场的发展，并就推动社会和经济转型向更具气候韧性的未来所面临的机遇和挑战交流意见。

15:30 - 16:00  茶歇和交流

16:00 - 17:00  专题研讨5：可持续金融未来展望

过去几年，中国绿色金融取得了令世界瞩目的增长；在清洁能源、低碳交通和其他领域快速进步。中国的绿色金融政策促进了对各类相关资产的投资，并助力中国发展成为全球最大的绿色债券市场。未来我们仍有很多工作要做，特别是在能源、工业部门、和农业方面的转型。绿色和转型债券将有助于推动这一变革。

17:00 - 17:20  闭幕致辞

 

Climate Bonds CONNECT 2024 arrives in Shanghai in May.

For the first time in mainland China, the #ClimateBondsCONNECT2024 Asia-Pacific edition will be in Shanghai. This will be an exclusive, invitation-only event.

Climate Finance has been developing fast in recent years, and Asia’s financial regulation and the markets are at the forefront of the world. China has seen incredible growth in green finance over the past few years, reflected in rapid progress in clean energy, low-carbon transport, and other areas. China's green finance policies have promoted investment in various assets and contributed to the world’s largest green bond market.

At the Asia-Pacific Regional Seminar, we will bring together representatives from key government departments, regulators, investors, banks, corporations, industry associations, think tanks and other industry leaders to discuss the challenges and opportunities of green finance and transition finance in public and private sectors in China and the region, the urgency of climate change and how to support the low-carbon transition of the economy.

Address: Central Shanghai

Date: Friday, 17th May 2024

Time: 08:50 - 17:20

* Please note: This event is in-person and by invitation only. If you would like to attend, please register your interest here. 

Agenda 

08:50 - 09:15  Registration 

09:15 - 09:30  Welcome Remarks 

• Youfu Tu, Secretary-General of the Shanghai Financial Industry Association
• Dong Ik Lee, Director General, Banking Department Region 1, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)

09:30 - 10:00  Keynote Speeches

• Deyun CAO, Secretary-General and Executive Vice President of the Insurance Asset Management Association of China (IAMAC)
• Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bond Initiative
• Jean Lu, Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Managing Director, Head of Client Coverage, Corporate & Investment Banking, Standard Chartered Bank (China) Limited  

10:00 - 11:00  Session 1: Landscape of the Sustainable Finance Regulation in Asia: Regulation for Financial Stability and the Taxonomy Development in the Face of Climate Change

Opening the day of discussions, this session will explore Asia’s current regulatory frameworks, policy incentives and taxonomy developments that facilitate the investment opportunities to tackle climate change.

• Moderator: Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bond Initiative
• Dr Ma Jun Director of Green Finance Committee of the China Society for Finance & Banking, Chairman and President of the Hong Kong Green Finance Association, Co-Chairman of the IPSF Common Ground Taxonomy Working Group
• Satoshi Ikeda, Chief Sustainable Finance Officer and Deputy Commissioner for International Affairs, Financial Services Agency of Japan
• Yanfei Ye, Former Level 1 Counselor of the National Financial Regulatory Administration

11:00 - 12:00  Session 2: The State of the Climate Finance Market in Asia and the Role of Institutional Investors in China’s Green Transition 

Climate Finance has been developing fast in recent years, and Asia’s financial regulation and the markets are at the forefront of the world.  China has been pushing for sustainable investments for years, and institutional investors are financing transitions on a large scale, creating momentum for breakthrough opportunities for the development of industries for a credible low-carbon transition. This session will gather multiple perspectives on this positioning and its development. 

• Yuki Yasui, Regional Director, Apac Network, Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ)
• Sylvia Chen, Head of ESG, Asset Management, South Asia at Amundi
• Phoebe Zhao, Co-Secretary-General, China Climate Engagement Initiative (CCEI)
• Dachuan Zhang, Head of ESG Business Line, China, JP Morgan Asset Management
• Jason Tu, Founder and CEO, MioTech

12:00 - 13:30  Networking Lunch 

13:30 - 14:30  Session 3: Transition Finance and the Role of Transition Plans 

Tackling climate change requires fundamental and rapid transformations across all sectors of the economy, including those with the largest and hardest-to-abate emissions. In this session, key industry experts and investors will be invited to discuss how sustainable financing can be utilized to advance rapid decarbonization of the real industry.

• Moderator: Wenhong Xie, Head of China Programme, Climate Bonds Initiative
• Ting Li, Managing Director of Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) and Chief Representative of RMI Beijing Office
• Bing Li, Director of Low Carbon Development and Research Center of Metallurgical Industry Planning and Research Institute
• Erika Susanto, Director of ESG Research & Data at FAIRR
• Shuangbo Shen, President of CCXGF

14:30 - 15:30  Session 4: Urgency and Opportunity of Building Climate Resilience

This session will invite industry leaders and experts to discuss the development of the climate-resilience investment market and exchange ideas on opportunities and challenges for driving social and economic transformation toward a more climate-resilient future.

• Moderator: Julija Kuklyte Polycarp, Climate Change Specialist, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank
• Anna Creed, Climate Bonds Initiative
• Bruce Chong, Fellow and Director of Arup, leading City Advisory, Climate and Urban Sustainability services in East Asia, Arup
• Yunwen Bai, Institute of Finance and Sustainability
• Helen He, International Finance Corporation (IFC)

15:30 - 16:00  Networking & Refreshments 

16:00 - 17:00  Session 5: The Outlook of Sustainable Finance 

China has seen incredible growth in green finance over the past few years, reflected in rapid progress in clean energy, low-carbon transport, and other areas. China's green finance policies have promoted investment in various assets and contributed to the world’s largest green bond market. There’s still a vast amount to do, especially in the transition of energy, industrial sectors and agriculture; green and transition bonds will help drive the change.

• Moderator: Sean Kidney, CEO of Climate Bond Initiative
• Jennifer Zhou, Head of Sustainable Finance China, Standard Chartered Bank
• Leslie Maasdorp, Vice President and CFO of New Development Bank
• Stefen Hyun Sang Shin, Manager, Investment Operations (Region 2) Banking Department, Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB)
• Zhengwei Lu, Chief Economist at Industrial Bank
• Xi Liang, University of College London (UCL)

17:00 - 17:20  Closing Remarks