Understanding Climate Finance
Climate Finance is finally getting the spotlight that it deserves on the global stage as a method to combat climate change. But what is climate finance? Is it really helping?
My name is Faheem Noor Ali and I am exploring the intersection of climate and capitalism to see how we can invest in climate while not treating it as a charitable expense, but as a reality to which we need to respond.
Episodes
41 episodes
Blended Finance as a powerful tool in Development Finance
Development Finance has always needed to evolve with the needs of the time, but where is it succeeding or failing? I am joined by Dalburg’s Kusi Hornberger, author of Scaling Impact a...
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Episode 29
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49:19
IDB Invest’s Energy Chief talks about opportunities in Latin America and Carribean
Elizabeth Robberechts, Chief of Energy and Infrastructure at IDB Invest, joins the podcast this week to talk about how they look at investments and investment opportunities in Latin America and the Caribbean. She shares how the Inter Amer...
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Episode 28
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43:55
How can Web3 and Regenerative Economics fight climate change?
The concepts of Web3 and Regenerative Economics is new to many of us, but both can play a key role in addressing climate change. Anna Lerner, CEO of the Climate Collective, shares how digital technologies will play a transformative role t...
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Episode 27
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29:51
How World Bank’s MIGA insures climate project in challenging environments
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is the political insurance arm of the World Bank Group and provides a number of financial products for project developers working in the toughest environments. Olga Calabozo Garrido, who...
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Episode 26
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32:22
The UK’s Climate Finance Accelerator and its innovative approach to technical assistance
Accessing climate financing at scale can prove challenging because of a lack of track record or visibility to attract the right investors. Ian Callaghan, originator of the Climate Finance Accelerator concept, explains how the Climate Finance Ac...
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Episode 25
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27:07
Upstream Investing: Don Purka shares how IFC goes deeper in emerging markets
Don Purka, Principal Investment Officer for Energy at IFC, describes how IFC's shift to investing "upstream" in emerging markets to address the market conditions that have hindered investments in the past. We talk about energy investments in Af...
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Episode 24
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40:08
How British International Investment looks to address climate change through investment
What is Britain doing to address international climate change? Geoff Manley, from the newly minted British International Investment, talk about the development finance institution’s approach to investment and how Britain is approaching in...
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Episode 23
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33:53
FinDev Canada on investing and strategy moving forward
What is FinDev Canada and what does it do? Since its inception a few years ago, FinDev Canada has been committed to making impactful investments in Africa and Latin America. Lori Kerr, CEO of FinDev Canada, joins the podcast to sha...
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Episode 22
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32:18
How the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) works globally?
The US DFC is a relatively new Development Finance Institution since it evolved from its predecessor, OPIC. This has meant a greater emphasis on climate, a wider range of financial instruments at their disposal (such as equity and TA) and...
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Episode 21
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28:56
IDB Natural Capital Labs Greg Watson shares the critical role NC plays in climate change and development
Why is Natural Capital investing so important? IDB’s Natural Capital Lab lead Greg Watson shares the priorities of the IDB around investing into nature based solutions and the financial instruments they support to make NBS investing a rea...
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Episode 20
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42:54
Canadian Commercial Corporation’s Antony Rizk on Canadian exporters
The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is truly a unique Crown corporation that allows Canadian companies to compete for government-to-government contracts by putting Canada behind its industry and exporters. Antony Rizk explains how t...
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Episode 19
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45:18
IDB Lab’s Anita Fiori shares how they invest in start ups in Latin America and Caribbean
IDB Lab’s is a unique entity within the DFI community because of the early stage investments they can make. Anita Fiori leads IDB Lab’s venture capital and direct loans operations and shares how they are making catalytic investments in th...
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Episode 18
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37:36
Dutch investor FMO’s Floor van Oppen explains FMO’s work in blended finance
We’re back in the Netherlands, this time with the Dutch Financial Institution, FMO. A user of blended finance before it was known as blended finance, FMO has a lot of experience in leveraging private capital. Floor van Oppen explains how throug...
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Episode 17
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30:09
Recap on COP26 and Climate Finance for 2021
In the final episode for 2021, Faheem and Rachel reflect on the conversation with Ambassador Fuller and share more information that came out of COP26 and from the MDBs on climate investing.
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Episode 16
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20:08
Canada at COP26: Reflections from Canada's Climate Change Ambassador Patricia Fuller
Ambassador Patricia Fuller is Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change and was a member of Canada’ delegation to COP26 in Glasgow. She shares her impressions of COP and outlines Canada’s contributions to COP26 and climate change and how cli...
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Episode 15
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33:00
Darren Moens explains Climate Fund Managers’ unique approach to climate investments
Climate Fund Managers is about to launch their second fund focused on water, oceans and sanitation. In this episode, Darren Moens explains to Rachel Soares (Climate Finance Trade Commissioner for Europe) how this Dutch-based climate fund mo...
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Episode 14
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22:36
Denise Odaro, IFC’s IR head, talks about Treasury and ESG among its partners
What is the role of IFC Treasury and how does it work with Financial Institution to advance Climate objectives? This week we are joined by IFC’s Head of Industrial Relations, Esohe Denise Odaro, who describes how the IFC Treasury function...
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Episode 13
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22:52
Impact Investors and DFIs- A Canadian example of how to work with DFIs
In this episode, we welcome back Alexa Blain, co-founder and Managing Partner of Deetken Impact. She follows up on her Climate Finance Roundtable Discussion (Episode 9) and shares her experience on building a pipeline of projects to invest in a...
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Episode 12
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18:12
IDB's Michelle Hallack described the hydrogen potential in Latin America and Carribean
The InterAmerican Development Bank's Senior Specialist on Hydrogen joins the podcast this week to talk about hydrogen as a renewable energy source. Michelle Hallack leads IDB's Energy Team on Hydrogen research, drawing from her strong aca...
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Episode 11
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28:07
Michelle Hallack (BID) décrit le potentiel de l’hydrogène pour les régions de l’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
La spécialiste principal de l'hydrogène à la Banque interaméricaine de développement parle de l'hydrogène comme source d'énergie renouvelable. Michelle Hallack dirige l'équipe de l’Énergie et de la recherche sur l’hydrogène à la BID en s'...
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Episode 11
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23:57
Vincent Duijnhouwer discute des engagements de la BERD en matière de financement climatique
La Banque européenne pour la reconstruction et le développement (BERD) a pris des engagements majeurs en matière de financement climatique. Dans cet épisode, la Déléguée commerciale en développement des affaires pour le financement climatique L...
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Episode 10
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19:56
Vincent Duijnhouwer discusses EBRDs Climate Finance commitments
The European Bank for reconstruction and development has made aggressive Climate Finance commitments. In this special episode, Climate Finance Trade Commissioner for Europe Rachel Soares interviews Vincent Duijnhouwer to talk about how the EBRD...
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Episode 10
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21:08
US and Canada Climate Finance Policy
In this final session of the Climate Finance Roundtable on May 27th, Faheem Noor Ali moderates a discussion on US and Canadian Climate Finance policy for emerging markets. Introductory remarks are made by Ambassador Patricia Fuller (Ambassador ...
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Episode 9
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1:12:20
Blended Finance Solutions for Climate
Blended Finance plays a critical role in helping bridge the gap between the supply and demand of finance in climate project finance. Chris Clubb (Convergence Finance) moderates a critical discussion between blended finance thought leaders Krusk...
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Episode 9
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1:13:11
Demand of Capital in Climate Finance
The second session of the Climate Finance Roundtable on May 25th has Paulo Martelli (FinDev Canada) and Christian Wray (JCM Power) switching roles from the first session and they are joined by Alexa Blain (Deetken Impact) to talk about the supp...
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Episode 9
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1:08:06