Webinar 4: Climate finance for impact
Wednesday, 30 September 2026
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This is the fourth session of the webinar series From science to solutions: Mobilising knowledge, partnerships and action ahead of COP31, discussing priority areas for the COP31 Presidency, and the role of science in accelerating climate action. The series is hosted by UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN), in partnership with SDSN Türkiye, and SDSN Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific.
Ambition without finance is insufficient. This session focuses on how to mobilise, direct, and account for climate finance at the scale required by the climate crisis — one of the most contested areas of global negotiations. It examines the role of green taxonomies, the interplay between public and private capital, and the frameworks needed to align investment with measurable climate impact. The discussion is aimed at researchers, policymakers, and finance practitioners. This session will examine how to transform global financial commitments into credible, investable, and measurable transition pipelines.
Speakers:
- Mr Ruel Yamuna – COP31 Pacific Envoy for Access to Climate Finance; Papua New Guinea’s Special Envoy for Climate and Environment
- Dr Mahmoud Mohieldin – FREcon, UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Agenda
- Dr Ekaterina (Katya) Gratcheva – Advisor, IMF Monetary and Capital Markets Department
- Ms Idil Bilgic Alpaslan – PhD, Regional Policy Lead / Director, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development
- Ms Francesca Muskovic – Executive Director of Policy, Investor Group on Climate Change
- Ms Shu Xuan T. – Sustainable Finance Analyst, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis
- Ms Amal Ridene – Young Climate Change Negotiator; Adaptation and Resilience Associate, Cadlas
- Prof Jeffrey Sachs – President of the SDSN (moderator)
