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#6 Marilyn Waite: Addressing Climate Change through Green Finance

Listen to Marilyn Waite, Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund, and member of EFRAG´s administrative board.

ESG standards and green investments are globally on the rise. Frankly Speaking has invited one of the world’s leading advocates, Marilyn Waite, Managing Director of the Climate Finance Fund, and member of EFRAG´s administrative board to discuss the developments in the EU, US and China. Hear more about the role of public and private finance, consumer action and fintech innovations and discover:

  • What it means to call for alignment with the Paris agreement
  • How banks measure and disclose their finance emissions, relying on the Partnership for Carbon Accounting Financials
  • How to get the numbers of green finances where they need to be
  • Why China's central bank is world's most advanced Central Bank when it comes to climate change
  • How you can leverage your money for climate action!

Listen in!

“In many examples, we see that public budgets are waiting for private finance to start. Whereas it should be the opposite. We really should see public finance taking the first step, taking on the risk. We're talking a few billion to create pan-European green champions, state-owned enterprises, in the form of manufacturing and green engineering, procurement and construction.”

Marilyn Waite in Frankly Speaking

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