The AgriFin 2017 Forum aims to connect key stakeholders in the agriculture finance and climate finance space. This strategic event will convene leading financiers, investors, policy makers, climate funds and donors, as well as a wide range of key innovative actors from the public and private sectors, and provide them with an opportunity to understand how they may collaborate more effectively.
A key objective of the forum will be to explore how financiers in developing countries, especially those working with agricultural clients, can partner with climate finance investors to further their investments in low-carbon resilient agriculture. Through a series of strategic and technical presentations, case studies and discussions, opportunities for a range of partnerships will be explored. The forum will also create the space for participants to engage with leading actors from across the agricultural finance and climate finance arena.
Join us for this interactive forum where you can share knowledge and experiences, learn how to best access, leverage, and unlock climate finance at scale and broker profitable business relations that can contribute to financing the transition to a low-carbon and climate-resilient agriculture sector.
Monday, September 11, 2017: Reception Cocktail 19:00-21:00 Church House, Westminster, London, UK |
Schedule Day 1: September 12, 2017 |
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Times | Session |
07:30-08:00 | Registration |
08:00-08:15 | Opening: Making Climate Finance Work in Agriculture Overview of the challenges the agriculture sector faces to access capital and the role that climate finance can play to strengthen the links between investors, financial institutions and farmers. Marc Sadler, The World Bank |
08:15-08:30 | Keynote: Innovative Climate Finance Deep insight on the opportunities of innovative climate finance to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon climate-resilient development. Michael Metcalfe, State Street |
08:30-09:30 | Hard Talk: Financing Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on the implications of climate change in the agriculture and financial sectors and the critical role of climate finance to accelerate the transition to low-carbon resilient agriculture. Charlotte Grezo, Global Sustainable Capital Management |
09:30-10:00 | Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Landscapes Increase understanding of how climate finance and agriculture finance work, its importance and current barriers and opportunties to invest in low-carbon resilient agriculture. 09:30-09:45--Landscape of Agriculture Finance 09:45-10:00--Landscape of Climate Finance |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30-11:15 | Case Studies: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Showcase innovative examples of climate finance being blended and channeled through financial institutions to farmers. 10:30-10:45--Noelle O'Brien, Kenya StARCK+ and DAI 10:45-11:00--Andrew Mitchell, Global Canopy Programme & Carlos Burneo, Agrobanco 11:00-11:15--Sylvia Wisniwski, Finance in Motion |
11:15-13:00 | Panel: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Identify innovative opportunities to blend climate finance and agriculture finance to scale up climate smart investments in the agriculture sector. Jochen Harnisch, KfW 12:30-13:00--Q&A |
13:00-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-15:15 | Case Studies: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Showcase examples of innovative initiatives that are unlocking climate finance and leveraging additional capital for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 14:30-14:45--Edit Kiss, Althelia Ecosphere 14:45-15:00--Adrien Henry, Moringa Partnership 15:00-15:15--H.R. Dave, National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break |
15:45-17:30 | Panel: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Identify key opportunities and financial innovations to unlock public and private climate finance and leverage the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture. Mohamed Bakarr, Global Environment Facility 17:00-17:30--Q&A |
17:30-17:45 | Wrap Up |
19:00-21:00 | Networking Cocktail |
Schedule Day 2: September 13, 2017 |
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Times | Session |
08:00-08:15 | Recap of Day One |
08:15-08:45 | Case Studies: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Showcase examples of financial innovations that have the potential to significantly expand access to finance for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 08:15-08:30--Mary Joseph, FarmDrive 08:30-08:45--Katherine Foster, Institute for Distributed Technologies |
08:45-10:30 | Panel: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on how climate finance, innovative business models and technological developments can support financial institutions and other financiers to expand access to finance for farmers. Sambou Coly, Mastercard Foundation 10:00-10:30--Q&A |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:45 | Case Studies: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Showcase examples of climate-smart innovative approaches that have the potential to significantly transform risk management. 11:00-11:15--Mark Ellis Jones, F3 Life 11:15-11:30--Michael Andrade, Pioneering Ventures 11:30-11:45--Srini Sundaram, Agvesto |
11:45-13:30 | Panel: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Identify concrete examples of innovative risk management approaches, mechanisms and tools that are helping financial institutions and investors to better assess and manage climatic and agricultural risks. Nabil Fawaz, MIGA 13:00-13:30--Q&A |
13:30-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-14:45 | Case Study: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Showcase innovative examples of financial institutions that have mainstreamed climate change into their lending operations. 14:30-14:45--Chris Isaac, AgDevCo |
14:45-16:20 | Panel: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Identify key strategies and policies to develop the necessary conditions to mainstream climate change into the financial system and accelerate investments in low-carbon resilient agriculture. Christine Negra, Versant Vision 16:00-16:20--Q&A |
16:20-16:45 | Coffee Break |
16:45-18:15 | The Way Forward: Linking Climate Finance and Farmers Global leaders in climate finance discuss how to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture and layout a roadmap to move this agenda forward. Andrew Mitchell, Global Canopy Programme Edit Kiss, Althelia Ecosphere Sylvia Wisniwski, Finance in Motion |
Times | Session |
07:30-08:00 | Registration |
08:00-08:15 | Opening: Making Climate Finance Work in Agriculture Overview of the challenges the agriculture sector faces to access capital and the role that climate finance can play to strengthen the links between investors, financial institutions and farmers. |
08:15-08:30 | Keynote: Innovative Climate Finance Deep insight on the opportunities of innovative climate finance to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon climate-resilient development. |
08:30-09:30 | Hard Talk: Financing Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on the implications of climate change in the agriculture and financial sectors and the critical role of climate finance to accelerate the transition to low-carbon resilient agriculture. |
09:30-10:00 | Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Landscapes Increase understanding of how climate finance and agriculture finance work, its importance and current barriers and opportunties to invest in low-carbon resilient agriculture. 09:30-09:45--Landscape of Climate Finance 09:45-10:00--Landscape of Agriculture Finance |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30-11:15 | Case Studies: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Showcase innovative examples of climate finance being blended and channeled through financial institutions to farmers. 10:30-10:45--Case Study 1 10:45-11:00--Case Study 2 11:00-11:15--Case Study 3 |
11:15-13:00 | Panel: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Identify innovative opportunities to blend climate finance and agriculture finance to scale up climate smart investments in the agriculture sector. 12:30-13:00--Q&A |
13:00-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-15:15 | Case Studies: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Showcase examples of innovative initiatives that are unlocking climate finance and leveraging additional capital for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 14:30-14:45--Case Study 1 14:45-15:00--Case Study 2 15:00-15:15--Case Study 3 |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break |
15:45-17:30 | Panel: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Identify key opportunities and financial innovations to unlock public and private climate finance and leverage the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture. 17:00-17:30--Q&A |
17:30-17:45 | Wrap Up |
19:00-21:00 | Networking Cocktail |
Schedule Day 2: September 13, 2017 |
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Times | Session |
08:00-08:15 | Recap of Day One |
08:15-08:45 | Case Studies: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Showcase examples of financial innovations that have the potential to significantly expand access to finance for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 08:15-08:30--Case Study 1 08:30-08:45--Case Study 2 |
08:45-10:30 | Panel: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on how climate finance, innovative business models and technological developments can support financial institutions and other financiers to expand access to finance for farmers. 10:00-10:30--Q&A |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:45 | Case Studies: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Showcase examples of climate-smart innovative approaches that have the potential to significantly transform risk management. 11:00-11:15--Case Study 1 11:15-11:30--Case Study 2 11:30-11:45--Case Study 3 |
11:45-13:30 | Panel: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Identify concrete examples of innovative risk management approaches, mechanisms and tools that are helping financial institutions and investors to better assess and manage climatic and agricultural risks. 13:00-13:30--Q&A |
13:30-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-15:00 | Case Study: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Showcase innovative examples of financial institutions that have mainstreamed climate change into their lending operations. 14:30-14:45--Case Study 1 14:45-15:00--Case Study 2 |
15:00-16:45 | Panel: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Identify key strategies and policies to develop the necessary conditions to mainstream climate change into the financial system and accelerate investments in low-carbon resilient agriculture. 16:15-16:45--Q&A |
16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break |
17:00-18:00 | The Way Forward: Linking Climate Finance and Farmers Global leaders in climate finance discuss how to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture and layout a roadmap to move this agenda forward. |
18:00-18:15 | Closing Remarks |
Monday, September 11, 2017: Reception Cocktail 19:00-21:00 Church House, Westminster, London, UK |
Times | Session |
07:30-08:00 | Registration |
08:00-08:15 | Opening: Making Climate Finance Work in Agriculture Overview of the challenges the agriculture sector faces to access capital and the role that climate finance can play to strengthen the links between investors, financial institutions and farmers. |
08:15-08:30 | Keynote: Innovative Climate Finance Deep insight on the opportunities of innovative climate finance to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon climate-resilient development. |
08:30-09:30 | Hard Talk: Financing Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on the implications of climate change in the agriculture and financial sectors and the critical role of climate finance to accelerate the transition to low-carbon resilient agriculture. |
09:30-10:00 | Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Landscapes Increase understanding of how climate finance and agriculture finance work, its importance and current barriers and opportunties to invest in low-carbon resilient agriculture. 09:30-09:45--Landscape of Climate Finance 09:45-10:00--Landscape of Agriculture Finance |
10:00-10:30 | Coffee Break |
10:30-11:15 | Case Studies: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Showcase innovative examples of climate finance being blended and channeled through financial institutions to farmers. 10:30-10:45--Case Study 1 10:45-11:00--Case Study 2 11:00-11:15--Case Study 3 |
11:15-13:00 | Panel: Blending Climate Finance and Agriculture Finance Identify innovative opportunities to blend climate finance and agriculture finance to scale up climate smart investments in the agriculture sector. 12:30-13:00--Q&A |
13:00-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-15:15 | Case Studies: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Showcase examples of innovative initiatives that are unlocking climate finance and leveraging additional capital for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 14:30-14:45--Case Study 1 14:45-15:00--Case Study 2 15:00-15:15--Case Study 3 |
15:15-15:45 | Coffee Break |
15:45-17:30 | Panel: Moving the Needle, Leveraging Climate Finance Identify key opportunities and financial innovations to unlock public and private climate finance and leverage the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture. 17:00-17:30--Q&A |
17:30-17:45 | Wrap Up |
19:00-21:00 | Networking Cocktail |
Schedule Day 2: September 13, 2017 |
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Times | Session |
08:00-08:15 | Recap of Day One |
08:15-08:45 | Case Studies: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Showcase examples of financial innovations that have the potential to significantly expand access to finance for low-carbon resilient agriculture. 08:15-08:30--Case Study 1 08:30-08:45--Case Study 2 |
08:45-10:30 | Panel: Financial System Innovations for Low-Carbon Resilient Agriculture Discussion on how climate finance, innovative business models and technological developments can support financial institutions and other financiers to expand access to finance for farmers. 10:00-10:30--Q&A |
10:30-11:00 | Coffee Break |
11:00-11:45 | Case Studies: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Showcase examples of climate-smart innovative approaches that have the potential to significantly transform risk management. 11:00-11:15--Case Study 1 11:15-11:30--Case Study 2 11:30-11:45--Case Study 3 |
11:45-13:30 | Panel: Bringing Climate Smartness into Risk Management Identify concrete examples of innovative risk management approaches, mechanisms and tools that are helping financial institutions and investors to better assess and manage climatic and agricultural risks. 13:00-13:30--Q&A |
13:30-14:30 | Networking Lunch |
14:30-15:00 | Case Study: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Showcase innovative examples of financial institutions that have mainstreamed climate change into their lending operations. 14:30-14:45--Case Study 1 14:45-15:00--Case Study 2 |
15:00-16:45 | Panel: Frameworks, Unlocking the Potential of Climate Finance Identify key strategies and policies to develop the necessary conditions to mainstream climate change into the financial system and accelerate investments in low-carbon resilient agriculture. 16:15-16:45--Q&A |
16:45-17:00 | Coffee Break |
17:00-18:00 | The Way Forward: Linking Climate Finance and Farmers Global leaders in climate finance discuss how to unlock the capital needed to finance low-carbon resilient agriculture and layout a roadmap to move this agenda forward. |
18:00-18:15 | Closing Remarks |