Unlocking private investments in adaptation

The Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, DanChurchAid, the Confederation of Danish Industry and the Global Center on Adaptation are convening Danish partners for a roundtable dialogue to present the business case for adaptation investments and inspire the private sector in Denmark to invest in adaptation in the countries most vulnerable to climate change.

Please register your participation through this link: https://www.danskindustri.dk/arrangementstilmelding/25858

Based on recent reports from Global Center on Adaptation and DanChurchAid, the objectives of this roundtable dialogue are to:
• Discuss how international organizations and governments address risk to facilitate private investments.
• Unpack the needs, challenges and opportunities that underpin the shortfall in private investment in climate adaptation.
• Showcase and discuss viable solutions and opportunities for scaling up private adaptation financing.
• Inspire the private sector in Denmark to invest in adaptation globally, with a focus on most vulnerable countries.
Despite increasing costs associated with delayed action, climate adaptation faces a serious and urgent shortfall in funding, particularly in the most vulnerable countries.

To incentivize a wide range of potential actors, it is necessary to build an enabling environment for adaptation investment and deploy innovative instruments to unlock finance at scale towards adaptation, such as blended finance. Given the scale of the challenge, successful adaptation and resilience efforts will need the meaningful engagement of the private sector.

Agenda:

08.30 – 09.00 Mingle and coffee
09.00 – 09.05 Welcome remarks
o Birgitte Qvist-Sørensen, General Secretary, DanChurchAid
09.05 – 09.30 Opening Keynotes
o Dan Jørgensen, Minister for Development Cooperation and Global Climate Policy, Denmark
o Prof. Dr. Patrick V. Verkooijen, Chief Executive officer, GCA
o Thomas Bustrup, Deputy CEO, Confederation of Danish Industry
09.30 – 09.35 Roundtable
o Moderator: Introductory remarks (TBC)
09.35 – 10.15 Framing presentations
o Summary of findings: GCA’s State and Trend Report, STA Authors
o New Green Instrument Presentation by Danish Ministry of Foreign Affairs
o Investor perspective (TBC)
o Private sector perspective – Andrea Voigt, Head of global public affairs Danfoss Climate Solutions
10.15 – 10.55 Dialogue, Facilitated by the moderator
10.55 – 11.00 Summary and Conclusion by Roundtable Dialogue Moderator