Where Next on Climate? The Future of Climate Finance & Role of the Green Climate Fund

September 18, 2017

Please join the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise and the Center on Global Energy Policy (CGEP) for a presentation by Howard Bamsey, Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund (GCF). ED Bamsey will discuss climate finance and the role of GCF. After his keynote remarks, panelists will join CGEP Inaugural Fellow, David Sandalow for an actively moderated discussion focused broadly on climate finance and next steps following President Trump's announcement to pull out of the Paris Agreement and end U.S. contributions to the GCF.

About the Keynote Speaker:

Howard Bamsey is the Executive Director of the Green Climate Fund. He was appointed by the GCF Board at its 14th meeting and took office on 10 January 2017. He is the second Executive Director of the Fund.

Ambassador Bamsey has spent most of his career in international diplomacy and public service. He is a widely recognized negotiator in the global response to climate change who co-chaired the United Nations ‘Dialogue on Long-term Cooperative Action on Climate Change by Enhancing Implementation of the Convention’.

Mr. Bamsey’s role in this body helped shape a strategic approach to advance the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), including on adaptation and the use of technology and market mechanisms.

Panelists:

Mike Eckhart, Managing Director and Global Head of Environmental Finance and Sustainability at Citigroup

Melanie Nakagawa, Non-Resident Fellow at the Center on Global Energy Policy and Head of Climate Initiative with Princeville Global

Bruce Usher, Co-Director of the Tamer Center for Social Enterprise; Elizabeth B. Strickler ’86 and Mark T. Gallogly ’86 Faculty Director; Professor of Professional Practice at Columbia Business School

A podcast of this event will be available ~5 days after the date of the event through iTunes and our website.