Blended Finance as a powerful tool in Development Finance
Development Finance has always needed to evolve with the needs of the time, but where is it succeeding or failing? I am joined by Dalburg’s...
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Understanding Climate Finance
My Name is Faheem Noor Ali and I am a Climate Finance Trade Commissioner based out of the Embassy of Canada in Washington DC.In a typical day, I get to meet with, and introduce Canadian proj...
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20 of 41 episodesIDB Invest’s Energy Chief talks about opportunities in Latin America and Carribean
Elizabeth Robberechts, Chief of Energy and Infrastructure at IDB Invest, joins the podcast this week to talk about how they look at investme...
How can Web3 and Regenerative Economics fight climate change?
The concepts of Web3 and Regenerative Economics is new to many of us, but both can play a key role in addressing climate change. Anna Lerner...
How World Bank’s MIGA insures climate project in challenging environments
The Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA) is the political insurance arm of the World Bank Group and provides a number of financia...
The UK’s Climate Finance Accelerator and its innovative approach to technical assistance
Accessing climate financing at scale can prove challenging because of a lack of track record or visibility to attract the right investors. I...
Upstream Investing: Don Purka shares how IFC goes deeper in emerging markets
Don Purka, Principal Investment Officer for Energy at IFC, describes how IFC's shift to investing "upstream" in emerging markets to add...
How British International Investment looks to address climate change through investment
What is Britain doing to address international climate change? Geoff Manley, from the newly minted British International Investment, talk ab...
FinDev Canada on investing and strategy moving forward
What is FinDev Canada and what does it do? Since its inception a few years ago, FinDev Canada has been committed to making impactful investm...
How the US Development Finance Corporation (DFC) works globally?
The US DFC is a relatively new Development Finance Institution since it evolved from its predecessor, OPIC. This has meant a greater emphasi...
IDB Natural Capital Labs Greg Watson shares the critical role NC plays in climate change and development
Why is Natural Capital investing so important? IDB’s Natural Capital Lab lead Greg Watson shares the priorities of the IDB around investing...
Canadian Commercial Corporation’s Antony Rizk on Canadian exporters
The Canadian Commercial Corporation (CCC) is truly a unique Crown corporation that allows Canadian companies to compete for government-to-go...
IDB Lab’s Anita Fiori shares how they invest in start ups in Latin America and Caribbean
IDB Lab’s is a unique entity within the DFI community because of the early stage investments they can make. Anita Fiori leads IDB Lab’s vent...
Dutch investor FMO’s Floor van Oppen explains FMO’s work in blended finance
We’re back in the Netherlands, this time with the Dutch Financial Institution, FMO. A user of blended finance before it was known as blended...
Canada at COP26: Reflections from Canada's Climate Change Ambassador Patricia Fuller
Ambassador Patricia Fuller is Canada’s Ambassador for Climate Change and was a member of Canada’ delegation to COP26 in Glasgow. She shares...
Recap on COP26 and Climate Finance for 2021
In the final episode for 2021, Faheem and Rachel reflect on the conversation with Ambassador Fuller and share more information that came out...
Darren Moens explains Climate Fund Managers’ unique approach to climate investments
Climate Fund Managers is about to launch their second fund focused on water, oceans and sanitation. In this episode, Darren Moens explains t...
Denise Odaro, IFC’s IR head, talks about Treasury and ESG among its partners
What is the role of IFC Treasury and how does it work with Financial Institution to advance Climate objectives? This week we are joined by I...
Impact Investors and DFIs- A Canadian example of how to work with DFIs
In this episode, we welcome back Alexa Blain, co-founder and Managing Partner of Deetken Impact. She follows up on her Climate Finance Round...
Michelle Hallack (BID) décrit le potentiel de l’hydrogène pour les régions de l’Amérique latine et des Caraïbes
La spécialiste principal de l'hydrogène à la Banque interaméricaine de développement parle de l'hydrogène comme source d'éner...
IDB's Michelle Hallack described the hydrogen potential in Latin America and Carribean
The InterAmerican Development Bank's Senior Specialist on Hydrogen joins the podcast this week to talk about hydrogen as a renewable en...