Virtual Conference on Sustainable Finance for Asia’s Net Zero Transition 2023 | Asian Development Bank (ADB) | 5 March 2023 | Online

There is a large financing gap for carbon net-zero transition in Asia, prompting measures to mobilize greater private capital. To tap financing opportunities in the region, domestic and global financial institutions require a strong understanding of their transition-related risk and return profile and how it fits their risk appetite. Stakeholder collaboration is also critical to promote data essential for informed capital allocation with useful corporate disclosure on transition, as well as innovative public-private finance schemes, and comparable cross-border carbon pricing.

This ADBI-SOAS University of London Centre for Sustainable Finance virtual conference will feature new research on sustainable finance and mobilizing private capital to achieve climate goals on net zero carbon emissions, with a focus on Asia. Topics to be addressed include the identification of transition-related financial risks and risk mitigation measures, the evaluation of blended finance mechanisms, transition finance-related criteria and frameworks, obstacles to ESG investment, incentivizing private sector investment in carbon emission reduction, and the implications of carbon-pricing for just transition and wider financial stability.

Objectives:
• Explore current and future policy challenges posed by the need for scalable sustainable finance for the transition to net-zero carbon emissions in Asia
• Examine public-private sector risk-sharing and blended finance schemes
• Discuss carbon net-zero transition modelling, including developments on corporate emissions disclosure, transition paths, and the carbon-offset market

2023 Speakers

Tetsushi Sonobe
Dean and CEO, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Ulrich Volz
Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance and Professor of Economics, SOAS University of London

Sean Kidney
CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative

Jingjing Wang
PhD student in Accounting and Finance, University of Liverpool

Shu Tian
Senior Economist, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

Kruti Upadhyay
Independent Researcher

Ranjeeta Mishra
Economist, Reserve Bank of India

Hendro Nugroho
Head of Section, Separate State Assets IV B, Indonesia Ministry of Finance

Thang Nam Do
Fellow, Australian National University

Kim Schumacher
Associate Professor, Kyushu University

Sahar E-Vahdati
Senior Lecturer, Othman Yeop Abdullah Graduate School of Business(OYAGSB).

Eugene Wong
Chief Executive Officer, Sustainable Finance Institute Asia

John Beirne
Vice-Chair of Research and Senior Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Swisa Ariyapruchya
Head of Research Group, Puey Ungphakorn Institute for Economic Research, Bank of Thailand

Thai-Ha Le
Managing Director, VinFuture Prize, VinFuture Foundation

Dzakiyy Hadiyan Achyar
Accounting Lecturer, Mae Fah Luang University

Y Anni Aryani
Associate Professor, Accounting Department, Faculty of Economics and Business, Sebelas Maret University-Indonesia

Qigui Liu
Professor of Finance, Ningbo University

Tomoki Fujii
Associate Dean and Associate Professor of Economics, School of Economics, Singapore Management University

Piyush Tiwari
Professor, University of Melbourne

Le Vu Hai
Research Associate, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Catherine McKenna
Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities

Keiko Mizuguchi
ESG Economist, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Sheila Teta Carina
Consultant, P4G

Muhammad Fajar Nugraha
Graduate Student, University of Chicago

Dina Azhgaliyeva
Research Fellow, Asian Development Bank Institute (ADBI)

Imtiaz Ul Haq
Economist, International Finance Corporation

Suranjali Tandon
Assistant Professor, National Institute of Public Finance and Policy

Marlex O. Tuson
MSc Graduate, United Nations University – Institute for the Advanced Study of Sustainability

Louis Cheng
Director of the Research Centre for ESG

Edi Setijawan
Executive Senior Analyst, Director, The Indonesia Financial Services Authority (OJK)

Chin-Hsien Yu
Professor, School of Public Administration, Southwestern University of Finance and Economics

Junkyu Lee
Chief of Finance Sector Group Sustainable Development and Climate Change Department, Asian Development Bank (ADB)

MA. Victoria A. Tan
Executive Director – Group Risk Management & Sustainability, Ayala Corporation

Mr. Alexis Rocamora
APAC Lead, Sustainable Investment Research, LSEG (London Stock Exchange Group)

Hideki Takada
Director for Strategy Development, Financial Services Agency, Japan

Pamela Lee
Deputy Chief Sustainability Officer, Monetary Authority of Singapore

Paul Horrocks
Head of Private Finance for Sustainable Development Unit, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

2023 Partners

• SOAS University of London
• Centre for Sustainable Finance