MIGA is pleased to invite you to the “9th Annual MIGA Gender Leadership Award: The Shift to a Green and Caring Economy” on Friday, March 8 at 10 am ET. Every year, MIGA presents its Gender Leadership Award, honoring senior managers who have a proven track record of seeking to further the causes of women’s advancement and gender equality.

Public-private partnerships play a vital role in providing solutions to combat climate change. This panel discussion will include leaders from industry and the public sector, with the aim to unpack the role of insurance and its broader risk management function.

Countries face obstacles in their energy transition efforts, including policy and regulatory barriers, financing and investment challenges, grid integration issues, public acceptance, and capacity building. This event provides diverse perspectives and experiences, offering valuable insights and inspiration for countries and stakeholders seeking to advance a just energy transition.

Climate change is adding to existing difficulties faced by fragile and conflict-affected situations (FCS). This event will highlight key instruments, such as blended finance, capacity building, guarantees, policy and knowledge tools to mobilize private sector engagement on climate change in FCS.

Access to finance is essential to decarbonization, and banks are important players in providing financing solutions to enable the net-zero transition in the real economy. Panelists will discuss challenges faced by banks and clients when formulating and implementing net-zero commitments and metrics, as well as opportunities for decarbonization by banks.

State-owned enterprises are becoming agents of change by helping promote the shift toward low-carbon and resilient economies. This event discusses the role of SOEs in climate action and how MIGA can mobilize financing at better terms and conditions and incentivize low-carbon and resilient pathways.

Private and public stakeholders face challenges and opportunities as they work toward enabling transportation infrastructure that is green, resilient, and inclusive. Drawing on success stories from across regions, the event will discuss applying innovative de-risking instruments to unlock private capital to build transport systems.

Regional development banks have a unique role to play in mobilizing private investment for climate adaptation and resilience, given their long-standing relationship with and knowledge of local markets and institutions. The panel will discuss the challenges and necessary processes to scale up adaptation finance and build climate resilience.

Join us for an insightful discussion as we delve into the key findings of "Market Finance for Development: Taking Stock." This paper examines the long-term trends in private capital flows to low- and middle-income countries in the 21st century. In an era where private capital flows to these regions are dwindling and debt indicators are worsening, we'll explore the critical role that multilateral development banks can play in promoting private investments toward addressing global challenges, including poverty, food insecurity, fragility, and climate change.

MIGA is organizing a high-level panel discussion as an affiliated event of the Summit for a New Global Financing Pact hosted by the French Government. The discussion will examine the financial institutions' approaches and challenges toward alignment of their financing with the Paris Agreement, regulators’ views, and net zero.

MIGA is pleased to invite you to the “8th Annual MIGA Gender Leadership Award: Innovation through Female Entrepreneurship” on Wednesday, March 8th at 4:00 pm EST. Every year, MIGA presents its Gender Leadership Award honoring senior managers who have a proven track record of seeking to further the causes of women’s advancement and gender equality.