Finance for resilience brought to you by CDKN
5 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago -Finance for Resilience: Unlocking climate action provides a platform for discussing all things climate finance. CDKN’s climate finance lead hosts lively discussions with experts, practitioners and recipients of climate finance to share their knowledge, experiences and innovative solutions related to financing action to address climate change.
Our episodes focus on emerging, cross-cutting themes and instruments to mobilise and access climate finance, particularly in the Global South, to build resilience globally.
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Ep.4 What are green bonds and how to encourage their growth in developing markets
January 19, 2022 12:58 - 41 minutes - 17.1 MBIn December 2020, the green bond market reached an impressive milestone of US$1 trillion in cumulative issuance since the first green bond was floated in 2007. In this fourth episode of the Finance for resilience podcast, we unpack the topic of green bonds and the challenges and benefits associated with this financing mechanism. Considering the significant climate finance gap, green bonds are likely to play a crucial role in meeting the goals of the Paris Agreement. However, the growth of the...
Ep.3 "The Green Climate Fund: what it is and why it matters in Southern Africa."
July 19, 2021 08:20 - 39 minutes - 15.9 MB"We're taking a look at the Green Climate Fund, the world's largest fund dedicated to the fight against climate change... its main purpose is to financially support development action in the global South”. In this third episode of the “Finance for resilience” podcast, we take a look at the Green Climate Fund. We explore why and how it started as well as the real impacts it's having on the ground. Podcast host, Kamleshaan Pillay, hosts 3 guests Karl Mutani Aribeb, the Chief Operations Offi...
Ep.2 Demystifying adaptation finance
February 10, 2021 08:26 - 41 minutes - 16.7 MB“Governance and political buy-in perhaps remain the most crucial factors in determining how we finance adaptation comprehensively at scale” In this second episode of the “Finance for climate resilience brought to you by CDKN” we unpack the topic of climate finance. This can be a tricky concept to fully understand and so we delve into the ins and outs of this niche space and all that it has to offer in the world of finance for climate resilience. Host, Kamlesh Pillay, is joined by distingui...
Building climate resilience through microfinance
November 30, 2020 10:26 - 34 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this inaugural episode of the “Finance for resilience brought to you by CDKN” we unpack the topic of microfinance and how the mechanism of microfinance enables the building of climate resilience. Host, Kamleshan Pillay, welcomes distinguished guests Tineyi Mawocha - CEO of Opportunity Bank Uganda, Lydia Baffour Awuah - Senior Programme Manager at Opportunity International and Puneet Chopra - partner at Microsave Consulting in India, to a panel discussion. The panel discussion revolves ar...
Ep.1 Building climate resilience through microfinance
November 30, 2020 10:26 - 34 minutes - 14.1 MBIn this inaugural episode of the “Finance for resilience brought to you by CDKN” we unpack the topic of microfinance and how the mechanism of microfinance enables the building of climate resilience. Host, Kamleshan Pillay, welcomes distinguished guests Tineyi Mawocha - CEO of Opportunity Bank Uganda, Lydia Baffour Awuah - Senior Programme Manager at Opportunity International and Puneet Chopra - partner at Microsave Consulting in India, to a panel discussion. The panel discussion revolves ar...