{"id":6614,"date":"2018-07-09T12:29:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-09T10:29:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/?post_type=tribe_events&#038;p=6614"},"modified":"2018-07-12T09:19:58","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T07:19:58","slug":"ft-climate-finance-asia-summit-2018","status":"publish","type":"tribe_events","link":"https:\/\/www.besustainablemagazine.com\/cms2\/event\/ft-climate-finance-asia-summit-2018\/","title":{"rendered":"FT Climate Finance Asia Summit 2018"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Financial Times is delighted to announce\u00a0<\/span><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/live.ft.com\/Events\/2018\/FT-Climate-Finance-Summit-Asia?reference=BEsustainable&amp;utm_source=par&amp;utm_medium=BEsustainable&amp;utm_campaign=2018pftclimatefinancesummitasia\">the inaugural FT Climate Finance Asia Summit<\/a><\/strong>:<span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u00a0<em>Harnessing Opportunities in Asia\u2019s Low-Carbon Transition\u00a0<\/em>taking place on\u00a0<strong>21 November 2018\u00a0<\/strong>at the\u00a0<strong>Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong<\/strong>. The summit brings together leading Asia companies, investors and financiers to explore the developing trends and emerging opportunities in Asia\u2019s low-carbon transition &#8211; from the rise of sustainable investment in Asia to challenges of translating Nationally Determined Commitments (NDCs ) into projects and the growth of green bonds as an important new source of finance for companies across the region.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Key discussions include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">China and the Global Climate Economy<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Opportunities and Risk in Asia\u2019s Energy Transition<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A Revolution in Sustainable Transport &#8211; Asia in the Vanguard?<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Case studies on Sustainable Cities and Resilient Infrastructure, and Resilient Buildings<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Investing for the Future in Asia: Climate-Related Risk Disclosure, Harnessing Low-Carbon Opportunities<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Key speakers confirmed:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Ma Jun<\/strong>, Director, Centre for Finance and Development,\u00a0<em>Tsinghua University<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Shuen Chan<\/strong>, Co-Founder and Partner, <em>Sustineri<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Maureen DeRooij<\/strong>, Chief Executive, Asia Pacific, <em>ABN AMRO Bank<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Paula DiPerna<\/strong>, Special Adviser, <em>CDP<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Anita George<\/strong>, Executive Vice-President, Strategic Partnerships-Growth Markets,<em> CDPQ<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Nadira Lamrad<\/strong>, Assistant Director for Sustainability &amp; ESG Advisory, <em>Business Environment Council (BEC)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Arthur Lau<\/strong>, MD and Co-Head of Energy Markets Fixed Income and Head of Asia ex Japan, Fixed Income, <em>PineBridge Investments<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Nan Luo<\/strong>, Head of China, <em>Principles for Responsible Investment (PRI)<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Assaad Razzouk<\/strong>, Group CEO, <em>Sindicatum Sustainable Resources<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>C M Shun<\/strong>, Director, <em>the Hong Kong Observatory<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Karen Tan<\/strong>, Chief Risk Officer, Reinsurance Asia, <em>Swiss Re<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Alexandra Tracy<\/strong>, Founder and President, <em>Hoi Ping Ventures<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Frank Vitt\u00e9<\/strong>, Managing Director, <em>Blue SG<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Zhang Jianyu<\/strong>, Vice President,<em> China Environment Defense Fund<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">For more information, please visit the\u00a0<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/live.ft.com\/Events\/2018\/FT-Climate-Finance-Summit-Asia?reference=BEsustainable&amp;utm_source=par&amp;utm_medium=BEsustainable&amp;utm_campaign=2018pftclimatefinancesummitasia\">event website<\/a>\u00a0<span style=\"color: #000000;\">or contact Ashley Li at<\/span>\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:ashley.li@ft.com\">ashley.li@ft.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">BE Sustainable readers are entitled to a 20% discount off the ticket, using the marketing code BE20.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Financial Times is delighted to announce\u00a0the inaugural FT Climate Finance Asia Summit:\u00a0Harnessing Opportunities in Asia\u2019s Low-Carbon Transition\u00a0taking place on\u00a021 November 2018\u00a0at the\u00a0Four Seasons Hotel Hong Kong. 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