Barbara Creecy has been Minister at DEFF since 30 May 2019. She is a leader within the African National Congress political party and currently serves as a member of the National Executive Committee and National Working Committee. Between 1994 and 2004 she served in the provincial legislature in different portfolios including Deputy Chief Whip as well as Chairperson of the Social Development and…
Type: Expert
Benoît Bosquet is a Regional Director for East Asia and Pacific at the World Bank. Prior to this position, he was a Practice Manager for Environment and Natural Resources, Africa region. He has coordinated global partnerships for climate change mitigation, including the Prototype Carbon Fund, BioCarbon Fund and Forest Carbon Partnership Facility. As a Task Team Leader he managed projects in…
Type: Expert
Ibrahim Matola was appointed as Malawi’s minister of energy during the People’s Party administration and again in February 2022. He was previously a member of Parliament for two terms, from 2004 to 2014, and served as deputy chief whip and later parliamentary leader of the United Democratic Front. He was a member of the ACP-EU Joint Parliamentary Assembly and the Commonwealth Parliamentary…
Type: Expert
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Tran Hong Ha was born on April 19, 1963, in Kim Loc commune, Can Loc district, Ha Tinh province in central Vietnam. He has served in this position since April 2016. He is the member of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV)’s Central Committee for two terms (12th and 13th) since 2016. He also served as a National Assembly Deputy for the 14th term (2016-…
Type: Expert
The panel will discuss investment opportunities in biodiversity finance and innovative business models to promote the protection of biodiversity and ecosystem services.
Type: Event
Valerie Hickey is a Global Director for Environment, Natural Resources and Blue Economy (ENB) at the World Bank. Prior to that she was a manager for Advisory and Operations in the Climate Change Group, where she oversaw the implementation of the World Bank’s commitments on climate change, climate mainstreaming and climate finance, and before that the Practice Manager for ENB in Latin America and…
Type: Expert
Developing countries have the opportunity to simultaneously reduce emissions from agriculture, while supporting adaptation priorities. This event will discuss key initiatives and operations, in a synthesized way, for delivering climate mitigation action to sub-sectors such as livestock and rice and will showcase relevant Bank projects, while engaging the voices of client countries around key mitigation themes.
Type: Event
COP27 brings together SIDS representatives, the donor community, and the private sector. This High-Level Panel will bring together SIDS representatives from the Eastern Caribbean, Maldives and Palau providing an opportunity to discuss collective responsibility for ensuring the health and sustainability of the world’s oceans, and their vital role in future NDCs.
Type: Event
In this time of strained resources and overlapping crises, how can countries get the financing they need to tackle climate change? The event Investing in People and Planet explored this question in three conversations -- on the potential of carbon markets to mobilize finance; what it will take to bring private sector finance into low-carbon transitions; and the financing needed to achieve net zero.
Type: Event
The objective of this panel discussion is to explore the blue economy—how it is defined, what it encompasses, and what/where is driving the demand.
Type: Event