Conference Recordings, Day 2
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Friday, May 16, 2025
Session V: Investing in the sustainable transition
| Keynote Implementation of the EU sustainable finance agenda – status quo and outlook | Andrei Gurin, Team Leader, Sustainable Finance Unit – Taxonomy and Reporting, European Commission, DG FISMA | Recording |
| Keynote The role of financial markets in the transition to sustainable economies and societies | Michael Halling, Professor, Chair in Sustainable Finance, University of Luxembourg | Recording |
| Presentation Transition between myths and facts | Astrid Matthey, Co-Rapporteurin, Technical Working Group, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance, German Environment Agency | Recording |
| Spotlight Climate policy & investment needs for the low carbon transition | Günther Lichtblau, Head, Division Climate and Energy, Environment Agency Austria | Recording |
| Presentation Monitoring Capital Flows | Bertrand Magné, Co-Rapporteur, Subgroup Monitoring Capital Flows, EU Platform on Sustainable Finance and European Investment Bank | Recording |
| Spotlight Climate analysis for the Austrian financial market – Highlights | Caroline Vogl-Lang, Green Finance Expert, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management Sabine Fritz, Green Finance Expert, Environment Agency Austria | Recording |
Session VI: Setting goals and measuring progress: Tools, methods, analyses and scenarios
| Spotlight Measuring the progress of the transition | Pedram Payami, Head of the Coordinating Office of the Green Finance Alliance, Environment Agency Austria | Recording |
| Spotlight Biodiversity guidelines | Paul Simon Glade, Expert in Green Finance and Biodiversity, Environment Agency Austria
| Recording |
| Spotlight Biodiversity alignment of financial portfolios | Juliet Blum, Scientific staff member, Economics and Innovation Division, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment | Recording |
| Spotlight FMA analyses for greenwashing | Georg Lehecka, Sustainable Finance Hub Manager, Austrian Financial Market Authority | Recording |
| Spotlight Short-term scenarios – motivations, plans and challenges | Irene Monasterolo, Professor for Climate Finance, Utrecht University | Recording |
| Climate | Moderation: Günther Lichtblau and Natalie Glas, Environment Agency Austria | |
| Biodiversity | Moderation: Paul Glade, Environment Agency Austria and Juliet Blum, Swiss Federal Office for the Environment | |
| International Green Finance | Moderation: Sophie Praniess, Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, Climate and Environmental Protection, Regions and Water Management and Alexander Feldmann, Luxembourg Environment Agency | |
Closing words and outlook for the next conference
| Birgit Niessner, Director, Economic Analysis and Research Department, Oesterreichische Nationalbank Günther Lichtblau, Head of Division Climate and Energy, Environment Agency Austria | |
| Recording |
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