What next for mobilising finance for Just Transitions? Video

Increasing attention is being given to how finance can be mobilised to support ambitious just transitions which deliver net-zero and resilience goals. A first generation of actions are beginning to get underway, and this event presented the findings of a new report by the Institute for Human Rights and Business (IHRB) and LSE’s Just Transitions Finance Lab (JTFL), which profiles emerging examples of just transition financing across public, private, and blended solutions.

The discussion reflected on the COP29 climate conference outcomes, where the links between the need for breakthrough financial innovations and the delivery of just, equitable, and inclusive climate action became even clearer. But COP29 also displayed the continuing gap between the profound needs for just transition finance and what is actually being delivered on the ground, particularly in diverse emerging and developing economies around the world.

This event brought together report authors from IHRB and the JTFL as well as leading financial experts to learn lessons and identify priorities for the year ahead in 2025 and the build-up to COP30 in Brazil.

Speakers                        

• Kate Hughes, Principal Climate Change Specialist, ADB
• Luz Martinez, Head of Sustainability, ILX
• Joana Pedro, Head of Social, UNEPFI 
• Nick Robins, Executive Director, Just Transition Finance Lab and Professor in Practice (Sustainable Finance), LSE
• Haley St. Dennis, Head of Just Transitions, IHRB

Agenda

• 14.00 Welcome and Introductions | Nick Robins, LSE
• 14.10 Highlights of the Report | Haley St. Dennis, IHRB
• 14.25 Panel Discussion
• 15.00 Audience Q&A
• 15.25 Key Takeaways |  Haley St. Dennis, IHRB
• 15.30 Finish