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IMF Seminars, January 1, 1901

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Event: Policy Dialogue on Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance.
Purpose: Brought together senior policymakers, mainly from the Asia-Pacific region, to discuss the implications of climate change for financial stability, central bank and regulatory policies, and the greening of financial markets.
Objectives:
- Provide a platform for peer learning.
- Help identify priorities and possible gaps in the climate finance work agenda.
Broadcast: The opening remarks and the panel discussion among Central Bank Governors and IMF Deputy Managing Director Li was livestreamed in English. The conference then proceeded in an invitation-only format.

08:30–08:35 PM JST — Introductory remarks
- Jonathan Dunn, Deputy Director, IMF Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific
08:35–08:40 PM JST — Welcome Remarks
- Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF
08:40–08:50 PM JST — Opening Remarks
- Tobias Adrian, Financial Counsellor, IMF
08:50–09:40 PM JST — Governors’ Dialogue on Climate Finance
- Focus: Perspectives on the relevance of climate finance in Asia, implications for global and regional financial stability, evolving good practices, the role of the IMF, and open issues under consideration.
- Moderator: Haslinda Amin, Chief International Correspondent for Southeast Asia, Bloomberg TV
- Panelists:
- Maiava Atalina Ainuu-Enari, Governor, Central Bank of Samoa
- Ravi Menon, Managing Director, Monetary Authority of Singapore
- Tan Sri Nor Shamsiah binti Mohd Yunus, Governor, Bank Negara Malaysia
- Bo Li, Deputy Managing Director, IMF
09:40–09:45 PM JST — Video Viewing
- "Perspectives from Small Island and Vulnerable Low- and Middle-Income Countries"

The conference included additional closed-door sessions; summaries of those sessions were provided.
Concluding remarks and a way forward on climate finance for Asia and the Pacific were delivered by Anne-Marie Gulde-Wolf, Acting Director of the Asia and Pacific Department, IMF.

Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance: Select Issues for Policy Makers — Panelist Biographies
- Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance: Select Issues for Policy Makers — Panelist Biographies (Markdown version)
- Climate-Related Financial Risks and Green Finance: Select Issues for Policy Makers — Panelist Biographies (PDF)
Session Notes for Posting
- Session Notes for Posting (Markdown version)
- Session Notes for Posting (PDF)