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IMF Seminars, January 1, 1901

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Event type: 研讨会 (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.
Objective: Provide a platform for peer learning and help identify priorities and possible gaps in the climate finance work agenda.
Format note: 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.

Relevance of climate finance in Asia.
Implications of climate change for global and regional financial stability.
Evolving good practices for central banks and regulators.
The role of the IMF in addressing climate-related financial risks.
Open issues under consideration for the climate finance work agenda.
Perspectives from Small Island and Vulnerable Low- and Middle-Income Countries (presented via video).

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"
Concluding remarks:
- A way forward on climate finance for Asia and the Pacific: Concluding Remarks 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)