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Join the Bennett Institute at this year’s COP29, 11-22 November in Baku, Azerbaijan.  

Date: 12 November 2024
Category: News article
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Professor Matthew Agarwala, one of our Chairs and Professor of Sustainable Finance, will be moderating the session “Measuring climate risks for smarter adaptation and mitigation solutions”, co-organised by the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank. This will be held at the World Bank-IMF-FT Pavilion (Blue Zone, Area E, number B1) on Saturday 16 November from 10am to 10.45am (GMT+4).   

Panellists include:  

Alessandra Alfieri, Assistant Director, Statistics Department, International Monetary Fund  

Stephane Hallegatte, Senior Climate Change Adviser, World Bank  

Shahin Mahmudzada, Executive Director of the Central Bank of the Republic of Azerbaijan

Jadwiga Massinga, the Director of Climate Change at the Ministry of Land and Environment in Mozambique.  

Another of our Chairs, Professor Felix Creutzig, Professor of Innovation and Policy Acceleration, will be virtually participating in COP29 as a panellist on Tuesday 19 November 2024 from 10am to 11.30 am (GMT+4). He will be sharing valuable insights as part of the panel “Start-ups moving beyond product substitution for gigatons of impact”.   

We hope to see you there.