What Next for Mobilising Finance for Just Transitions?

Report Launch for Leveraging the Spectrum of Finance for Just Transitions

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 will present the findings of a new report by 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 will reflect 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 will bring 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.

• What are the main outcomes from COP29 in terms of how to mobilise finance for just transitions, particularly in developing countries?
• What are the key steps policymakers need to take nationally and internationally to drive finance for just transitions?
• How can financial institutions best respond to stakeholder needs for a just transition?
• What are the different roles of private, public and blended finance?
• What are the most promising financial instruments for delivering climate action through a just transition?
• What are the challenges that are holding back further progress?
• What do public and private financial institutions need to do next to meet local and global need for just transition finance?
• What policy reforms are needed at the national and international levels in 2025 on the way to COP30?

• 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