Blended Finance
Developing and Scaling up the Global Marketplace for Blended Finance
Inaugural SIRI Decisionmakers Roundtable Discussion on Blended Finance
The mitigation of climate change, biodiversity loss, poverty, and other grand societal challenges has historically been primarily financed through public funding and private philanthropic giving. Yet, a large financing gap remains, especially in the Global South. The question is: how can we crowd in more private capital to finance innovative solutions in climate tech, renewable energy, nature-based solutions, social inclusion, and others, especially in the Global South?
To better understand the challenges and opportunities in mobilizing more private capital investments and the potential role of academia, the Sustainable Investing Research Initiative (SIRI) organized the Inaugural SIRI Decisionmakers Roundtable Discussion on Blended Finance on April 22, 2024 which brought together a carefully curated set of key leaders in the public and private sectors, policymakers, and academia, including ministers of finance, corporate leaders, leading investment managers and asset owners, Development Finance Institutions, philanthropies, rating agencies, and others. The participants discussed the following key questions:
- Leadership experiences and key insights on next steps needed to scale up the global marketplace for blended finance with a greater focus on the Global South and SDGs?
- Key bottlenecks in incentivizing new private investors to engage in Blended Finance?
- Ecosystem building, role of academic institutions, and future plan?
Upcoming Events
- 3rd SIRI Decisionmakers Blended Finance Roundtable Discussion | tbd
- 2nd SIRI Blended Finance Conference | tbd
Past Events
- Inaugural SIRI Blended Finance Conference | September 25, 2024
- 2nd SIRI Decisionmakers Blended Finance Roundtable Discussion | September 24, 2024
- 1st SIRI Decisionmakers Blended Finance Roundtable Discussion | April 22, 2024
