Influential CEOs, CIOs from global institutional investment institutions, and representatives from African pension and sovereign wealth funds are meeting on Sept. 20 to discuss catalytic private investment pathways that accelerate private capital’s participation in Africa’s green transition.
The African Heads of State and Government Climate Finance Dialogue, taking place in New York, aims to foster dialogue on investment channels between African heads of state and government and the domestic and international investment community (representing more than $130 trillion). The goal is to facilitate greater public-private finance mandate alignment and forge investment partnerships at scale that promote and deliver bankable national determined contributions (NDCs) projects.
According to latest estimates by the Climate Policy Initiative, it will cost some $2.8 trillion to implement the NDCs as currently submitted by 51 African countries.
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