Innovative Financial Instruments and Good Practices to achieve the SDGs and Paris Agreement in Latin America and the Caribbean

Fulfilling  the  Sustainable  Development  Goals  is  an  ambitious  but  necessary  challenge  that requires  the   leverage   of   private investment   through   policies   and   innovative   financial instruments. The  COVID-19  pandemic  has  demonstrated  that  governments  are  critically under-prepared  to  tackle  the  systemic  nature  of  risk  and  are  underinvesting  in  and  under-prioritizing  prevention  and resilience.

It  is  essential  to  identify  and  map  success cases and high-impact  investment  opportunities  for  theachievement  of  the  SDGs  in  LAC.The  proper identification  and  design  of  these  financial  solutions  requires  a  joint effort  from  all  actors involved  to  seek  and  scale up  such  solutions. We  have  eight  years left  to  achieve  results to continue protecting our society and future generations.

Objectives

• Understand  the  sustainable  finance  ecosystem  including  financial  regulations,  voluntary commitments and financial mechanisms.
• Discuss  about  the  role  of  public  and  private  financial  institutions  to  achieveimpact investments  that  contribute  to  the SDGs, Paris  Agreement and  the  Sendai  Framework, and how to leverage the agenda.
• Introduce real  cases  and  successful  experiences  to  learn  about  their  strategies  and barriers they had to go through for their implementation.