The Green Swan Conference - Coordinating finance on climate

Banque de France, the Bank for International Settlements, the International Monetary Fund and the Network for Greening the Financial System (NGFS) are joining forces to co-sponsor a truly unique global virtual conference exploring the practical actions available immediately to the financial sector to fight climate change.

Green Swan 2021 Global Virtual Conference

2–4 June 2021

How in practice can the financial sector take immediate action against climate change-related risks?
 

Wednesday 2 June

Times are Central European Time (CET)

12h15 – 13h15

Introduction 

Why this Conference? How in practice can the financial sector take immediate action against climate
change-related risks?


Agustín Carstens (BIS)
Frank Elderson (ECB, NGFS)
Kristalina Georgieva (IMF)
François Villeroy de Galhau (Banque de France)
Moderator: Minouche Shafik (LSE)

13h15 – 13h45

Special guest speech by Mark Carney (Finance Adviser to the UK Prime 
Minister for COP 26; UN Special Envoy on Climate Action and Finance) 
 

13h45 – 15h00 

Parallel session: Panel discussions

 15h00 – 15h15 

Break

15h15 – 15h45

Special guest speech by Robert Engle (Michael Armellino Professor of 
Finance, NYU Stern School of Business) 
 

15h45 – 16h15

Special guest speech by Al Gore (Chairman, Generation Investment 
Management) 
 

16h15 – 17h30 

Parallel session: Panel discussions  

17h30 – 17h45 

Break

17h45 – 18h00

Special guest speech by Jens Weidmann (Chair of the Board, BIS)

18h00 – 18h30 

Special guest speech by Tao Zhang (Deputy Managing Director, IMF) 

Thursday 3 June

Times are Central European Time (CET)

13h00 – 13h15 

Introduction by Sylvie Goulard (Second Deputy Governor, Banque de 
France) 
 

13h15 – 13h45

Special guest speech by Mario Monti (President of Bocconi University; former Prime Minister of Italy) 

13h45 – 15h00

Parallel session: Panel discussions

15h00 – 15h30

 Special guest speech by Joseph Stiglitz (Professor, Columbia University)  

15h30 – 15h45

Break

15h45 – 16h15

Special guest speech by Frank Elderson (Member of the Executive Board and Vice-Chair of the Supervisory Board, ECB; Chair, NGFS)

16h15 – 17h30

Parallel session: Panel discussions  

17h30 – 18h00

Special guest speech by Sarah Bloom Raskin (former Deputy Secretary, 
United States Treasury; former Governor, Federal Reserve Board) 
 

18h00 – 18h30

Special guest speech by Andrew Bailey (Governor, Bank of England)

Friday 4 June

Times are Central European Time (CET)

08h15 – 08h30

Introduction

08h30 – 09h00

Special guest speech by Laurent Fabius (former President of COP21 / Paris Agreement) 

09h00 – 10h15 

Parallel session: Panel discussions   

10h15 – 10h30 

Break

10h30 – 11h00

Special guest speech by Zhou Xiaochuan (President, China Society for Finance and Banking; Vice Chairman, Boao Forum for Asia; former Governor, People’s Bank of China)
 

11h00 – 12h15 

Parallel session: Panel discussions   

12h15 – 12h30

Break

12h30 – 13h00

Special guest speech by Nicholas Stern (IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government and Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, London School of Economics)

13h00 – 14h45 

Concluding panel (speakers onsite at Banque de France if conditions permit) 

14h45 – 15h00

Thank you remarks by Luiz A Pereira da Silva (Deputy General Manager, BIS

15h00 – 15h30

The G20 Presidency programme by special guest speaker Ignazio Visco (Governor, Bank of Italy; G20 Presidency)

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