SECTORAL PANEL

2 PM – 3 PM

INNOVATIVE FINANCING FOR SCALING SOLAR ENERGYNDOVU

To achieve the goals set in the Paris Agreement, a massive and rapid scale-up of renewable energy is needed.Solar energy provides a clean, sustainable and reliable source of power, and can play a significant role in helpingcountries meet their electrification goals. This session will bring together key players supporting the developmentand implementation of solar energy projects to discuss innovative financing models, risk mitigation tools, and theenabling environment needed to spur this dynamic energy source.

Moderator• Alzbeta Klein, Director and Global Head, Climate Business, IFC

Panelists • Upendra Tripathy, Director General, ISA

• Brune Poirson, Secretary of State to the Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France• Shegun Bakari, Advisor to the President of the Republic of Togo• Simon K. Kachapin, Chief Administrative Secretary, Ministry of Energy, Kenya • Merli Baroudi, Director, Economics & Sustainability Group, MIGA • Matteo Cavadini, Senior Business Developer East Africa, Enel Green Power

ALIGNMENT OF DEVELOPMENT BANKS WITH THE PARIS AGREEMENT AND LONG TERM SUSTAINABLE FINANCING IN AFRICA

KIFARU

This event will build on the commitment taken during the One Planet Summit in 2017 by InternationalDevelopment Finance Club and MDBs to align financial flows with the Paris Agreement. The Trade DevelopmentBank and French Development Agency, both IDFC members, are inviting leaders of the financial community todiscuss the implications of this alignment with the financial community in Africa. The event will explore what theimplementation of ‘alignment’ means in African development banks by investigating emerging processes, tools,approaches, methodologies, and institutional set-ups.

Moderator• Lukwesa Burak, Journalist, BBC

Panelist • Admassu Tadesse, President, Trade and Development Bank • Javier Manzanares, Deputy Executive Director, Green Climate Fund • Joshua Oigara, CEO, KCB bank Kenya • Lucy Chege, Head of Energy, Environment and ICT, Development Bank of South Africa • Catherine Collin, Head of Africa Regional Office, European Investment Bank • Kitty van der Heijden, Vice-President for Europe and Africa, World Resources Institute (WRI) • Amadou Hott, Vice-President Power, Energy, Climate Change and Green Growth, AfDB• Damien Navizet, Head of Climate Division, AFD

3.15 PM – 4.15 PM

TRANSFORMING NDCs INTO INVESTMENTS PLANNDOVU

This session will bring together key players supporting NDC implementation and three country experiences fromCote d’Ivoire, Rwanda, and Kenya. The panel will be represented by WB, NDCP, AfDB, UN, Government ofKenya, Government of Rwanda, and Government of Cote d’Ivoire (CIV). Each representative will have a 3-5 minlighting talk presentation. The first part will include country representatives sharing their experiences and needsfor the implementation of their NDCs and opportunities. The second part will include development institutions andUN representatives responding to opportunities for accelerating NDC implementation.

SECTORAL PANEL

4.30 PM – 5.30 PM

CLIMATE INVESTMENT OPPORTUNITIES IN CITIESKIFARU

Sub-Saharan Africa’s cities are home to more than 470 million people that are expected to double over the next

25 years. Climate impacts on agricultural yield are likely to exacerbate rural-to-urban migration and put pressure

on urban infrastructure and services in the coming decades. This session aims to bring together speakers to

discuss how cities in Africa and in emerging markets around the world can leapfrog historical approaches to

urban development and invest in low-carbon, resilient infrastructure. Panelists will discuss how to connect cities

with financing to implement resilient and green urban development strategies and mobilize private sector finance

that is crucial to climate action.

Moderator• Shari Friedman, Senior Climate Strategist, IFC

Panelist• James Wainaina Macharia, Cabinet Secretary for Ministry of Transport, Infrastructure, Housing and Urban

Development, Kenya

• Hans Peter Lankes, Vice President of Economics & Private Sector Development, IFC

• Mohamed Sefiani, Mayor of Chefchaouen, Morocco

• Maimunah Mohd Sharif, Executive Director, UN-Habitat

• Marjeta Jager, Deputy Director General for International Cooperation and Development, European Commission

Moderator• Andrea Meza Murillo, Director of Climate Change, Ministry of Environment, Costa Rica

Panelists • Keriako Tobiko, Cabinet Secretary, Ministry of Environment and Forestry, Kenya

• Vincent Biruta, Minister of Environment, Rwanda

• John Roome, Sr,. Director of Climate Change, World Bank

• Anthony Nyong, Director of Climate Change and Green Growth, AfDB

• Luis Alfonso de Alba, Special Envoy for the 2019 Climate Summit, UNSG

INTEGRATED LANDSCAPES MANAGEMENTKIFARU

Over 25 years after Rio, there is more recognition of the importance of Africa’s terrestrial and coastal landscapes

in delivering multiple production and ecosystem service benefits to support the continent’s transformation. This

event will provide different countries and champions of Africa’s landscape restoration and integrated

management an opportunity to show case actions in a variety of different critical landscapes (from coastal to

drylands and highlands). The panelists will also identify key ingredients of effective participatory implementation,

specify further needs, and share selected opportunities for leveraging support.

Moderator • Wanjira Mathai, Chair, Wangari Maathai Foundation

Speaker • Amedi Camara, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Mauritania

• Almoustapha Garba, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Niger

• Hamadi Boga, Principal Secretary, State Department of Agriculture, Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries

and Irrigation, Kenya

• Laura Tuck, Vice President of Sustainable Development, World Bank Group

• William Kwende, Chairman, Agritech

• Ibrahim Thiaw, Executive Secretary, UNCCD

SECTORAL PANELCONSERVATION AND PRESERVATION OF FORESTS

NDOVU

Following President Kenyatta’s presentation at the high-level segment at One Planet Summit, which calls foraction on the conservation and preservation of forests in Africa, this session will focus on two main topics. Thefirst is on opportunities and barriers to successful forest restoration and sustainable forest management in Africa,which will identify key and cross-cutting barriers to implementation of the existing initiatives and agree onadequate response measures to address them. The second topic is on new and innovative ways of financingforestry in Africa, which will discuss ways to combine new sources of investments and national policy frameworkwhile insuring better income revenue for local communities.

Moderator• Laurent Gallissot, Secretary General, OPS

Panelist• Keriako Tobiko, Minister of Environment and Forestry, Kenya • Brune Poirson, Secretary of State to Minister for the Ecological and Inclusive Transition, France • Inger Andersen, Director General, IUCN• Tony Simons, Director General, The World Agroforestry Centre • Naoko Ishii, CEO, Global Environment Facility