Climate change is one of the biggest challenges we face today, and addressing it requires the collaboration of all actors and sectors. Therefore, fostering policy dialogue, effective communication and knowledge management are key to generating synergies and sharing the best ways to address this global challenge.

 

In order to strengthen cooperative dialogue, foster the exchange of experiences between Mexico and Germany and promote knowledge management, the Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance, implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH, works hand in hand with the Government of Mexico to communicate and raise awareness on the issue and to promote informed and inclusive climate action. In addition, its Interface role for IKI projects in Mexico helps share best practices for climate change and biodiversity projects in the country.

We invite you to learn more about the efforts to strengthen the cooperative dialogue driven by the Mexican-German Climate Change Alliance. Click on the image below:

 

 

The second edition of the Green and Inclusive Financing Forum, organised by GIZ Mexico, took place on September 23 and 24 2021. This virtual forum brought together leaders who formulate financing projects with representatives of public and private organisations from Mexico and the surrounding region, in order to generate a multi-stakeholder meeting and dialogue space. With the participation of 48 speakers from around the world, the forum aimed to promote a critical analysis of the key aspects of sustainable finance and a practical application of existing tools and methodologies.

Within the framework of this event, the discussion “Bridging the Gap in Project Financing” took place, in which five women panellists exchanged their knowledge and experiences on the subject. In particular, Alexandra Linden, Director of the Financing Energy for Low-Carbon Investment – Cities Advisory Facility (FELICITY), shared some of the lessons learned and future scenarios in the face of the global crisis.

Graphic report of the Conversation “Closing the gap in project financing”, Pinkfish, 2021.

With a view to a sustainable recovery, the FELICITY programme accompanies and advises low-carbon infrastructure projects, acting as a bridge between the latter and financial intermediaries. In the Virtual Forum, an overview was given of the two programmes that FELICITY accompanies in Mexico City and the municipality of Naucalpan de Juárez.

Alexandra Linden and Mara Eichinger during the conversation “Closing the gap in project financing”, FELICITY, 2021.

We share a summary of this financing meeting in Spanish and English.

You can consult the official page of the 2021 Financing Forum and the repository with the reports and presentations of each paper, as well as learn more about the key aspects of sustainable finance and its practical application in each of the presentations and discussions that took place on the two days of the 2021 Forum.

Day 1 (09/23/2021):

 

Day 2 (09/24/2021):