Conference
CCB & WWF online event "How can regional financial flows in the seascape help support and restore the Baltic Sea?"
October 20, 2021
Conference
CCB & WWF online event "How can regional financial flows in the seascape help support and restore the Baltic Sea?"
Start date: October 20, 2021
End date: October 20, 2021
Place: Lübeck, Germany
Address: Atlantic hotel, Schmiedestraße 9-15, Lübeck, Germany
Description
Joint side event as part of HELCOM Ministerial Meeting in Lübeck, Germany: online and on-location in Lübeck, Germany, 20 October 14.00-15.30 CET.
In conjunction with the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting to adopt the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) along with WWF invited high-level ministers, finance representatives and NGOs together to discuss how regional investments in the seascape can help support and restore the Baltic Sea.
Our speakers showcased the financial flows of the main blue economy sectors in the Baltic and our panel discussed how Baltic Sea countries can align their financial investments to support a Sustainable Blue Economy while delivering to the agreed HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan 2021-2030.
AGENDA
Introduction by:
Dr. Lilian Busse – Head of the Division of Environmental Health and the Protection of Ecosystems at the German Environment Agency, HELCOM Chair 2020-2022
Our speakers and their presentations:
"Navigating Ocean Risk - Value at Risk in the Global Blue Economy", Alison Midgley
- Senior Sustainable Finance Specialist, WWF UK
"Assessment of financial flows in the Baltic Seascape", Mirosław Proppé
- Chief Executive Officer, WWF PL
"EU taxonomy and its role in creating an enabling environment to support a Sustainable blue economy", Henry Eviston
- Sustainable Finance Policy Officer, WWF European Policy Office
Our panel:
Andreea Strachinescu – Head of Unit responsible for Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment
Dr. Dennis Fritsch – Sustainable Blue Economy Initiative Lead, UNEP FI
Christopher Flensborg – Head of Climate and Sustainable Finance Business
Development, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB)
Valerie de Liedekerke – Manager & Interim Director, WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme (BEP)
Panel moderator: Mikhail Durkin – Executive Secretary, Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB)
DOCUMENTS
- Agenda and speakers & panelists bio
- Global value at risk report
EXTRA MATERIAL
The livestreaming of the event is available by clicking in the blue button below the gallery.
GALLERY
CONTACT PERSON
Federica Pastore, CCB Communication Officer: federica.pastore@ccb.se
Hannah Griffiths Berggren, Communications Manager for the Baltic Programme: hannah.griffiths.berggren@wwf.se
In conjunction with the HELCOM Ministerial Meeting to adopt the updated Baltic Sea Action Plan (BSAP), Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB) along with WWF invited high-level ministers, finance representatives and NGOs together to discuss how regional investments in the seascape can help support and restore the Baltic Sea.
Our speakers showcased the financial flows of the main blue economy sectors in the Baltic and our panel discussed how Baltic Sea countries can align their financial investments to support a Sustainable Blue Economy while delivering to the agreed HELCOM Baltic Sea Action Plan 2021-2030.
AGENDA
Introduction by:
Dr. Lilian Busse – Head of the Division of Environmental Health and the Protection of Ecosystems at the German Environment Agency, HELCOM Chair 2020-2022
Our speakers and their presentations:
Our panel:
Andreea Strachinescu – Head of Unit responsible for Maritime Innovation, Marine Knowledge and Investment
Dr. Dennis Fritsch – Sustainable Blue Economy Initiative Lead, UNEP FI
Christopher Flensborg – Head of Climate and Sustainable Finance Business
Development, Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB (SEB)
Valerie de Liedekerke – Manager & Interim Director, WWF Baltic Ecoregion Programme (BEP)
Panel moderator: Mikhail Durkin – Executive Secretary, Coalition Clean Baltic (CCB)
DOCUMENTS
- Agenda and speakers & panelists bio
- Global value at risk report
EXTRA MATERIAL
The livestreaming of the event is available by clicking in the blue button below the gallery.
GALLERY
CONTACT PERSON
Federica Pastore, CCB Communication Officer: federica.pastore@ccb.se
Hannah Griffiths Berggren, Communications Manager for the Baltic Programme: hannah.griffiths.berggren@wwf.se