Dear young scholars, we would like to share with you the final program for the workshop Sustainable Finance from the South to COP30, which will take place on August 14 and 15 in Rio de Janeiro, at the UFRJ Institute of Economics. Participation is open to all, so we hope to see those who are interested there.
https://heske.wisdmlabs.net/event/sustainable-finance-from-the-south-to-cop30/
Program of the Workshop: “Sustainable Finance from the Global South towards COP30”
Rio de Janeiro, Institute of Economics – IE/UFRJ, room 203
August 14th, 2025 (Thursday)
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09.00 – 10.30 |
Green financing and public investment (post-graduate students)
Chair: Leonardo Rojas (National University of Colombia/YSI)
Jessica Vasconcelos (UFRJ-Brasil). COP30 e o Novo Paradigma do Financiamento Climático: Um Estudo de Caso do Brasil Nikolas Passos (EUI-Itália). The importance of being earnest: how sovereign sustainability-linked bonds can evade sustainability commitments Conrado Krivochein (UFF-Brasil). Reframing Solvency: Reclassifying Public Expenditures for Intertemporal Investment and Public Value
Comments: Leandro Bona (CONICET and UNLP) |
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10.30 – 11.00 |
Coffee Break
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11.00 – 12.30 |
Challenges, geopolitics and new industries among energy transition (post-graduate students)
Chair: Leandro Bona (CONICET and UNLP)
Pedro Ludovico (UFRJ-Brasil). A Energia Solar na Estratégia de Segurança Energética da China: vulnerabilidade externa, política industrial e disputa geopolítica Jorge Guzmán (CIDE-México). El Sol no brilla igual para todos: (in)justicia energética en la adopción de tecnología solar en México Lázaro Días (UNICAMP-Brasil). Missions of ‘Nova Indústria Brasil’: A Window of Opportunity for a Green Leapfrogging?
Comments: Fernando Teixeira (UFF and CEFIS/UFRJ) |
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12.30 – 14.00 |
Brunch
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14.00 – 15.30 |
Social and environmental risks in the 21st century (post-graduate students)
Chair: Leonardo Rojas (National University of Colombia/YSI)
Lissandro Botelho (IFAmazonas-Brasil). A máquina da pobreza na Amazônia brasileira. Um paradoxo de riqueza e desigualdade Diego Arturo Cortés (UNAL-Colombia). Impactos heterogéneos entre países sobre la inversión extranjera directa por los riesgos climáticos físicos nacionales Rolandó García (UNPAZ/CONICET-Argentina). The return of agriculture: structuring factors of productive change in the Pampas region in the 21st century and emerging alternatives
Comments: Sergio Páez (IE/UFRJ and IPPUR/UFRJ) |
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15.30 – 16.00 |
Coffee Break
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16.00 – 17.30 |
The role of banks in the environmental agenda (post-graduate students)
Chair: Leandro Bona (CONICET and UNLP)
Lorena B. de Holanda (UFRJ-Brasil). Desafios e alternativas dos Bancos Centrais na crise climática, ambiental e social Iuri Monteiro (UFRJ-Brasil). Economia Verde e Bancos Estatais: Estudo de caso do Banco da Amazônia S.A. na Amazônia Legal Iago Montalván (UNICAMP-Brasil). O financiamento climático para o sul global e os Bancos Multilaterais de Desenvolvimento: limites e alternativas
Comments: Fernanda Feil (UFF and CEFIS/UFRJ) |
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18.00 – 19.30 |
Session: The challenges of sustainable finance for Latin American economies
Chair: Carlos Frederico Rocha (IE/UFRJ)
Luiz Fernando de Paula (CEFIS/UFRJ) Camila Gramkow (CEPAL) Carlos Aguilar (OXFAM)
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20.00
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Dinner at Gal do Mar (Av Portugal, 96 – Urca) |
August 15h, 2025 (Friday)
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09.00 – 10.30 |
Session: Financing the fair sustainable transition. The role of development banks
Chair: Leonardo Rojas (National University of Colombia/YSI)
Rogerio Studart (CEBRI) Klelia Guerrero (Latindadd) Eduardo González (BCIE) Fernanda Feil (UFF and CEFIS/UFRJ)
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10.30 – 11.00
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Coffee break |
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11.00 – 12.30
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Proposal: Young scholars agenda
Proposal: Red de finanzas sustentables latinoamericana |
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12.30 – 14.00
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Brunch |
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14.00 – 15.30 |
Session: The policy making of fair sustainable transition in Latin America
Chair: Sergio Páez
Laura Carvalho (Open Society) Diego Guevara (Former Minister of Finance, Colombia) Daniel Ortega (BioCarbon)
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15.30 – 16.00
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Coffee Break |
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16.00 – 18.00 |
Session: Sustainable development goals. Proposals for a new international financial architecture considering social justice, gender issues and debt sustainability
Chair: Leandro Bona (CONICET and UNLP)
Charles Abugre (IDEAS) Margarita Olivera (IDEAS/UFRJ) Carola Mejía (Latindadd)
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