G20 Side Event
April 22, 2025

BY INVITATION ONLY
Program still subject to further additions and possible changes
Tues., Apr. 22
G20 Side Event


VENUE:
Dupont Circle Hotel
Glover Park Room
1500 New Hampshire Ave NW, Washington, DC 20036
Registration and Breakfast
(8:15-9:00)
Welcome and Introduction
(9:00-9:15)
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Luiz A Pereira Da Silva, Former Deputy General Manager, BIS
- Marc Uzan, Executive Director, Reinventing Bretton Woods Committee
Roundtable 1: Climate Action and Debt Relief: A Necessary Pairing
(9:15-10:35)
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Chair: Masood Ahmed, President Emeritus, CGD
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Mahmoud Mohieldin UN Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda, and Chair UN Debt Commission
- Mattia Romani, Partner, Systemiq
- Roberto H. Sifon Arevalo Managing Director Global Head of Sovereign & MLI Ratings
- Pepukaye Bardouille Director, Bridgetown Initiative Unit and Special Advisor on Climate Resilience, Barbados Prime Minister’s Office
- Vera Songwe, Founder and Chair of Liquidity and Sustainability Facility and Senior Fellow, Global Economy and Development, Brookings Institution
Coffee Break
(10:35-10:45)
Roundtable 2: Macroeconomic Policies for the Climate Challenge
(10:45-11:50)
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Chair: Rashad Cassim, Deputy Governor, Reserve Bank of South
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Trevor Manuel, Chairman, G20 Africa Expert Panel
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Luiz A Pereira Da Silva Former Deputy General Manager, BIS
- Sarah Breeden, Deputy Governor, Bank of England
- Florence Jaumotte, Head Climate Division, IMF
Roundtable 3: Macroeconomic Policies for the Climate Challenge
(11:55-13:00)
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Chair: Luiz A Pereira Da Silva Former Deputy General Manager, BIS
- Esther Dulflo, Abdul Latif Jameel Professor of Poverty Alleviation and Development Economics in the Department of Economics, MIT
- Alain Beauvillard, Director, Department of Strategy, Policy, and Innovation, Green Climate Fund
- Amar Bhattacharya, Senior Fellow, Co-Author, The Third Report of the Independent High-Level Expert Group on Climate Finance
Closing Followed by Finger Lunch and Networking
(13:00-14:00)

