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Mobilisation for Innovation: What's Next For Sustainable Finance?

29 Apr 2025
Finance Forum
Finance

Filling the execution gap and mobilising capital into critical innovations requires coordinated action and the de-risking of technologies essential for progress. With even large private funds struggling to deploy capital, the onus on business and finance to drive this transition forward has never been greater, underscoring the urgency of our collective efforts. But without the enabling environments for capital deployment, progress will stall. This must be a priority for global climate summits this year.
With insights from across the climate finance and innovation sectors, this discussion will focus on the next steps: Where is collaboration most needed? How can we ensure that capital flows to the right innovations and geographies to achieve meaningful impact? And how can the UK take a leading role in accelerating the transition pathway through finance?

Moderator
Dr Rhian-Mari Thomas OBE, Co-Chair - Innovation Zero