【COP30 Side-Event】IDFC high-level event: drawing perspectives for the future of climate finance
Day：2025.12.10
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Person in charge
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Kyosuke Inada | JICA | Director General for Sustainability Management |
Overview
Date：2025/11/13
Host：International Development Finance Club (IDFC)
Location（Pavilion Name)：IDFC Pavilion
Moderators and panelists
| Name | Organization | Position |
| Kyosuke Inada | JICA | Director General for Sustainability Management |
| Tatjana Rosito | Ministry of Finance of Brazil | Secretary for International Affairs |
| Rémy Rioux | AFD | Chief Executive Officer |
| Nelson Henrique Barbosa Filho | BNDES | Director of Planning and Project Structuring |
| Jay Collins | Citi Bank | Vice Chairman, Banking and Public Sector |
| Jürgen Kern | KfW | Chief Sustainability Officer |
Primary objectives and outcomes
The event aimed to highlight IDFC's leadership in the international climate finance framework and provide strategic input to related international negotiations.
The event focused on concrete partnerships between public development banks, MDBs, climate funds, and the private sector to mobilize $1.3 trillion in climate finance by 2035.
Content of the discussions
・Tatjana Rosito from Ministry of Finance of Brazil stated that the $1.3 trillion climate finance roadmap announced at COP30 emphasizes the importance of private finance, but also emphasized the crucial role of public development banks as catalysts. He also stated that the country platforms in emerging and developing countries where projects will be implemented aim to go beyond traditional matchmaking between international finance and project needs to realize PPPs.
・AFD's CEO Rioux stated that the IDFC statement announced at COP30 pledged to increase climate finance, and that it aims to achieve transformational finance through innovations such as mobilizing private finance and expanding guarantees.
・Director of BNDES Filho cited projects in the Amazon region as an example and emphasized the importance of preparatory work for implementing climate finance.
・Citi Bank's Vice Chairman Collins noted the role of country platforms established in emerging and developing countries, and emphasized strengthening collaboration in hard-to-abate sectors (such as steel and cement).
・KFW Chief Sustainability Officer Kern stated that, taking into account the international situation, he would like to carry out activities that are conscious of leveraging private capital to mobilize through innovation and emphasized the importance of collaboration among IDFC members, as seen in the loan agreement concluded with BNDES at COP30.
・JICA's Director General for Sustainability Management Inada shared JICA's strengthened climate and nature conservation finance over the past year, including (1) expanding private and innovative finance (such as amendment of JICA Act,launch of Private Capital Mobilization Financing, and expanding the GCF's accreditation status), (2) introducing biodiversity mainstreaming (such as developing the JICA Biodiversity Finance Impact Tool (Biodiversity FIT)), and (3) lending to IDFC member institutions (DBSA in Southern Africa, BOAD in West Africa, and BNDES in Brazil).
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Panel Discussion
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