Tuesday 10 November 2026
9.50am – 10.30am (local time)
Climate Action Innovation Zone, Antalya, Türkiye
Taking place on the Main Stage at the Sustainable Innovation Forum, this COP31 panel discussion will explore how international climate finance commitments can be translated into real-world investment, projects and institutional portfolios.
Bringing together perspectives from government, finance and investment, the panel will consider how to build bankable project pipelines, move portfolio strategies towards financing real-economy emissions reductions, and scale blended finance and development bank guarantees to unlock greater institutional investment.
Panel
Sir Andrew Steer, Professor in Practice, LSE and Georgetown University (Moderator)
Stephanie Pfeifer, CEO, Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change
Chris Skidmore, Chair, CETEx
Kağan Yaşa, Head of Commercial and SME Banking, TEB
Simon Gupta, Chair, Green for Growth Fund
Chair of CETEx Chris Skidmore will participate in the panel, contributing CETEx’s perspective on mobilising capital and translating climate ambition into credible pathways for investment and implementation.
