Disentangling Climate Impact from Development Impact to Mobilize Climate Finance: The Green Swap

Name: Disentangling Climate Impact from Development Impact to Mobilize Climate Finance: The Green Swap
Start: 2025-03-31T12:00:00-0400
End: 2025-03-31T13:15:00-0400

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An Energy Policy Seminar with Akash Deep.

Date: Mon, Mar 31, 2025 Time: 12:00pm - 01:15pm Location: Rubenstein Building - David T. Ellwood Democracy Lab, Room 414AB

Speaker
Akash Deep

Speaker
Joseph E. Aldy

Economic growth in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies is projected to remain closely tied to increasing emissions. However, the development and climate impacts of energy investments differ in their benefits, costs, and risks. Therefore, so must their financing.

In this Energy Policy Seminar, Akash Deep, Senior Lecturer in Public Policy at Harvard Kennedy School, presented a financial mechanism – the Green Swap – that disentangles climate impact from development impact to mobilize financing for renewable energy investment.

Co-Sponsors: Mossavar-Rahmani Center for Business and Government, Harvard University Center for Environment, Salata Institute for Climate and Sustainability