As a part of IYGP, the text for the White Paper was released last November at COP30. Perspectives from the financing and development impact community examined the interlinkages between water security, adaptation needs, and growing physical climate risks based on the latest glacier science. Pam Pearson, Director of ICCI, moderated the event. Speakers included Dr. Susana Hancock, Global Mountains Director and lead author of the White Paper; and a panel with Noelle O’Brien, ADB Director for Climate Change; Dr. Nancy Saich, European Investment Bank; Sarisher Mann, Sustainable Finance, BNP Paribas; and Marika Rueter, AXA.
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