ADGM’s Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum charts path to upcoming COP28

ADGM’s Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum charts path to upcoming COP28

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Abu Dhabi, UAE: Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), the leading international financial centre of the UAE’s capital city successfully concluded the fifth edition of the Abu Dhabi Sustainable Finance Forum (ADSFF) today. As a part of Abu Dhabi’s week-long event, Abu Dhabi Sustainability Week (ADSW), ADSFF’s agenda focussed on ‘Charting the path to COP28,’ as the nation prepares to host the global event later this year.

Convening top private market investors, government leaders, regulators, innovators and financial institutions, ADSFF discussed areas of collaboration to increase the flow of capital towards sustainable investments and transition finance ahead of COP28. The overarching themes of the event revolved around nature-based carbon credits, concrete sustainable finance transactions and products along with new ways to mobilise sustainable finance through start-ups, accelerators, and platforms based within ADGM.

The various sessions and panel discussions spread across the day used these themes as pillars