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President Werner Hoyer and Vice-Presidents Ambroise Fayolle and Thomas Östros participated in a number of events during the 78th General Assembly of the United Nations (UNGA). The event gathered global leaders to discuss strategies to confront the poly-crises our world faces and determined ways to accelerate the 2030 Global Agenda for Sustainable Development.

In the margins of UNGA, the European Investment Bank co-hosted with Project Syndicate an event on Climate & Development Finance.

The EIB experts also took part in Climate Week NYC (17-24 September), the biggest global climate event of its kind.

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Find out more about our participation in our media advisory

Press release: EIB President calls climate action “the great development accelerator for the years ahead” but warns against “Colonialism 2.0”

Strengthened cooperation between EIB and UN partners to increase impact of climate and development financing

Just launched: Discover EIB Group's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2022

In case you missed: Replay the livestream of our event "Climate & Development Finance: What Works?

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17 September

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SDG Action Weekend: Regaining lost ground in the LLDCs - The role of trade and digitalisation
Vice-President Thomas Östros discussed EIB's role in enhancing market access, promoting financial inclusion and innovation for small companies in landlocked developing countries (LLDCs).
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SDG Summit: UN-Habitat – Localising SDGs High Impact Initiative
Vice-President Östros participated as a panellist.
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UN Universal Health Coverage event – Aligning investments for health post-Covid
Vice-President Östros delivered high-level opening remarks.

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18 September

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Climate and Development Finance: What Works?
This event, organised in partnership with Project Syndicate, focused on the urgency of unlocking capital for the transition to a net-zero economy for everyone. The high-level discussion included EIB Vice-Presidents Ambroise Fayolle and Thomas Östros, WTO Director-General Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and UNDP Administrator Achim Steiner.
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Read the opening remarks by Vice-President Östros
Vice-President Fayolle explains why a closer partnership with UN agencies can strengthen our impact. Watch the video
EIB's Chief Sustainable Finance Adviser Eila Kreivi shares her views on how climate and development finance can have more impact. Watch the excerpt
EIB's Chief Climate Change Expert Nancy Saich explains the spending gaps in climate financing globally. Watch Nancy's intervention
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UN Global Compact at UN General Assembly
Vice-President Fayolle intervened during the High-Level Ocean Meeting, which focused on sustainable ocean management and on ocean-based climate solutions.
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Global Public Investment: How to Unlock Finance for Health, Climate and the SDGs
Vice-President Fayolle participated in a roundtable hosted by the Global Public Investment Network (GPIN) and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The event brought together leading voices from various sectors to explore strategies to implement global public investment, fit for 21st-century challenges, to accelerate progress on health, climate and the Sustainable Development Goals.
The Africa Strategic Investment Alliance (ASIA) to accelerate digital and financial inclusion in Africa
Vice-President Östros participated in a high-level panel to discuss how the EIB and the European Union support Sub-Saharan Africa.

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NYC Climate Week - The Hub Live
President Hoyer participated on a panel on "Getting investment to where it’s needed most/Innovation and Investment needed to achieve net-zero."
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High-level event: ‘Towards a fair international financial architecture’
President Hoyer participated on a high-level event hosted by Pedro Sanchez, President of the Government of Spain, and Charles Michel, President of the European Council.
The Case for Healthy Cities: How to Mobilize Stakeholders to Enable Healthier, Longer Lives
Vice-President Fayolle participated in this roundtable hosted by the Mckinsey Health Institute and the Clinton Global Initiative (CGI). The discussions will focus on the potential for multi-sectoral collaboration, innovation sharing and solutions to promote improved health and well-being in urban centres and communities across the globe.
High-level roundtable on Urban Climate Finance
During this roundtable, Vice-President Fayolle and other panelists discussed the success of the City Climate Gap Fund.
City Climate Gap Fund: Increasing support for resilient, low-carbon urban development
High-level event for Nature and People: From Ambition to Action
Vice-President Fayolle participated in this event. The conversation focused on the momentum at the highest-level in rapidly translating ambition to halt and reversing biodiversity loss into tangible and impactful actions.
EIB announces implementation of new measures at margins of UNGA to address biodiversity loss
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20 September

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Joint SDG Fund – Sustainable Finance for Energy Transition
The Joint SDG Fund organised an event on "Sustainable Finance for Energy Transition: The cases of North Macedonia and Uruguay." Vice-President Ambroise Fayolle delivered the keynote speech.
Discover EIB Group's contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals in 2022
Climate Ambition Summit
The Summit represents a critical political milestone for demonstrating that there is collective global will to accelerate the pace and scale of a just transition to a more equitable renewable-energy based, climate-resilient global economy. President Hoyer represented the EIB.
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UN Secretary-General's special meeting on the Principals of IFIs and other relevant entities on “Loss and Damage”
Vice-President Fayolle participated in a meeting convened by UN Secretary-General in the margins of the Climate Ambition Summit. Ahead of COP28, the meeting provided a platform to discuss the forward-looking contribution of international financial institutions (IFIs) to address the loss and damage associated with the adverse effects of climate change.
Find out more on the concept note
High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development
President Hoyer participated in a high-level dialogue on financing for development, organised by UNGA.
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Promoting SDG-investment in emerging and developing economies
President Hoyer participated in this side-event, co-organised by Luxembourg and the EIB. It focused on effective ways to promote sustainable investment in developing economies for the achievement of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The event also featured Xavier Bettel, Prime Minister of Luxembourg, Ulisses Correia E Silva, Prime Minister of Cabo Verde, Dr. Uzziel Ndagijimana, Minister of Finance and Economic Planning of the Republic of Rwanda, and Julie Becker, Chief Executive Officer of the Luxembourg Stock Exchange.
Universal Health Coverage: Aligning investments for health post-Covid
President Hoyer joined representatives from Member States and observers of the General Assembly, the UN system, parliamentarians, nongovernmental organizations, civil society organizations, academic institutions and the private sector to discuss means to expand health and well-being in a post-COVID world.
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