Jointly organised by BlackRock, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and Temasek, the Financing Asia’s Transition (FAST) Conference will convene key decision-makers across financial institutions and the real economy to catalyse both green and transition finance. Mr Desmond Lee, Minister for National Development & Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration, Republic of Singapore, will kick off Day 2 of the event on 7 June with opening remarks and a fireside chat on the role of government in enabling sustainable and liveable cities. Mr Tharman Shanmugaratnam, Senior Minister and Coordinating Minister for Social Policies, and Chairman of the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), Republic of Singapore, will deliver a keynote address at the Financing Asia’s Transition (FAST) Conference on 8 June on unlocking climate finance to accelerate decarbonisation across the region.Įcosperity Week 2023 will also feature global leaders from the public, private and non-governmental sectors including Mr Joko Widodo, President of the Republic of Indonesia, Mr Luhut Binsar Pandjaitan, Coordinating Minister of Maritime and Investment Affairs, Republic of Indonesia Mr Xie Zhenhua, Special Envoy for Climate Change, People’s Republic of China Ms Catherine McKenna, Chair, UN High-Level Expert Group on Net-Zero Commitments of Non-State Entities Former Minister of Environment and Climate Change and Infrastructure, Canada Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Dr Angela Wilkinson, Secretary General & CEO, World Energy Council. Presented by Temasek, Ecosperity Week 2023 will be held from 6 to 8 June 2023 at the Sands Expo & Convention Centre, Singapore. Ms Grace Fu, Minister for Sustainability and the Environment, Republic of Singapore, will deliver the Opening Keynote Address and speak on a panel about pursuing a prosperous, low-carbon future on 6 June. “Ecosperity Week brings the necessary actors together with system-wide transformation in mind, to catalyse the breakthrough solutions, pathways and collaboration we need to accelerate progress towards a net zero world.” However, as the recent IPCC report showed, feasible and affordable options to address the climate crisis already exist,” said Dr Steve Howard, Vice Chairman, Sustainability, Temasek. “Extreme weather events will only become more frequent and intense, affecting millions of lives and costing billions of dollars in damages. Themed ‘Breakthroughs for Net Zero’, the three-day event will focus on fast-tracking decarbonisation, enabling net-zero cities and financing Asia’s net-zero transition. Ecosperity Week 2023 will bring together global business leaders, policy-makers, investors and civil society from across industries in addressing high-impact levers to bring about transformational climate action we need for our planet, businesses and communities.

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