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The episode discusses how global policy frameworks can unlock private capital for sustainable development, focusing on Paragraph 34 of the Seville Commitment.

In this episode, Nathan Fabian , Chief Sustainable Systems Officer at the PRI, explores how global policy frameworks are evolving to unlock private capital for sustainable development. He is joined by Helena Viñes Fiestas , Commissioner at the Spanish Financial Markets Authority and Co-Chair of the Taskforce on Net Zero Policy, and Eric Usher , Head of the UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) and PRI Board member. The discussion focuses on the outcomes of the Fourth International Conference on Financing for Development in Seville and the significance of Paragraph 34 of the Seville Commitment , a milestone recognising the role of well-functioning financial markets in delivering the Sustainable Development Goals. Overview As public finance comes under pressure, governments are increasingly focused on creating enabling environments that attract long-term private investment, particularly in emerging and developing economies. Helena and Eric explain why Paragraph 34 marks an important shift: embedding issues such as transparency, disclosures, taxonomies and market integrity into a multilateral development framework. They discuss how this convergence of development…

People in this episode

Host: Nathan Fabian

Guests: Helena Viñes Fiestas, Eric Usher

Topics covered

• sustainable development
• private capital
• global policy frameworks
• financial markets
• emerging economies
• climate policy

Keywords

• sustainable finance
• private investment
• policy frameworks
• capital mobilization
• market integrity
• transparency
• disclosures

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: PRI, Spanish Financial Markets Authority, UN Environment Programme Finance Initiative

Books & works: Seville Commitment

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