Transition Lab: Blockchain for Climate-Smart Finance

29 November 2018 | The Knowledge Exchange, Bangkok

International and national public institutions, donors, banks and investors are already channelling significant resources into climate finance, but challenges persist with increasing deal flow to climate-smart solutions in the private sector. Well-designed climate finance products which reduce investors’ risks, enhance their expected returns or bridge existing infrastructure gaps can help to catalyse investments in the private sector and alleviate socio-economic gaps as part of Thailand’s green economy agenda.

SEED Practitioner Labs Climate Finance engage leading experts in their fields to address core financing challenges and deliver innovative, tailored financial solutions. During the Labs process, practitioners pool their expertise to prototype financial products which drive investment in climate-smart solutions and improve climate resilience, refine these prototypes and mobilise partnerships to successfully launch the climate finance prototypes in target markets.

The Transition Lab is phase three of financial product development. The follow-up Lab builds on the success of the initial Kick-Off Lab held in June and enables climate finance product developers to showcase their prototypes, share their refinement and implementation milestones and secure the support of key partners and investors.

Climate finance product developers, partners and potential investors are invited to participate in interactive sessions designed to refine and mobilise support for blockchain for climate finance. During the Transition Labs throughout November, practitioners are invited to:

Showcase: Climate Finance Products

Pitch innovative product prototypes to experts ranging from prospective investors, technical advisors and others in providing feedback and mobilising the support required to bring the climate finance products to market.

Blockchain Products:

● Conservation Finance, The Last of Ours, Co-Founder, Florian Rehm
● Grow Coin, Ryan Merril, CEO, Global Mangrove Trust
● Renewable Energy Peer-to-Peer Trading Platform, BCPG

Cultivate: Thailand’s Ecosystem for Financing Climate-Smart Enterprises

Share insights into opportunities for climate-smart financing for eco-inclusive enterprises by reviewing challenges, trends and synergies for multistakeholder engagement which drive inclusive, green growth in Thailand.

The SEED Transition Lab agenda for Thailand is available here: 

Bangkok, Thailand | 29 November 2018 at The Knowledge Exchange 

The event is part of the implementation of “Financing and capacity building for micro and small climate-smart enterprises: Filling the gap of the missing middle”, a project supported by the German Federal Ministry for the Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety.

If you are interested in attending an upcoming Transition Lab as a potential partner or investor please contact the relevant SEED Lab Team: lab-ugandaseed [dot] unolab-thailandseed [dot] uno (lab-thailand[at]seed[dot]uno)