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Tackling pressing climate issues through finance at ICFA forum

Written by Yusuf Yassin

Published on 26.05.2023 • Edited on 26.05.2023 at 14:43

Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

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Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne
Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne
An attendee at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne
Willem Lijnders, Associate Business Development at the Dutch Entrepreneurial Development Bank (left). Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne
Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator at Neumünster Abbey on 26 May. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne
Attendees at the 2023 Climate Finance Forum organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator Luxembourg at Neumünster Abbey on 26 May. Photo: Matic Zorman / Maison Moderne

Over 120 people attended the 2023 Climate Finance Forum, organised by the International Climate Finance Accelerator Luxembourg (ICFA) on 26 May.

Yuriko BackesYuriko Backes (DP), minister of finance, and Claudia Hitaj, an advisor at the ministry for the environment, climate and sustainable development, opened this year’s event, which was held at the Neumünster Abbey. 

The event featured keynote speeches and thematic roundtable discussions on how to tackle pressing issues through finance, and to collectively work on solutions to overcome these barriers.

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