MIL-OSI Economics: VP Roberta highlights ADB’s work on sustainable finance, local currency at Hamburg Sustainability Conference

Article | 10 October 2024
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From 7 to 8 October, VP Roberta led ADB’s delegation, in coordination with the European Representative Office,  to the first Hamburg Sustainability Conference, a joint initiative by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), the UNDP, and the City of Hamburg. The VP met with Germany’s Parliamentary State Secretary and ADB Governor Niels Annen and State Secretary Baerbel Kofler. VP Roberta also participated in the Multi-stakeholders Collaboration to Enhance Credit Ratings and Country Risk Assessments roundtable with high-level representatives from governments, peer multilateral development banks, international financial institutions, credit rating agencies. At the side event Sustainable Finance Forum on 9 October, VP Roberta highlighted ADB’s work in local capital markets development, currency lending, and sustainable finance.