Sovereign Solutions: Accelerating Tokenised Bonds for Sustainable Development and Climate Impact

Enhancing domestic capital mobilisation and the supply of local currency finance is a critical precondition for reducing the cost of capital and fostering sustainable domestic investment. 

In an era defined by widening investment gaps, capital flight, and contracting foreign aid, emerging market and developing economies (EMDEs) are forced to rethink sovereign fundraising strategies. This event assesses the potential of sovereign digital finance to expand domestic financial resource mobilisation and local financing capacity in EMDEs to scale up investment in sustainable development and climate action.

At the event, a new study on “Sovereign Solutions: Accelerating Tokenised Bonds for Sustainable Development and Climate Impact” will be presented and launched. Grounded in empirical evidence, the study evaluates the modular benefits of digital sovereign fundraising platforms, ranging from mobile-app-enabled retail access to programmable, tokenised sustainable bonds.

The presentation will be followed by a panel discussion and open discussion with the audience.

The event, which forms part of London Climate Action Week, is jointly organised by the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance and GIZ.

Speakers: 

• Marianne Haahr, Executive Director of the International Advisory Panel on Biodiversity Credits & Senior Fellow at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance
• Dr Yuen Lo, Lecturer in Economics at London Metropolitan University & Senior Fellow at the SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance
• Dr. Mahmoud Mohieldin, United Nations Special Envoy on Financing the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda (tbc)
• Dr Victor Murinde, AXA Professor in Global Finance at the SOAS School of Finance and Management
• Dr Ulrich Volz, Professor of Economics and Director of the Centre for Sustainable Finance at SOAS University of London. 

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