Events
Energizing Africa: What Will It Take to Achieve Universal Energy Access?
📍Washington, D.C | 📆April 17, 2024 | 10:00 AM ET
Join us for a discussion that will delve into the crucial steps needed to scale up solutions and investments to connect millions more people across Africa to electricity, and enable transformative economic growth across the continent.
Empowering Women in Climate Action: A Key to Sustainable Solutions
📍Online | 📆 April 4 , 2024 | Climate change does not impact everyone equally. By 2050, climate change could push an additional 158 million women and girls into poverty and 236 million into hunger. Women, especially in vulnerable communities, face greater risks due to their reliance on natural resources and presence in climate-sensitive sectors. Meanwhile, the shift to a green economy and the demand for STEM skills might exclude women, potentially widening the gender pay gap. Yet, women are crucial for climate action. This session focuses on the intersection of gender equality and climate goals, showing how they reinforce each other. Join us to understand how empowering women and pursuing gender equality enhances climate action, contributing to a just and sustainable future
Transforming Transportation 2024
📍Washington, D.C | 📆 March 19-20 , 2024 | For millions of people around the world, transportation is a lifeline – to jobs, education and opportunity. But the way people and goods move is also a significant contributor to climate change. As the world reaches for solutions, many are looking to the transport sector for answers that ensure a more livable planet.
Infrastructure Investor Network’s Global Summit 2024
📍 Berlin, Germany | 📆 March 18 – 21, 2024 | The industry’s largest event will once again bring together the who’s who of infrastructure for four days of unrivalled networking and content. Hear from infrastructure’s best and brightest. Connect with the world’s largest gathering of institutional investors actively allocating to infrastructure.
PDAC 2024 Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention
📍 Toronto, Canada | 📆 March 3 – 6, 2024 | PDAC – the world’s premier mineral exploration & mining convention is the leading event for the global mineral industry. The event brings together up to 30,000 attendees from over 130 countries for education, networking, business opportunities and fun.
Transforming Transportation 2024 MOBILIZING FINANCE FOR CLIMATE ACTION
📍 World Bank HQ, Washington, DC | 📆 March 19 – 20, 2024 | Organized by the World Bank and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities. Join transport and financial leaders and professionals for a deep dive on the urgent need for climate finance in transportation.
2024 Africa Mining Indaba
📍 Cape Town, South Africa | 📆 February 5-8, 2024 | The 2024 Mining Indaba experience themed: ‘Embracing the power of positive disruption: A bold new future for African mining’ – will encourage and support the needed change and disruption the African mining industry needs to move forward. Register now For #MI24!
IFC’s 2nd Annual Research Conference: Digitalization and Development
📍 Paris, France | 📆 January 22 – 23, 2024 | IFC’s 2nd Annual Research Conference will focus on “Digitalization and Development.” Hosted by Sciences Po, the two-day conference convenes leading academics, policymakers, industry representatives, and international organizations to discuss the policy implications for digital transformation in emerging markets and developing economies.
The impact of infrastructure on development outcomes
📍 Online | 📆 January 19, 2024 | ⏰ 9:00 am EST | Join this exclusive webinar event on the impact of infrastructure on development outcomes, organised by the Private Sector Development Research Network and hosted by British International Investment.
World Conference on Climate Change & Sustainability
📍 Rome, Italy | 📆 October 16 – 18, 2023 | ⏰ 12:00 pm GMT (8:00 am EST) | Climate Week 2023 brings together a range of key actors from institutions, governments, cities and communities, the private sector, and civil society, including young minds, from all over the world, to make the world more climate-resilient.
Webinar: African Youth Engagement on Climate Change
📍 Online | 📆 September 11, 2023 | ⏰ 12:00 pm GMT (8:00 am EST) | Ready to ignite your passion for a greener & livable planet? Don’t miss this webinar hosted the World Bank and WATHI Think Tank giving the floor to youth climate activists in Western & Central Africa.
Climate & Development Finance: What Works?
📍 Online | 📅 Monday, September 18, 2023 | ⏰ 4:00 PM CEST | Join this event live from Climate Week NYC, Climate & Development Finance: What Works?, where distinguished experts and world leaders will consider how to unlock and deploy financing for climate and sustainable development. Organized in partnership with the European Investment Bank and Hi Impact.
Africa’s Climate Agenda
📍 Online | 📅 August 30, 2023 | Join the virtual panel discussion to hear world leaders and experts – including former President of the Republic of Malawi Joyce Banda, Director of Africa WindPower at the Global Wind Energy Council Wangari Muchiri, Former Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa Carlos Lopes, and more – discuss how to balance development with sustainability in the global south.
Climate Week NYC
📍 New York and Online | 📆 September 17 – 24, 2023 | In partnership with the UN and the City of New York, Climate Week NYC is the largest annual climate event of its kind, bringing together some 400 events and activities across the City of New York – in person, hybrid and online.
5th Annual ESG and Climate Risk Week
Where: London, UK and Online | 📆 September 12th – 14th 2023 | The 5th annual ESG and Climate Risk Week looks beyond ESG and climate risks to provide practical scenarios on how companies are strengthening their climate disclosure. With near-term target-setting and action-planning, companies will align with global commitments to a just and inclusive low-carbon transition.
Webinar: Successful Partnerships Cohosted by Smart Cities Council
Where: Poland and Online | 📆 Thursday, August 17, 2023 | ⏰ 9:00 AM Central European Summer Time | Cohosted by Smart Cities Council and BoostHigh, this webinar will look at the current technology landscape covering pain points, risk factors and use cases in a bid to help organizations of all sizes and stakeholders of all skill levels better navigate a quick-moving sector.
Webinar – Successful Partnerships Cohosted by Smart Cities Council
Where: Online| 📆 Thu Aug 17, 2023 | ⏰ 09:00 AM CEST | This webinar, cohosted by Smart Cities Council and BoostHigh will look at the current technology landscape covering pain points, risk factors and use cases in a bid to help organisations of all sizes and stakeholders of all skill levels better navigate a quick-moving sector.
World Water Week 2023, 20-24 August
World Water Week 2023 is focused on innovation at a time of unprecedented challenges. The theme Seeds of Change: Innovative Solutions for a Water-Wise World invites us to rethink how we manage water. Which ideas, innovations, and governance systems will we need in a more unstable and water scarce world?
Investing in green jobs and reskilling for women workers
Where: New Delhi. India | 📆 Thu, 3 Aug 2023 | ⏰ 13:00 – 17:00 IST | The Thomson Reuters Foundation in collaboration with The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) hosts a workshop on innovative solutions to unlock financing and reskilling opportunities towards a just transition for a resilient future.
Partnering with SMEs in responding to Climate Change
Where: Online | 📅 June 8, 2023 | ⏰ Time: 8:00 to 9:00 EDT ( GMT-04:00) | Climate change is leading to profound changes in the way businesses operate. In this webinar IFC will share insights on the changing realities faced by SMEs, discuss the implications for financial institutions, and provide some practical tools that can be deployed by FIs to meet the growing demand for finance to address the impacts of climate change.
IFC survey on the Nexus of Women in Business Leadership and Climate Governance in Emerging Markets and Developing Economies
IFC invites you to participate in an innovative research on the intersection between gender diversity and inclusion in business leadership and climate governance. The research is designed to understand how companies integrate climate risks and opportunities and gender diversity considerations into business strategy, culture, and values. The research seeks to identify best practices for emerging market regulators, stock exchanges, and industry-specific practices on issuing gender-inclusive climate guidance to their regulated companies.
The Carbon Trust Accelerate to Net Zero Business Summit 2023
Where: London, United Kingdom | 📆 Tuesday, June 20 | ⏰ 09:30 am ET | The Carbon Trust’s Accelerate to Net Zero Business Summit 2023 will bring together voices from across business, policy and climate science, sharing the latest insights, first-hand experience and expert panel discussions on the opportunities that a transition to a decarbonised economy presents, followed by deep-dive workshop sessions on a range of topics to help deepen understanding on how to act now.
Africa Energy Forum 2023
Where: Nairobi, Kenya | 📆 June 20- 23 | The 25th edition of the Africa Energy Forum will unite governments, utilities and regulators with development finance institutions, commercial banks, power developers, technology providers, EPCs and professional services to form partnerships, identify opportunities and move the industry forward.
2023 EITI Global Conference on Transparency & Governance of the Natural Resource Sector
Where: Dakar, Senegal | 📆 13–14 June | Over 1,000 stakeholders gather to take stock of progress in publishing and using open data to inform decision-making, analysis and public debate on accountable natural resource management.
Why social sustainability is critical for the climate agenda
Where: Online and Washington, DC | 📆 Thursday, April 27 | ⏰ 09:00 am EDT | Join us to hear how philanthropy, civil society, the private sector, and the World Bank are propelling climate action through social sustainability.
Harnessing Natural Resources for a Sustainable Future
2023 SPRING MEETINGS | 📆 Saturday, April 15 | ⏰ 08:30 am EDT | How countries in Africa can accelerate growth, reduce poverty and derive more benefits from the low-carbon transition.
Investing in Human Capital to Accelerate the Green Transition
2023 SPRING MEETINGS | 📆 Friday, April 14 | ⏰ 1:30 – 2:30 pm EST | An important discussion on why investing in people is key to building resilience to climate change and protecting our planet. #ReshapingDevelopment Sign up for a reminder!
Empowering Women as Entrepreneurs and Leaders
2023 SPRING MEETINGS | 📆 Thursday, April 13 | ⏰ 4:00 pm EDT | How to advance the business case for gender inclusion and equality – the role of the public and private sectors in creating an enabling environment that helps advance opportunities for women’s full economic empowerment and participation.
Beyond business as usual: setting social metrics in sustainability-linked finance
Where: Online | 📆 Wed Apr 5, 2023 | ⏰ 10:00am EST | IFC’s launch of the paper: Social KPIs Matter: Setting Meaningful Indicators for Sustainability-Linked Finance, to amplify the conversation around social metrics in impact investing. We will share views and trends, opportunities, and challenges for social Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) in Sustainability-linked Finance.
Webinar: New Green Shoots 2023 – Closing the gap in financing the Global Biodiversity Framework
Where: Online | 📆 Feb 16, 2023 | ⏰ 8:00am EST | The role of sustainability-linked bonds in closing the global biodiversity funding gap and how financial institutions, via blended finance, can increase financial resources to implement national biodiversity strategies and action plans.
World Bank Group Youth Summit 2023
Pitch Competition: Virtual Live Stream 📆 Monday, February 13 ⏰ 8:00 – 9:00 am EST | The World Bank Group Youth Summit aims to engage youth on the most pressing topics facing their generation, bringing together thousands of participants from around the world. The 2023 theme, From the Ground Up: Local Solutions to Drive Global Impact, highlights development solutions that are generated locally, scaled up regionally, and elevated globally.
Transforming Transportation 2023
Where: Washington, DC | 📆 March 14-15, 2023 | Transforming Transportation 2023, the 20th edition, will be held in-person at the World Bank HQ in Washington, DC. The event will explore the current economic scenario, post-COVID recovery, and COP27 commitment to reimagine transport to make it more inclusive, sustainable, and efficient for all.
The Energy Transition: Opportunities and Challenges for Indigenous Communities in the US and Canada
Where: New York, NY & Online | 📆 Wednesday, February 8, 2023 | ⏰ 6:00pm EST | The Center on Global Energy Policy at Columbia University’s School of International and Public Affairs host a panel exploring opportunities and risks for indigenous communities in North America’s energy transition.
Fireside Chat : Global Economic Prospects Report: Implications for Emerging Markets
Where: Live Online | 📆 Thursday, January 26, 2023 | ⏰ 10:0am EST | The Global Economic Prospects Report, projects global growth to decelerate sharply in 2023 to 1.7% – the third weakest in nearly three decades. What does this mean for emerging markets and developing economies? IFC’s Susan Lund and World Bank’s Aykhan Kose […]
Launch of IFC’s Net Zero Roadmap to 2050 for Copper & Nickel Mining Value Chains
Where: LinkedIn Live | 📆 Monday, January 30, 2023 | ⏰ 0:30am – 12:00pm EST | IFC launches the Net Zero Roadmap to 2050 for Copper & Nickel Mining Value Chains, a zero carbon transition guide for mining companies. The roadmap was developed with leading mining companies Anglo American, Rio Tinto, BHP and Vale, investors, […]
2023 PDAC Mineral Exploration & Mining Convention
Where: Toronto, Canada | 📆 March 5-8, 2023 | The Prospectors & Developers Association of Canada (PDAC) is the leading voice of the mineral exploration and development community. Representing over 6,000 global members, PDAC’s work centers on supporting a competitive, responsible, and sustainable mineral sector.
2023 Mining Indaba
Where: Cape Town, South Africa | 📆 February 6-9, 2023 | Investing in African Mining Indaba (Mining Indaba) is dedicated to successful capitalization and development of mining interests in Africa. The 2023 event will be held under the theme ‘Unlocking African Mining Investment: Stability, Security, and Supply’.
2022 Symposium Mines Guinee
The seventh Symposium Mines Guinea (SMG) takes place November 15 – 17, 2022 in Conakry, Republic of Guinea. West Africa’s largest mining event and the second largest on the African continent, this edition is under the theme “Optimizing linkages with the mining industry to catalyze the socio-economic development of Guinea”.
Event: Universal Energy Access and Climate Goals in Africa
Where: Online | 📆 Thursday, November 10 | ⏰ 4:00-4:45 pm EET (Eastern European Time) | IFC and IRENA host this energy access event at COP27 bringing together regional Government Ministers and the heads of international organizations to share experiences, and discuss the energy access agenda and the way forward to reach SG7 by 2030 through clean energy solutions.
Event: Accelerating Support to City Climate Action
Where: Online | 📆 When: Saturday, November 12, 2022| ⏰ 12 5:00 -5:45 pm EET (Eastern European Time) | IFC and World Bank launch of the APEX Green Cities Program, an innovative new approach that harnesses the insights from advanced green practices around the world to show what these practices mean for your city, based on your local context. Launch event will include an overview of the APEX (Advanced Practices for Environmental Excellence) initiative and testimonials from our partner cities Ekurhuleni, South Africa and Alexandria, Egypt.
Event: Sustainable Development of Critical Minerals
Online | 📆 Thursday, November 17, 2022 | ⏰ 10:50 (EET – Eastern European Time) | This COP event will present strategies and concrete examples of how sustainable finance can unlock low-carbon infrastructure developments for the mining of minerals critical to the energy transition.
Launch: South Africa Country Climate and Development Report
Online | 📆 Tuesday, November 1, 2022 | ⏰ 2pm–4pm (GMT +2) | A webinar to enhance ongoing policy dialogue regarding South Africa’s plan to achieve a just and equitable transition towards a low-emissions and climate-resilient economy and society.
[LIVE ONLINE] Technology and Experimentation to Reach Development Outcomes
Online | 📆 Wednesday, October 26, 2022 | ⏰ 2pm EST | A fireside chat between IFC Managing Director, Makhtar Diop and 2019 Nobel Prize winner in Economics, Professor Michael Kremer, University of Chicago, on the use of technology and experimentation in global development.
EVENT: Energy Price Shocks: Lessons from the Past and Way Forward
When: Thursday, September 8, 2022, 8:00am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: Webinar – Enhancing Social Inclusion and Addressing Subnational Disparities
When: September 8, 2022, 8:00am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: IFC Virtual Sustainability Exchange 2022
When: May 18, 2022, 9:00am – 11: am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: Leveraging blended/concessional finance
When: March 24, 2022, 8:00am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: Optimising brownfield asset value
When: February 9, 2022, 8:00am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: IFC UpNext: Inside Africa’s Creative Industries
When: November 17, 2021, 9:00am EST
Where: Online
EVENT: Moving Cities to a Cleaner Future | A COP26 Session
When: November 9, 2021
Where: Online
EVENT: The Power to Transform: Leveraging Sustainable Finance for the Energy Transition | A COP26 Session
When: November 4, 2021
Where: Online
EVENT: FT & IFC Transformational Business Awards 2021
When: October 26
Where: Online
IFC Virtual Sustainability Exchange 2021: Technology, Trust, Transformation
When: June 9
Where: Online
Virtual Event: #ChoosetoChallenge: Advancing gender equality in the mining sector
When: March 9, 10-11am ET
Where: Online
Getting to Equal in a Changing World: Second Global Gender in Oil, Gas and Mining Conference
When: March 3-4, 2021 Where: Online
MMEG Online Arts & Crafts Fair
Margaret McNamara Education Grant’s (MMEG) annual fundraising event is moving to a digital platform due to Covid-19. Please save the dates from by November 11 to 23. This not only supports the crucial mission of MMEG in helping provide for the education of exceptional women, but it also helps support small and local businesses which have suffered mightily during the pandemic. Click here for more information.
Global Infrastructure Forum: Building a Resilient Future Post COVID-19
When: 6-8 October 2020
IFC Virtual Sustainability Exchange 2020
When: June 17, 2020 Where: Online
Webinar: Towards Gender-Sensitive Implementation of Extractive Industries Projects
When: 24 September, 2019, 16:00 – 17:00 (Central European Time)
The Economist Sustainability Summit 2020
When: March 26, 2020
Where: London, UK
PDAC 2019 Convention
When: Sun 3 – Wed 6 March, 2019
Where: Metro Toronto Convention Centre, Toronto, Canada
Click here for more information about the event
Systems Thinking and Approaches for International Development
When: Tuesday, 14 November, 2017 – Wednesday, 15 November, 2017
Where: GTRI Arlington Field Office, 1700 North Moore Street, Arlington, VA 22209
Diagnosing Governance Challenges in the Extractive Sector: The Resource Governance Index and Beyond
When: Thursday, 12 October, 2017, 4:00p.m. – 5:30 p.m
Where: The World Bank’s CSO Center, 1850 I Street NW, Washington, D.C., 2nd floor, room number to be determined
Transparency, Anti-corruption, and Sustainable Development: Is Progress Possible?
When: Monday, September 18, 2017, 8:30 a.m. — 6:30 p.m.
Where: The Brookings Institution, Falk Auditorium, 1775 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC
Click here for more information about the event and to register for the live webcast
13th IGF Annual General Meeting
When: 16 – 20 October 2017
Where: Geneva, Switzerland
More information about the Intergovernmental Forum on Mining, Minerals, Metals and Sustainable Development’s 13th Annual General Meeting.
Social Performance in Extractives: Masterclass 2017
When: 28 – 30 March 2017
Where: The University of Queensland, St Lucia Campus, Brisbane. Australia
More information about the Social Performance in Extractives: Masterclass 2017
EY Placing Gender on the Mining and Metals Agenda
When: Wednesday, 23 November 2016
Where: EY Montreal, 800 René-Levesque W., 19 floor, Montreal
2016 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights
When: November 14-16, 2016
Where: Geneva, Switzerland
More information about the 2016 UN Forum on Business & Human Rights
Building a New Road Map for Sustainable Growth
When: September 15-16, 2016
Where: Miami, USA
More information about the BNamericas Latam Leaders Forum.
Executive Training on Investment Arbitration for Government Officials
When: July 18-22, 2016
Where: Columbia University, New York, NY
More information about the event
Executive Training on Sustainable Investments in Agriculture
When: June 6-15, 2016
Where: Columbia University, New York, NY
More information about the event
Executive Training on Extractive Industries and Sustainable Development
Where: Columbia University, New York, NY
When: June 6-17, 2016
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Social Inclusion: WikiStage and World Bank Group Special Event
Where: Lima, Peru
When: Tuesday October 6, 2015
5:00-7:00 pm (Lima) | 6:00-8:00 pm (EST)
Join us for an inspirational sequence of talks, performance and films, which features presenters drawn from a range of disciplines and who are creative and original in their presentations. Watch live and join the conversation on Twitter: #InclusionMatters #SocialInclusion #wblive
Assessing the Effectiveness of Public Sector Multi-Stakeholder Initiatives
When: Monday, October 5, 2015 – 12:30 to 2:00 p.m.
Where: Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, 1779 Massachusetts Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20036
At this roundtable meeting, Brandon Brockmyer and Jonathan Fox will present their findings. Kathrin Frauscher, program director for the Open Contracting Partnership, will offer comments. The session will bring together a select group of persons with a strong interest in this domain, and will seek to generate a focused, searching discussion. The event is being co-sponsored by the School of International Service of American University and the Transparency and Accountability Initiative.
