Session 4: Widening Financial Access to Help Vulnerable Households, Businesses, and Farmers Weather Climate Risks
21 June 2022 • 4:00–5:30 p.m. (in UTC/GMT +8 hours)
Helping MSMEs, small farmers, and low-income households build resilience, mitigate, and adapt to emerging climate change impacts is important for green inclusive finance. Appropriate savings products can help the rural poor smooth their financial needs during droughts. E-money-supported transfers and remittances help families in coastal areas to migrate due to rising sea levels. New peer-to-peer trading platforms allow solar power to be shared in poor rural communities. Weather index insurance helps small farmers insure unpredictable rainfall. A microloan can help poor households build better and more secure housing. These are all examples of green inclusive finance.
This session will focus on the importance of the four key aspects of green inclusive finance that can help MSMEs, small farmers, and low-income households' cope.
This session will focus on the importance of the four key aspects of green inclusive finance that can help MSMEs, small farmers, and low-income households' cope.
Karen Lane
Department of Communications
Asian Development Bank
Edoardo Totolo
Vice President of Research and Programs
Center for Financial Inclusion
Patrick Canagasingham
International Chief Operating Officer
Habitat for Humanity
Natasha Jethanandani
CTO and Co-founder
Kaleidofin