The Fourth Central Asia Climate Change Conference (CACCC-2021) will be held on July 26-27, 2021, in Dushanbe, Tajikistan. The conference will be conducted as a mix of in-person and virtual meetings.
The objective of the conference is to strengthen the regional dialogue, information and knowledge exchange in order to support climate-resilient evidence-based decision-making systems, as well as to explore the possibilities to ensure the synergy in climate projects implementation between international finance organizations and the development agencies in Central Asia.
A series of our publications will be dedicated to the speakers and moderators of the upcoming event. And, today, we would like to introduce you to an associate director of GET Country Engagement Energy Efficiency and Climate Change Team, EBRD, Vincent Duijnhouwer. He will be a speaker at the CACCC-2021 thematic session on climate financing.
Mr. Duijnhouwer is an associate director of the Green Economy and Climate Action team of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development. Within the team, he leads the Country Engagement Unit which focuses on supporting the EBRD’s Countries of Operations in the further development of the green economy. He has over fifteen years of experience in developing green financial products and policy reform engagements with a particular focus on Belarus, Central Asia, Russia, and Ukraine.
Before joining the EBRD, he worked for a business consulting firm in Moscow where he was involved in a number of energy efficiency projects associated with buildings and municipal infrastructure.
In addition, Mr. Duijnhouwer holds a Master’s degree in Modern History from the University of Leiden, the Netherlands, and a Master’s Degree in International Political Economy from the University of Warwick, United Kingdom. He also passed the Chartered Financial Analyst Level 1 exam.
Stay tuned for further updates to know about other interesting speakers of the CACCC-2021.
