Launch of the UN NetZero Facility and Re-PLANET…

02:10 pm. - 02:30pm.      

Words of Welcome - Mrs. Zoritsa Urosevic, UNWTO Executive Director - Introduction to the UN NetZero Facility and Re-PLANET Capital Fund Ecosystem

Welcome and Opening Remarks - Ms. Tatiana Valovaya, UNOG Director-General (TBC)

Keynote Speech -  Mr. Zurab Pololikashvili, UNWTO Secretary-General

2:30 pm. - 2:40 pm.          

Moderator introduction: Mr. Paul Walentynowicz, NOAH ReGen – Head of Re'Planet Capital Fundraising Coordination - Introduction of the Re'Planet ecosystem, Partners and its significance

Short video from Ruben Eiras, President of Forum Oceano – Maritime Cluster of Portugal

 2:40 pm. - 3:10 pm.      

Nature-based Assets Opportunities – Blue Carbon, Super-Credit & Carbon Cascade Mechanisms

·         Mr. Frédéric Degret – Founder - CEO NOAH ReGen Group – Special Advisor to the UNWTO Secretary-General

·         Mr. Josete-Juan Aracil – Chief Blue Carbon Methodology R&D – Blue Carbon Lab

·         Mr. Antoine Erwes – Head of NDCs strategy – Blue Carbon Lab (subsidiary of NOAH ReGen Group)

Presentation of new technologies for Blue Carbon, toolkits, frameworks, monitoring systems and processes to help countries, sub-national authorities, and project leaders, unlocking the highest potential and value of Nature-based credits. 

Explaining the opportunity to structure Sovereign Debt for Nature Swap using nature-based assets as collateral before the application of Art. 6.4 of Paris Agreement.

Questions & Answers

3:10 pm. - 3:45 pm. UN NetZero Facility and a new Aid for Impact Architecture

·         Mrs. Zoritsa Urosevic, Executive Director of UNWTO

Introduction to the UN NetZero Facility and Framework, Innovative architecture for climate finance, towards a blended finance model for impact with the multilateral system.

Promoting the adoption of symbolic off-setting contribution on voluntary bases throughout the tourism value chain and ecosystem. Showcasing the power of the multilateral system capacity to scale up climate action at the national level with UN country teams and other international organisations and stakeholders.

·         Mr David Albertani, CEO of Catalytic Finance Foundation - Introduction of Catalytic Finance Foundation expertise, expressing the Technical Assistance need at scale and the opportunity of a Global Philanthropic Vehicle – (Re'Planet Foundation) to complete Re'Planet Ecosytem. What model to unlock the necessary Global Technical Assistance that would trigger the interests for large donors to channel their funds through such an ecosystem.

 

Questions & Answers

3:45 pm. - 4:20 pm.        

Re'Planet Capital - Private Sector Fund

·         Mr. Frédéric Degret, Founder of NOAH ReGen

·         Mr. Jakub Molski, Re'Planet Capital Investment Director

·         Mr. Paul Holthus, Founder and President of World Ocean Council

Unveiling the Re'Planet Capital Private Sector Fund: strategy of investment and opportunities for other stakeholders. From short term vision to long term vision, from a Reserved Alternative Fund to a retail bank for impact.

Introducing Re'Planet Advisory, a Global advisory SPV for the ecosystem

·         Mr. Chris Barrett, Partner of Kepler Capture Solution - Example of a CleanTech Industrial solution adapted for Island States and coastal territories.

 

Questions & Answers

4:20 pm. - 4:40 pm.          

Re'Planet Digital: Tokenization Platform and Marketplaces

·         Mr. Jon Franchi, CTO Re'Planet Digita

·         Mr. Rupesh Raikundalia, Uworld CTO

Demonstration of the Re'Planet Digital Platform – An open source Platform as a service for Re'Planet Ecosystem.

Demonstration of the Tokenization and Marketplaces tools

Demonstration of the SDGs Impact Measurements and ESGt monitoring tools, the blockchain reporting processes.

 

Questions & Answers

 4:40 pm. - 5:00 pm.:          

Closing Remarks

•          HE George Cohen, Permanent Representative of Grenada, Vice Chairman and principal investor of NOAH ReGen Group

•          Mr. Zurab PololikashvilI, UNWTO Secretary-General