StanChart takes part in Regional Climate Summit 2023

Standard Chartered Bangladesh joined the "Regional Climate Summit 2023" as a sustainable investment partner of the programme.

The three-day event brought together over 100 policymakers, diplomats, experts, academics, researchers, community members, and senior stakeholders from both private and public sector organisations in Dhaka recently.

The Climate Parliament Bangladesh, The Earth Society, Observer Research Foundation (ORF), and the Climate Parliament jointly organised the programme, which was themed "Towards a Resilient South Asia" for this year's summit.

A key area of discussion was the need for climate adaptation.

"The communities who are most vulnerable to climate change are not necessarily the ones receiving the most funds. Leveraging innovative and sustainable financing instruments -- such as green bonds, blue bonds, and sustainability-linked loans -- can be an answer to addressing this disparity," said Enamul Huque, managing director and head of client coverage, corporate, commercial and institutional banking at Standard Chartered Bangladesh. 

He was speaking as a panelist on "Equity and Justice in Access to Climate Finance: International and Regional Perspective".