A central theme of the talks at the Glasgow climate summit is how countries can mobilize the private sector to finance decarbonization. In a workshop that the IDB group organized with Fundación Chile yesterday , we discussed some solutions – beyond green financial regulations, concessional climate funds, and carbon markets – that are often overlooked in … [Read more...] about Rethinking private financing of climate action with Chile
Florencia Attademo-Hirt
An Argentine and Italian citizen, Florencia is general manager of the country department of the Southern Cone, and country representative in Chile for the Inter-American Development Bank Group. Previously, she was the representative in Paraguay and The Bahamas. She has worked in various capacities at the IDB for 20 years, first in the legal department and then on the operations side of the organization. Her work spans public and private sector projects, institutional and corporate affairs, and strategic issues while she reports to three vice presidents. She has a J.D. from the Universidad Nacional del Litoral, in Argentina, and an LL.M. from the University of Chicago Law School, she received a Fulbright scholarship, and was admitted to the Bar in Buenos Aires and New York.