Financing of the energy transition in Hungary - Session #1 Green bonds

Financing of the energy transition in Hungary – this was the title of a two-day, four-session, English-language online conference organised by Cambridge Econometrics, the British Embassy in Budapest and the Hungarian Economic Association on 12-13 December 2022. The aim of the roundtable discussions was to discuss current state of affairs with regards to the four topics in the focus of the event on the financing of the energy transition, namely: (1) green bonds issuance and their role in financing the energy transition in Hungary, (2) ESG risk measurement and data requirements, (3) buildings decarbonisation and (4) renewables policies and subsidies, and to produce a briefing document of panel findings and recommendations which will inform policy development for the green transition in Hungary. Session #1 Green bonds issuance and their role in financing the energy transition in Hungary Welcome Speech: Ambassador Paul Fox Keynote Speakers: Norbert Kiss-Mihály, Deputy Director of Monetary Policy Instruments, Foreign Exchange Reserves and Risk Management, Central Bank of Hungary Gireesh Shrimali, Head of Transition Finance Research, Oxford Sustainable Finance Group Panellists: Gábor Gyura, Sustainable finance consultant, United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) Domonkos Kovács, M&A and Capital Markets Director, Alteo Nyrt. Gergely Pókos, Director, OTP Bank Zöld Program Igazgatóság John Martin, CEO, Plutus Consulting Group Moderator: Richárd Végh, CEO, Budapest Stock Exchange