Emerging Markets: The Next Climate Frontier
Emerging Markets: The Next Climate Frontier
Join Reciprocal and emrgnce for an invitation-only morning gathering during San Francisco Climate Week exploring the role of emerging markets in the global climate transition.
This curated event will bring together leaders at the intersection of climate finance and emerging markets, including asset owners, asset managers, senior practitioners, and other institutional investors actively driving climate investment strategies across Latin America, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
The program will feature a keynote conversation with Colin le Duc, Founding Partner of Generation Investment Management, and curated panels with leading investors and operators discussing capital deployment and the opportunities shaping climate investing in high-growth markets.
Designed as a high-signal convening during SF Climate Week, the event will offer space for thoughtful discussion, new connections, and deeper engagement with peers focused on climate solutions across emerging economies.
Doors open at 8:30AM, programming starts 9:00AM.
Detailed program:
Welcome remarks by Andrew Sparks, Partner and Co-Chair of Technology Practice at Goodwin
Keynote by Colin le Duc, Founding Partner of Generation Investment Management
Panel 1: From crisis to capacity, emerging markets and the current geopolitical moment.
Foreword by Mehrad Yaghmai, Founding Partner of emrgnce
Andrew Chang, CEO of New Energy Nexus
Steve Severance, Co-Founder, Modern Energy
Alex Lau, CEO of Inventwood
Moderated by Susan Su, Founder of Climate Money, Partner at Toba Capital
Panel 2: Climate solutions from the frontlines—why growth markets can lead.
Priya Shah - Founder & GP - Theia Ventures (India Climate VC)
Arjuna Costa - Co-founder & MP - Flourish Ventures (Fintech in Emerging Markets)
Brett Jenks - CEO of Rare.org (Conservation Organization) and General Partner of the Meloy Fund (impact fund focused on SE Asia fisheries)
Moderated by Daniel Gajardo, Co-founder of Reciprocal (LatAm Climate VC)
Closing remarks
Networking