Breaking the Climate Debt Trap: Financing Nature Smart Energy Sovereignty
Updated: 6 hours ago
TODAY at COP31 | Press Conference.
Climate-vulnerable countries are being asked to pay for the energy transition with borrowed money, and the debt is deepening the crisis. This session asks how nature-smart energy and fair finance can help countries break out of the climate debt trap and build energy systems they own.
đź“… Tuesday, 10 November 2026
🕝 2:30 PM – 3:00 PM (Türkiye time, UTC+3)
🕝 5:30 PM – 6:00 PM (Bangladesh time, (UTC+6)
đź“Ť Press Conference Room 2 (Yunus Emre), Area D4, Antalya Expo Center, TĂĽrkiye
Speakers & presenters:
🔹 Brice Böhmer, Climate Lead, Transparency International
🔹 Mohammed Arifur Rahman, Chief Executive, Young Power in Social Action (YPSA)
🔹 M Zakir Hossain Khan, Co-Founder & Chief Executive, Change Initiative
🔹 Mofazzal Hossain, Research Coordinator
How can Bangladesh power its renewable energy transition without deepening its climate debt?
Join Change Initiative, in collaboration with YPSA, at COP31 in Antalya as we launch our new research on financing energy sovereignty. We’ll share new evidence on how renewable energy in Bangladesh has been financed, and propose a debt-free path to nature-smart energy.
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