EIB High Level Meeting

Financing the transition to net zero

The EU’s ambitious climate policy goals require a significant transformation of our modes of production: emission-free energy sources, clean transportation systems and new green technologies. These changes call for substantial investments which have to be funded by the financial sector. Already today, an overwhelming majority of Austrian firms is investing to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions and to minimize its waste, as the EIB finds in its Investment Survey. Our conference will take stock of the climate-related risks and opportunities for firms and the necessary financing needs for green investments. A high-level panel of eminent experts in the field will discuss the implications of such broad transformation, in terms of policy measures and their effects on the competitiveness of the EU and the Austrian economy.

Agenda

10:00 – 10:30
Opening remarks

Robert Holzmann – Governor. Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Thomas Östros – Vice President. European Investment Bank

10:30 – 11:10

Competitiveness and Climate related investments: evidence from the EIB Investment Survey

Debora Revoltella – Chief Economist. European Investment Bank

11:10 – 12:45
Panel discussion: Financing the investment needs for net zero: where does Austria stand?

Moderator: Marina Delcheva – Economics Editor, profil
Silvia Angelo – Chief Financial Officer, ÖBB Infrastruktur AG
Gabriel Felbermayr – Director, WIFO
Marion Morales-Albinana-Rosner – Member of the Management Board, UniCredit Bank Austria
Pilar Solano – Director, European Investment Bank
Jürgen Schneider – Director General, Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology

12:45 – 13:00
Closing remarks

Birgit Niessner – Director, Oesterreichische Nationalbank

Followed by lunch

Date
Friday, March 8, 2024, 10:00 to 13:00 CET          

Venue
Oesterreichische Nationalbank
Otto-Wagner-Platz 3, 1090 Vienna
Kassensaal und online