Workshop on Capacity Building on Physical Risks and Low-Carbon Transition for Indian Banking Sector

The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has been at the forefront of preparing technological roadmaps for industrial decarbonization as well as assessing physical risks for various industrial units and economic sectors. This workshop aims to impart knowledge on physical and transition risks and technological landscape towards climate resilient low-carbon development in India, coupled with the banking sector practices within which financing climate action must be embedded. The objective is to build mutual capacities for an ecosystem where increased financial flows towards low-carbon technology deployment as well as climate induced risks are better understood from the perspective of commercial finance.

On the aforesaid lines, TERI is organizing a half-day workshop split across two sessions (of 2 hours each) involving officials from relationship, risk, and credit functions of commercial banks. A focused stakeholder engagement is ideally suited for this quasi-exploratory workshop to come out with useful insights on missing links and barriers in the development of a sustainable commercial financing framework in India.

Participants for the workshop

• Senior level officials from risk and/or credit functions of banks
• Subject experts on commercial finance (including climate finance)
• Technical experts on technology transition and physical risk assessment
• Representatives from the Industry (Iron and Steel & Cement Sectors)