15:30 - 16:30 (local time) 

Stock exchanges and their regulators play a critical role in fostering financial innovation that supports climate-positive initiatives and promotes climate action among companies. By developing climate-aligned products, services, and regulations, exchanges can enhance the climate resilience of their markets. They also play a key role in facilitating the adoption of climate-aligned standards and disseminating climate-related information across financial markets. Exchanges can drive the transformation of markets toward a net-zero future by implementing guidelines, benchmarks, and educational initiatives.

Key areas of focus include the role of exchanges in:

• Aligning climate-related disclosures with global standards, including providing customized guidance and training for issuers.
• Innovating new climate-aligned products and services, such as Voluntary Carbon Markets (VCMs).
• Ensuring that green finance products, like green bonds, better address the financing needs of emerging markets.
• Supporting the Glasgow Financial Alliance for Net Zero (GFANZ) and leveraging their market influence to accelerate the transition to net-zero emissions economies.