Sean Kidney, co-founder and CEO, Climate Bonds Initiative The Climate Bonds Initiative, an international NGO, based in London, working to mobilize global capital to finance a rapid, global transition to a low-carbon and climate resilient economy. Projects include: a green bond definitions and certification scheme with $34 trillion of assets represented on its Board and some 200 organizations involved in its development and governance; working with the Chinese central bank on how to grow green bonds in China; green bond market development programs in Brazil, Mexico, Colombia and East Africa; and a green finance aggregation platform with UNDP. He is a Professor in Practice at SOAS University of London. Sean is a member of the: European Commission's Platform on Sustainable Finance French government’s Green Sovereign Bond Evaluation Council Astana International Finance Centre’s Green Advisory Committee Advisory Network to the High-Level Panel for a Sustainable Ocean Economy, which aims to accelerate progress towards a healthy ocean. European Advisory Board of the SMARTER Finance for Families (energy efficiency) initiative Advisory Panel of the International Sustainable Finance Centre in Prague Advisory Panel of the Nordic Institute for Finance, Technology and Sustainability. Future of Sustainable Data Alliance Mexico Climate Finance Consultative Board DRC Congo Green Finance Task Force