'The crisis of climate and development finance' with Charles Kenny

Forthcoming Event

Date
 22 May 2025, 5:00pm - 6:00pm

Location
 Lecture Theatre, Oxford Martin School
34 Broad Street (corner of Holywell and Catte Streets), Oxford, OX1 3BD

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Join the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development for a crucial event discussing the intersection of climate change and development finance.

The world’s richest nations have made considerable global financing promises —including the $300 billion annual pledge for climate. But in the last few months aid budgets have been slashed across Europe and in the United States, even as financing is diverted to projects that have little impact on greenhouse gas emissions. Meanwhile, attempts to unlock trillions in private investment using billions in aid have comprehensively failed. How can we effectively fund both climate action and development when current financing approaches are falling woefully short?

This event is organised by the Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development.

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Kenny Charles

Charles Kenny
Visiting Fellow, Oxford Martin Programme on the Future of Development

Charles Kenny is a senior fellow at the Center for Global Development and Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow. His work focuses on global development trends and international development finance.

He is the author of books including “The Plague Cycle: The Unending War Between Humanity and Infectious Disease,” "Getting Better: Why Global Development is Succeeding," “The Upside of Down: Why the Rise of the Rest is Good for the West,” and “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Utility: Happiness in Philosophical and Economic Thought.” He has taught at Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies, has been a contributing editor at Foreign Policy magazine and a regular contributor to The Economist and Business Week magazines.

He was previously an economist at the World Bank.