Most of the world’s Emerging Markets are back in focus this year, as we see increased appetite and deal flow in Africa, the Middle East, Latin America, and elsewhere. Many large EM economies have returned to international bonds markets, following a record spree of defaults during the pandemic. The impact of the wars in Ukraine and Israel has been softened by slowing inflation, surging economic growth, and recovering risk appetite for export credit and project finance deals. Take a journey around some of the most exciting trade and investment destinations, according to our Seer, and start Day Two on a high note of commercial opportunity and risk mitigation.

We gather esteemed government ministry representatives to address one of the most pressing environmental and social challenges of our time: how to balance achieving net-zero emissions and reduced carbon with the need for economic growth and affordable energy in developing nations. Can we establish rules and partnerships between developing governments, financial institutions, and agencies to harmonise development and climate objectives?

The path to net zero is undeniably Odyssean, laden with economic, social, political, budgetary, and analytical challenges along the way. We task our multinational leaders one-by-one with navigating these obstacles and charting a path to net zero, both within their organisation and collaboratively with the wider global community.

Alongside the traditional energy and core infrastructure projects, more and more we are seeing traction now for investments into emerging technologies such as Hydrogen and CCUS. But what must be done to get these asset classes scaled up? Our panellists discuss: How far are we from large scale hydrogen projects becoming the norm? How significant will legislation and public sector support be to the growth of emerging technologies? Do we have the correct legal framework and foundations to meet our 2030 goals?