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SUMMARY:Mobilising investment for a sustainable planet
LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Gr
 eat Hall\, Marshall Building)
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 16 June 2026 5pm - 6pmSpeakerNadia CalviñoDiscussantP
 rofessor Iain BeggChairAndrés Rodríguez-PoseThe European Investment Bank
  Group has\, as its top priority\, ensuring a green transition that benefi
 ts citizens\, businesses and the planet. The need to cut dependence on imp
 orted fossil fuels and reinforce Europe’s energy security has become eve
 n more pressing in today’s geopolitical context.As one of the world's la
 rgest public banks\, and the financing arm of the European Union\, the EIB
  and its subsidiary the European Investment Fund is also mobilising privat
 e finance to support breakthrough technologies and clean tech start ups th
 at will lead to a net-zero economy. The Group aims to support 1 trillion e
 uros in investment this decade for renewables\, storage\, grids\, efficien
 cy and the decarbonisation of heavy industry\, as well as for adaptation p
 rojects\, to make the green transition affordable and contribute to a bett
 er future for all.EIB Group President Nadia Calviño will discuss the EIB 
 Group's role and strategy in 'saving the planet' through its action for su
 stainability and energy security.Meet your speakers and chairNadia Calviñ
 o is the President of the European Investment Bank and is a Spanish econom
 ist and lawyer with a 30+ year career in public policy\, economics and fin
 ance. She has held several prominent positions within the Spanish governme
 nt and the European Commission. Ms Calviño served as First Vice-President
  of Spain and Minister of Economy\, Trade and Enterprise until December 20
 23. Prior to that role\, she held various positions\, including Second Vic
 e-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalization (March-July 2021)\
 , Third Vice-President and Minister for Economy and Digitalization (2020-2
 021) and Minister for Economy and Business (2018-2020). Additionally\, she
  chaired the International Monetary and Financial Committee (IMFC) of the 
 International Monetary Fund from 2022 to 2023.Iain Begg is a Professorial 
 Research Fellow at the European Institute\, London School of Economics and
  Political Science. His main research work is on the political economy of 
 European integration and EU economic governance. He has directed and parti
 cipated in a series of research projects on different facets of EU policy 
 and his current projects include studies on the governance of EU economic 
 and social policy\, the economic and fiscal consequences of Brexit\, evalu
 ation of EU cohesion policy and reform of the EU budget. Other recent rese
 arch projects include work on policy co-ordination under EMU and the socia
 l impact of globalisation.Andrés Rodríguez-Pose holds the Princesa de As
 turias Chair and is a Professor of Economic Geography at LSE. He currently
  directs the Cañada Blanch Centre at LSE and has previously served as Hea
 d of the Department of Geography and Environment. He chaired the European 
 Union’s High-Level Group on the Future of Cohesion Policy\, which is res
 ponsible for shaping the EU’s Cohesion Policy beyond 2027. Additionally\
 , Rodríguez-Pose has held distinguished positions in regional science\, i
 ncluding President and Vice-President of the Regional Science Association 
 International (RSAI)\, as well as Vice-President and Secretary of the Euro
 pean Regional Science Association.More about this eventThis event is part 
 of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Satu
 rday 20 June 2026. This year's Festival explores how existential threats i
 ncluding the climate crisis\, conflict and AI are affecting all parts of t
 he world\, transforming the way and where we live\, and how our societies 
 function. With a series of events asking what can we be doing to save the 
 Earth\, its people and environment? Booking for all Festival events will o
 pen on Monday 18 May.The Cañada-Blanch Centre is the vehicle to achieve t
 he objective of the Fundación Cañada Blanch: developing and reinforcing 
 the links between the United Kingdom and Spain. This is done by means of f
 ostering cutting-edge knowledge generation and joint research projects bet
 ween researchers in the United Kingdom\, and at LSE in particular\, on the
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