This session will feature industry experts sharing insights and perspectives on critical issues and emerging trends in the field of blended finance. Wrapping up the Global Forum, this session will bring together a group of global high-level leaders from multilateral funds, governments, and the private sector to address the key themes discussed during the Conference and to discuss the future of blended finance - its challenges, opportunities, and what's needed to drive systemic change.

Key Discussion Areas:

• Looking at the key barriers to blended finance achieving greater scale and systemic adoption and solutions to these challenges. 
• What policy and regulatory innovations are needed to unlock blended finance at scale?
• Blended finance in a changing world: How do macroeconomic shifts, geopolitical risks, and evolving global priorities shape the future of blended finance?
• New frontiers in financing models: Exploring innovations such as standardized blended finance structures, innovative guarantees, carbon markets, digital finance, and impact-linked investments.