Microfinance and Climate Change: Can MFIs Promote Environmental Sustainability? (Discussion Summary and Transcript)

This is the Summary and Discussion Transcript of the Speakers Corner #29: Microfinance and Climate Change: Can MFIs Promote Environmental Sustainability?

Close to 200 participants from 43 countries participated in this discussion in November 2008. Hosted by GreenMicrofinance, the forum discussed a range of topics and allowed participants to connect and learn about each other's activities. The knowledge shared and generated in this discussion also informed a May 2009 Microfinance Gateway Highlight on Microfinance and the Environmental Bottom Line.

Led by Dan Lundmark, this Speaker’s Corner was facilitated by a panel of specialists from GreenMicrofinance -- Joan Hall, Elizabeth Israel, Thomas B. Israel, Kathleen Robbins, Betsy Teutsch, and Bela Vora -- and from three Indian MFIs -- Manab Chakraborty (MIMO Finance),  Paul Moonjely (Wesco Credit), and Paul Thomas (ESAF).