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Energy: The Great Funding Gap

January 22, 2026
13:15–14:00 (Europe/Amsterdam time zone)

About this session

Emerging economies are estimated to account for over 90% of global energy demand growth annually. Between keeping the lights on and keeping emissions down lies a defining economic challenge of how to fund this surge at a time of narrowing fiscal space. Will emerging economies fuel the next energy era or be left in the dark by a financing shortfall?

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Speakers

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Pralhad Venkatesh Joshi
Minister of New and Renewable Energy and Minister of Consumer Affairs, Food and Public Distribution of India
Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India
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Lerato Mataboge
Commissioner for Infrastructure, Energy and Digitization
African Union Commission
SP
Santiago Peña
President of Paraguay
Paraguay Government
JT
Jasim Husain Ahmed Thabet
Group Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director
Abu Dhabi National Energy Company (TAQA)
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Elizabeth Thurbon
Professor of International Political Economy; Director, Green Energy Statecraft Project
University of New South Wales

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