Leveraging the Net Zero on Campus Initiative, Monash University’s COP28 pavilion offers a platform to bring together universities, financiers, and philanthropists to:
(1) Highlight and discuss exemplar global university Net Zero financial innovations.
(2) Identify key financial obstacles to achieving Net Zero at universities.
(3) Explore creative funding solutions for the university sector.
The session aims for a collaborative, interactive format, targeting these outcomes:
(1) Improved understanding among financiers and philanthropies of universities' challenges across different regions.
(2) Increased Universities’ awareness of emerging climate financing options.
(3) Identification of solutions that promote targeted and innovative financing mechanism(s) for universities.
(4) Commitment from key stakeholders to work jointly to address the gap between the commitment and ambition of universities and the financial resources needed to fund the transition.