The event, which will be held in a hybrid face-to-face and virtual format, is one of five Regional Forums on Climate Initiatives to Finance Climate Action and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), preparatory to the 27th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP27), which are promoted by the United Nations System, the incoming Egyptian Presidency of COP27 and the UN High-Level Climate Change Champions.

The event will feature four thematic panels addressing, among other issues, energy transition, electromobility, sustainable and equitable supply chains for key and strategic minerals for energy transition, and climate finance for the resilience of Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and other vulnerable states.

The roundtable is expected to activate processes to finalize investment agreements between Latin American and Caribbean government portfolio managers and financial institutions by identifying concrete opportunities to advance the region's sustainable energy transition, analyzing necessary policy changes and financing bottlenecks, and interacting with both public and private sources of finance and investment to mobilize action towards COP 27.