A Toronto Climate Week gathering bringing together investors, practitioners, and ecosystem partners to meet and explore how capital can drive climate solutions locally and globally.
As climate finance expands globally, a persistent challenge remains; ensuring capital reaches locally anchored, high-impact climate solutions—particularly in emerging and underserved markets. The discussion will focus on how capital flows, partnerships, and investment models can bridge global capital and local impact, highlighting practical pathways to mobilize finance for climate solutions that are inclusive, investable, and resilient.
There will be an opportunity for learning and sharing and time for networking and connecting.
Facilitators
Omoneka Oyier, CAFIID Climate Finance Community of Practice Steering Committee
Alan Lo Manager, Impact Finance Sorenson Impact and CAFIID: Board of Directors & Membership Engagement Committee
Guest speakers
Jamie Moran, Partner and Chief Growth Officer, ClimateDoor
Jamie Moran is a Partner and Chief Growth Officer at ClimateDoor, a climate venture commercialization firm based in Vancouver. ClimateDoor embeds as the external growth team for climate ventures, funds, and Indigenous nations, opening doors to customers, investors, and partners across North America, Asia & the EU.
An exited founder and experience with dozens of ventures in cleantech, Jamie leads ClimateDoor's portfolio commercialization work and supports the firm's EU-Canada market entry partnership with the Low Carbon Business Action programme. He brings the operator view to climate finance: how capital, once committed, actually reaches the field.
Patrick Hergt, Partner and Head of Business Development, Sarona Asset Management
Patrick leads Sarona’s business development efforts, including Investor Relations, Marketing and Fundraising. Over the last ten years, Patrick has served many aspects of the business, most notably as Director in our private equity practice. He has engaged with the impact investing community since joining the company and has represented Sarona at both a community and global level, from speaking and mentoring at local universities to meeting with heads of state at the United Nations. Today, he serves as a Director on the Board of the Canada Forum for Impact Investment and Development. Patrick started his career in private equity as an analyst with Munich Private Equity Partners. He holds an honours degree in business administration from Brock University, a BSc in general management from EBS University, and is a CFA® charter holder.
Krishna Ruthnum, Director, Climate Strategy and Governance, RBC
Krishna leads enterprise initiatives at the intersection of climate, strategy, data, and innovation. As Director of Climate Strategy, he leads RBC's enterprise climate data strategy and his work focuses on building the data, governance, and decision-making capabilities to support RBC’s climate ambition. Krishna has played a key role in developing climate methodologies, executive reporting, and data products that support both internal decision-making and external disclosures. He has also led climate-related due diligence on more than $250 million in venture and growth equity investments as part of RBC's commitment to deploy $1 billion toward climate innovation by 2030. Prior to his current role, Krishna held positions across capital markets, commercial banking, and impact investing, giving him a unique perspective on how financial institutions can leverage trusted data, advanced analytics, and emerging technologies to navigate the transition to a lower-carbon economy.
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