Gulf Transition & Sustainable Finance 2026

Gulf Transition & Sustainable Finance is Environmental Finance's regional forum on labelled debt and transition capital in the Middle East. The second edition moves to Dubai after a first outing in Abu Dhabi in 2025, which brought the publisher's Sustainable Debt series to the UAE for the first time. The day mixes keynotes, panels, on-stage interviews and facilitated roundtables aimed at practitioners who issue, buy, rate or arrange green, social, sustainability and transition instruments.

Who attends

The audience is weighted towards the people who issue and buy sustainable bonds and loans, alongside the banks, rating agencies and advisers that support them. The organizer says more than 60% of delegates are labelled-bond issuers and investors.

• Corporate, sovereign and municipal issuers
• Asset managers, pension funds, insurers and family offices
• Sovereign wealth funds
• Lead managers, second-party opinion providers and rating agencies
• Regulators, exchanges, law firms and consultants

Programme highlights

The published agenda runs from a government keynote through panels on regional market growth, labelled transition debt and investor appetite, to case studies and sector deep dives.

• Government keynote on policy and incentives for transition finance
• Growth and innovation in Gulf transition and sustainable finance
• Labelled transition debt and regulatory catalysts, including taxonomy and MRV updates
• Investor perspectives and the growth of private credit
• Blue bond issuance case study
• Real estate and green buildings
• Islamic finance and sustainable sukuk
• Interactive deep-dive roundtables

Key figures

Environmental Finance reports that the 2025 inaugural edition in Abu Dhabi drew more than 300 senior delegates from inside and outside the region. For the event it cites around 250 delegates, 30+ speakers, 10+ sessions, 16 countries and 150+ companies.

Tickets & passes

• Issuers and investors — GBP 995: Corporates, municipals, sovereigns, supranationals, asset managers, pension funds, insurers, family offices, foundations and SWFs; register by email
• Full rate — GBP 2,995: Lead managers, SPO providers, exchanges, consultants, law firms and all other organisations