100. Financing The Race to Zero!

Welcome to the third episode of our Race To Zero series!   In this episode, we show you the money. Finance is an absolutely crucial factor in accelerating our world towards a Net-Zero future, and with less than 9 years left to halve our global emissions and current investments and markets spiraling towards catastrophic risk, it’s going to take every financial lever we have to shift the global economy to a sustainable, equitable, and just system.   On topics of investment, divestment, engagement, and tropical carbon pricing, you’ll hear from:   Mark Carney, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26    Amal-Lee Amin, Director of Climate Change at CDC and Senior Advisor to the UK COP26 Unit    Thomas Di Napoli, New York State Comptroller    Carlos Manuel Rodriguez, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility   Kristalina Georgieva, Managing Director, IMF   And of course our good friend, Nigel Topping, High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26   The race is on! Buckle up and hit play.   —   Christiana + Tom’s book ‘The Future We Choose’ is available now!   Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter: Signals Amidst The Noise   —   Thank you to our guests this week!    Mark Carney  UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26  Twitter | LinkedIn   —   Amal-Lee Amin Director of Climate Change at CDC and Senior Advisor to the UK COP26 Unit  Twitter | LinkedIn   CDC Twitter | LinkedIn   —   Thomas Di Napoli  New York State Comptroller Twitter | Facebook | Instagram   —   Kristalina Georgieva  Managing Director, IMF Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Instagram   The IMF Twitter | Facebook | Linkedin | Instagram    —   Carlos Manuel Rodriguez CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility Twitter   The GEF Twitter   —   Nigel Topping High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26 Twitter l LinkedIn | Instagram   Race to Zero Twitter | LinkedIn   COP26 - UN Climate Change Conference Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn   —   Keep up with Christiana Figueres here: Instagram | Twitter   —   Tom Rivett-Carnac: Instagram | Twitter | LinkedIn   —   Paul Dickinson is on LinkedIn! LinkedIn   —   Follow @GlobalOptimism on social media and send us a message! Facebook | Twitter | Instagram | LinkedIn Don't forget to hit SUBSCRIBE so you don't miss another episode of Outrage + Optimism! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.