100. Financing The Race to Zero!

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Welcome to the third episode of our Race To Zero series!</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">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.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">On topics of investment, divestment, engagement, and tropical carbon pricing, you’ll hear from:</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Mark Carney,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance and Prime Minister Johnson’s Finance Adviser for COP26 </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Amal-Lee Amin,</strong> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Director of Climate Change at CDC and Senior Advisor to the UK COP26 Unit </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Thomas Di Napoli</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, New York State Comptroller </span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Carlos Manuel Rodriguez</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">, CEO and Chairperson of the Global Environment Facility</span></p> <p> </p> <p><strong>Kristalina Georgieva</strong><span style= "font-weight: 400;">,</span> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">Managing Director, IMF</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">And of course our good friend,</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Nigel Topping,</span> <span style="font-weight: 400;">High Level Climate Action Champion for COP26</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">The race is on! Buckle up and hit play.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Christiana + Tom’s book</span> <a href= "https://globaloptimism.com/the-future-we-choose/"><span style= "font-weight