133. Innovative Finance to Fast-Forward Climate Solutions with Hiro Mizuno

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">COP26 saw announcement after announcement from the financial sector, but we have questions. First off, why the sudden wake-up? What will follow? And, critically, will it be enough to address the climate crisis?</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Here to help us make sense of the fast-moving developments is Hiro Mizuno, Special Envoy of U.N Secretary-General on Innovative Finance and Sustainable Investments. Hiro shares his deep insights into the financial landscape since the shift towards recognition of the systemic risk posed by the climate crisis.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Reaching back to the Industrial Revolution, Hiro talks us through the role of the finance industry in accelerating change. Financial institutions’ competitive nature may well drive their transition to net-zero business models and portfolios – but it’ll be the next twelve months that prove the worth of the COP26 announcements, Hiro reminds us.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Covering regulation, GFANZ, public trust, carbon pricing, and much more, this is a wide-ranging conversation not to be missed.</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: 400;">‘The Future We Choose’</span></a> <span style= "font-weight: 400;">is available now!</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Subscribe to our Climate Action Newsletter:</span> <a href= "https://www.getrevue.co/profile/globaloptimism/issues/signals-amidst-the-noise-climate-action-news-from-global-optimism-issue-7-647990/e9c743fe-f38b-4e7c-a095-1536e0162613"> <span style="font-weight: 400;">Signals Amidst The Noise</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">—</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Thank you to our guest this week, Hiro Mizuno!</span></p> <p> </p> <