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CATEGORIES:Centre for the Study of Existential Risk (CSER)
SUMMARY:POSTPONED: CSER Public Lecture: Nick Robins: New f
 rontiers for sustainable finance: priorities for a
 ction in 2020 - Nick Robins (Grantham Research Ins
 titute\, London School of Economics)
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URL:http://talks.cam.ac.uk/talk/index/137650
DESCRIPTION:Never before has so much finance been committed to
  integrating environmental\, social and governance
  factors into decision-making - and yet never befo
 re has so much capital been out of alignment with 
 long-term sustainability. 2020 needs to be the yea
 r when the world's financial system makes the irre
 versible shift towards consistency with both the P
 aris Agreement and the Sustainable Development Goa
 ls. Critical milestones include the COP26 climate 
 summit in Glasgow this November and the Biodiversi
 ty summit in Kunming the month before. This lectur
 e will identify the critical issues at stake in su
 stainable finance and set out the new horizons for
  action by the financial sector\, financial regula
 tors and society at large.\n\nNick Robins joined t
 he Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as
  Professor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Ni
 ck leads the sustainable finance research theme. T
 he focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance
  for a just transition\, the role of central banks
  and regulators in achieving sustainable developme
 nt and how the financial system can support the re
 storation of nature.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2018\, Nick w
 as co-director of UN Environment’s Inquiry into a 
 Sustainable Finance System. As part of this\, Nick
  led country activities in Brazil\, the EU\, India
 \, Italy and the UK\, as well as thematic work foc
 used on investors\, insurance and green banking.\n
 \nBefore joining UNEP\, he was Head of the Climate
  Change Centre of Excellence at HSBC. Prior to HSB
 C\, Nick was head of Sustainable and Responsible I
 nvestment (SRI) funds at Henderson Global Investor
 s. Nick has also worked at the International Insti
 tute for Environment and Development\, the Europea
 n Commission and the Business Council for Sustaina
 ble Development.\n\nNick has a BA in History from 
 Cambridge University and an MSc in International R
 elations from LSE.
LOCATION:TBC
CONTACT:Clare Arnstein
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