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SUMMARY:February 22\, 2022 Recording - The Impossible Dream:  Bending the long arc of growth and profit toward social benefit at a time of climate emergency
DESCRIPTION:  \n \nSpeaker: Merle Lefkoff\, Phd\,\nFounding Director\, Center for Emergent Diplomacy Santa Fe\, New Mexico \nEvent Summary: \nDr. Lefkoff will examine the reasons why “sustainable investing” (sometimes called impact investing or environmental\, social\, and governance investing\, ESGs) is hastening the exponential race toward global climate collapse\, even as CEOs like Larry Fink of BlackRock\, the most prominent investment leader in the world\, promotes companies like BlackRock as the best hope for a more sustainable version of capitalism.  Here’s the question she will address:  Is it possible to be a good socially responsible citizen\, while at the same time carrying out the fiduciary responsibility to make the most profit possible for the shareholders of a corporation? \n   \nMerle Lefkoff\, PhD  \nRecently returned from facilitating a workshop at COP26\, Merle is a social change entrepreneur whose passion and practice is devoted to the application of nonlinear complex systems thinking to surviving climate change on a much-altered planet.  Merle holds a doctorate in Political Science from Emory University and has been a mediator\, facilitator\, and leadership trainer in active conflict zones around the world. She received a research appointment as Guest Scientist and Affiliate of the Center for Nonlinear Studies\, at Los Alamos National Laboratory\, where she worked on computer simulations exploring a range of negotiation strategies in the search for coexistence among competing adversaries.  She led the planning group of NGO leaders at the United Nations launch of the Gross National Happiness index and is a member of the Integrative Peacebuilding Network in Ottawa\, Canada. \n  \nA year earlier\, former chief of the Australian Defense Force Admiral Chris Barrie\, in his Forward to a policy paper analyzing climate-related security threats in Australia wrote\, “our intelligence and security services have a vital role to play\, and a fiduciary responsibility\, in accepting this existential climate threat\, and the need for a fundamentally different approach to its risk management\, as central to their considerations and their advice to government. The implications far outweigh conventional geopolitical threats.” \n\nIf you would like to contribute to support our ongoing activities any contribution of $20.00 or over will be provided with a charitable tax receipt.  Thank you for your support and participation.
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SUMMARY:June 15th Webinar Recording - Do Green Bonds Matter?
DESCRIPTION:Outline \n\n\n\nGreen bonds are one of the hottest options in the fight against climate change\, a chance for everyday and institutional investors to match their dollars with their environmental values while getting a return on their investment. At a time when we need a seven-fold increase in climate investment around the world\, every funding source has to be mobilized. But the details matter. What defines a green bond? How important are they as a source of climate finance? What difference have they made since they were introduced? How can bond buyers be sure their green investment dollars are going into legitimate climate solutions? Join us at 1 pm ET on Wednesday\, June 15 to find out. \n\n\n\nSpeakers \n\n\n\nSara Alvarado is Executive Director\, Institute for Sustainable Finance at Queen’s University. She is former Head of Risk\, Canada Infrastructure Bank. Prior to that\, she was Senior Officer\, Infrastructure New Products & Special Transactions at the European Investment Bank  based in Luxembourg. Before moving to the EU\, Sara held positions at Manulife\, Sun Life\, and Scotia Capital. Sara is current Co-Chair at the World Economic Forum’s Infrastructure 4.0 Initiative. She is Board Member at Cambridge Memorial Hospital. She is a CFA charter holder and holds an MBA from Edinburgh Business School. \n\n\n\nMitchell Beer is Publisher and Managing Editor of The Energy Mix\, a news site and e-digest on climate change\, energy\, and the shift off carbon. He traces his background in renewable energy and energy efficiency to 1977\, in climate change to 1997\, and delivered a TEDx Ottawa talk in October\, 2019 on how to build wider public demand for faster\, deeper carbon cuts. A proud moment was building a model wind turbine out of wooden stir sticks with his then-11-year-old daughter\, and improv comedy practices are often the best part of his week. \n\n\nRegister on Eventbrite
URL:https://group78.org/event/do-green-bonds-matter/
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