Financial Leaders Gather to Seize Opportunities Presented by Global Climate Deal

On Wednesday, January 27, 2016, hundreds of financial leaders from around the world will gather at the United Nations to discuss the impacts of COP21 and the types of capital flows necessary and increasingly available to meet global climate and investment goals.  The Summit will focus on opportunities to expand clean energy investment in developed and developing countries; and solutions to mitigating carbon asset risks, including portfolio decarbonization and support for economic development that is less reliant on fossil fuels.  The all-day gathering is the first major event on climate change for investors and businesses following the international climate talks in Paris, and will include key players in the climate debate, including:

• Christiana Figueres, Secretary, UN Framework Convention on Climate Change
• Michael Bloomberg, Founder, Bloomberg LP and Bloomberg Philanthropies & Three-Term Mayor of the City of New York, United Nations Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Climate Change
• Ban Ki-Moon, UN Secretary General
• Brian Moynihan, Chairman, Bank of America
• Timothy E. Wirth, Vice Chairman, UN Foundation

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