Conference Event:
October 25, 2024
Event Location:
Online event
Organizer(s):
Cornell University
Office of Financial Research
Keynote Speaker(s):
Mark Carney (GFANZ, UN Special Envoy for Climate Action and Finance, Brookfield Asset Management, Transition Investing)
Bob Litterman (Kepos Capital LP, Chairman of the Risk Committee & Chairman of Climate Policy at the WWF)
Janet Yellen (78th United States Secretary of the Treasury)
Eric Usher (Head of the United Nations Environment Programme’s Finance Initiative)
Description:
Cornell University and the Office of Financial Research will host a virtual conference, “Global Climate Finance and Risks,” on October 25, 2024. The event is open to the public, and the link to the registration can be found below.
Climate-financial risk is an area of increasing concern. However, there is a limited understanding of financial system exposures to climate-sensitive assets and the effects of regulatory shocks stemming from policies that confront climate-related issues. There is growing interest in understanding how climate mitigation finance can lower the potentially systemic effects associated with both physical and transition risks on the financial system and the challenges they may pose for policymakers, regulators, practitioners, and academics.
The conference will convene experts on climate finance issues to present research and conduct panel discussions that provide insights into policies to scale global climate finance and how they can help lower climate risks to the financial system. The conference will feature both paper presentation sessions and roundtable discussions. These sessions will cover topics such as the science of climate risks and economic measurement; the role of governments, investors, macroprudential regulators, and development institutions in scaling global climate finance; climate finance concerning other climate policies (e.g., carbon taxation); and issues related to asset valuations, credit markets, stress testing, and financial system externalities.
Registration:
The virtual event is open to the public, but registration is required. To register, fill out the conference registration form.