Bezos Earth Fund director on how to drive climate, nature action

Jun 21, 2024

Paul Bodnar, Director at Bezos Earth Fund, discusses driving climate and nature action through finance, innovation, and investments. Emphasizes activating markets for climate action, technology in sustainability, importance of TNFD disclosure framework, and reshaping food systems for sustainability.

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Intro

00:00 • 2min

Driving Climate Finance and Nature Initiatives through Philanthropy

01:51 • 7min

Exploring the Impact of Food Systems on the Planet and the Need for Transformation

08:38 • 2min

Technological Innovations and Equity in Climate Action

10:34 • 11min

Importance of TNFD Disclosure Framework and Driving Climate Action

22:03 • 2min

In this episode of the ESG Insider podcast, we talk with Paul Bodnar, Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry and Diplomacy at the Bezos Earth Fund, about solving the finance gap for climate and nature.

The Bezos Earth Fund was created in 2020 with a $10 billion commitment from Jeff Bezos, founder of e-commerce giant Amazon. The fund aims to disperse that $10 billion in grants by 2030 to fight climate change and protect nature.

Paul talked to us on the sidelines of the GreenFin conference in New York about how to increase innovation and investments in nature, food systems, and climate change.

"What really drives fast, deep and broad change in the global economy is markets. Finance, technology, business model innovation — those things spread like wildfire. And so we have to activate those vectors in service of climate action," Paul says.

Listen to our interview with Sagarika Chatterjee, Climate Finance Director and Finance Lead for the UN Climate Change High-Level Champions here: https://www.spglobal.com/esg/podcasts/how-ai-could-solve-the-data-challenge-for-climate-nature-and-the-energy-transition

GreenBiz Group hosts the GreenFin conference and S&P Global Sustainable1 is a sponsor.

This piece was published by S&P Global Sustainable1, a part of S&P Global.

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