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Nov 13, 2019 • 53min

Why Climate Change is Like a Robust Optimal Control Problem

Despite the systemic risk it poses, climate change still remains largely outside the scope of traditional financial and asset allocation models. Are incentives like a US carbon price the right answer? And how can markets formally treat climate change as a risk factor? Bob Litterman, co-inventor of the Black-Litterman Model, discusses all this and why climate change is like a flaming trucking barrelling toward us. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 20 Sep 2019.
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Oct 23, 2019 • 44min

Anna Rosling Rönnlund, Factfulness co-author and Gapminder, on a Factfulness Framework for Climate Change

The growing complexity of data and our own cognitive biases often produce gaps in our understanding of the world and in the arc of socio-economic progress. Anna Rosling Rönnlund, co-author of New York Times-bestseller, Factfulness, talks about how these biases impede our ability to develop a fact-based worldview. We also discuss why a factfulness framework for climate change is vital, what building it requires and what it might look like. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 26 Sep 2019.
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Sep 11, 2019 • 43min

Alice Hill, Council on Foreign Relations, on Climate, Catastrophes and the US Policy Response

US climate resilience is a complex mix of inter-agency coordination, national disaster insurance programs, building codes and support for scientific research. Which makes it incredibly vulnerable to the policy agenda of each administration. Learn how US climate policy responses are undermining critical infrastructure and agency support and why the current administration deserves a grade of D- to F. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 01 Jul 2019.
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Aug 13, 2019 • 22min

Teresa Ribera, Spanish Minister for the Ecological Transition, on Why Spain is the First Victim of Climate Change

Spain hasn’t featured prominently within Europe’s sustainable investing movement, having reversed its renewable energy ambitions and focused on an economy recovery post the Great Financial Crisis. But that is neither fair nor accurate. Learn how Spain has emerged as a leader behind the Just Transition and why its finance sector is now more sustainability aware, recognizing that Spain may be one of the first victims of climate change. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 04 Dec 2018 and 27 Jun 2019.
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Aug 12, 2019 • 40min

Michael Sheren, Bank of England, on Green Bonds and Central Bank Regulation

Why are some central banks increasingly focused on the relationship between climate change and the global financial system while others remain disengaged? What are the limits to how central banks can address these issues? Learn why the Bank of England has emerged as one of the leading voices in articulating the financial risks of climate change, and how green securitisation could tap credit markets to fund sustainable growth needs. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 28 May 2019.
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Jun 4, 2019 • 43min

Prof. Malcolm Chalmers and Jamie Kwong, RUSI, on International Climate Security

No conversation about climate security is complete without considering it in an international context. But how seriously are defence ministries and militaries taking climate security? How are national defence and security strategy reports characterising the implications of climate change? What does the loss of Artic sea ice bode for national and commercial interests? Learn why embedding climate change in national defence strategies is vital to preserving climate security. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 29 Jan 2019.
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May 7, 2019 • 35min

Emma Howard Boyd, UK Environment Agency Chair, on Domestic Climate Security

This episode marks the first of several exploring aspects of climate security. While climate change is a threat multiplier in terms of global security, it represents a risk multiplier from a domestic perspective. But what kind of government response should we expect to the new normal? Learn how the UK Environment Agency is leveraging resilience, green infrastructure and international partnerships to provide long-term climate security. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 21 Feb 2019.
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Apr 2, 2019 • 33min

Yao Wang, International Institute of Green Finance, on Greening the World’s Second-Largest Economy

China’s top-down, state-led governance model requires a delicate balance between the environment and economic growth. But what happens when global growth slows? What does it portend for China’s role in international climate change policy now that the United States has untethered itself from the Paris Agreement? Learn about the political imperative behind climate change and how China is greening its financial system. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 07 Dec 2018.
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Mar 5, 2019 • 26min

John Kornerup Bang, Maersk, on the International Shipping Industry Going Carbon Neutral

The international shipping industry is essential to maintaining global trade flows. But global trade comes at a cost. Shipping may be the least environmentally damaging form of commercial transport, but it still accounts for almost 3% of global carbon emissions. Learn why climate change represents an important factor for the international shipping industry, and why Maersk is leading the industry with an ambitious commitment to go carbon neutral by 2050. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 01 Feb 2019.
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Dec 12, 2018 • 27min

Lord Livingston of Parkhead, ex-UK Minister of Trade, on Best Managed, Best Governed

How can governance be traced across corporate, government and institutional investor perspectives? Why is it critical that the success of a corporate benefit not just its shareholders but also its employees? And how can markets reconcile short-term and long-term pressures? Listen to Lord Ian Livingston, Chairman of Man Group, who draws from his experiences as former CEO of BT Group and UK Minister of Trade and Investment on the nature of short termism and long termism, and why good governance is fundamental for any enterprise. For more information visit www.man.com/maninstitute/responsible-investment This podcast was recorded on 20 Aug 2018.

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