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NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business Panel Discussion: Innovating Investments for Climate Resilience

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Ann van Riel, Courtney Asher Thompson, Professor Tensie Whelan, Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle & Christina Wong
From left to right: Ann van Riel, head of Sustainable Finance, Americas, ING; Courtney Asher Thompson, manager of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley; Professor Tensie Whelan, director of Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business, Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle, director of Stern’s Volatility Institute and Christina Wong, Director, SustainAbility, gathered at Stern on September 25 for an panel discussion on approaches to incorporating climate resilience into investment decision-making.

On September 25, the NYU Stern Center for Sustainable Business and SustainAbility co-hosted a panel discussion entitled, "Innovating Investments for Climate Resilience." The discussion explored new ways of evaluating climate risk and innovative approaches to incorporating climate risk and resilience into investment products and decision-making.

The panel, which was moderated by Professor Tensie Whelan, director of Stern’s Center for Sustainable Business, featured commentary from Nobel Laureate Professor Robert Engle, director of Stern’s Volatility Institute; Ann van Riel, head of Sustainable Finance, Americas, ING; and Courtney Asher Thompson, manager of Global Sustainable Finance at Morgan Stanley.
“Government policy and execution has been sorely lacking in this area,” noted Professor Whelan. “We have seen the private sector step up to fill that gap.”

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