Climate Change: The Next Financial Crisis?

July 2, 2019
09:00–10:00 (Asia/Shanghai time zone)

About this session

Climate inaction risks $23 trillion of global economic losses a year, amounting to permanent economic damage four times greater than the impact of the 2008 financial crisis. What does financial leadership entail as we stand at the brink of climate calamity? On the Forum Agenda: - Scaling up climate-friendly innovation - Closing the climate financing gap - Addressing the rising cost of...
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