Science, Policy & Climate Resilience: Finance

CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast

For our new 4-part mini-series - Science, Policy and Climate Resilience - Host Rob Doubleday is joined by our new Co-Host Emily So, Professor of Architectural Engineering, University of Cambridge. Season 6 is focusing on the race to resilience global climate campaign and how to accelerate climate priorities after COP26.

In this second episode we're discussing how to finance climate actions and resilience, which has been highlighted as one of the main climate priorities for 2022. Hosts Rob Doubleday and Emily So are joined by Andrew Coburn, the CEO of Risilience, a platform dedicated to transforming organisations into new business models and Rowan Douglas, Head of the Climate and Resilience Hub at the consulting firm Willis Towers Watson.

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Season 6 is produced in partnership with the research project Expertise Under Pressure, Centre for the Humanities and Social Change at the University of Cambridge.

CSaP: The Science & Policy Podcast is edited and produced by CSaP Communications Coordinator Jessica Foster. Research for this series is supported by CSaP Policy Researcher Nick Cosstick.

Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.

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Resources relevant to this episode:

• Net Zero Finance summit website
• BBC News article on the Global Methane Pledge
• UN Climate Change article on COP26 agricultural progress
• Insurance Development Forum website
• ClimateWise (at the Centre for Sustainable Finance) website
• Global Resilience Index website
• Coalition for Climate Resilience Investment website
• The Coalition for Climate Resilience Investment's Physical Climate Risk Assessment Methodology (aimed at improving the integration of physical climate risks into investment appraisal practices)
• Article in The Economist on the effects of heatwaves (in chilly European countries) on voting patterns

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