Climate Change: Resilience and Opportunity
A New Administration in Washington Inspires Bold Interdisciplinary Engagement
Register for the Zoom Webinar - http://bit.ly/BaruchCC
Thursday, March 11, 2021, 4:30pm - 6:00pm
New WSAS series "We Are Climate Action". The distinguished panel, including a Senior Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry,
will discuss interdisciplinary climate engagement and the potential impact of the Biden Administration's climate agenda.
Panel
Leonardo Martinez-Diaz is currently Senior Advisor to Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry. Previously he served as Global Director of the Sustainable Finance Center of the World Resources Institute. He is author with Alice C. Hill of ‘Building a Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate Disruption'.
Sara Menker is the founder and CEO of Gro Intelligence, a software company that uses artificial intelligence and predictive modeling to forecast global agriculture. Ms. Menker was named a Global Young Leader by the World Economic Forum and is a fellow of the African Leadership Initiative of the Aspen Institute.
Robert Litterman is the Chairman of the Risk Committee of the World Wildlife Fund and leads the Climate-Related Market Risk Subcommittee of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission.
Moderator
Lin Peng, is the Krell Chair Professor of Finance, Baruch College Zicklin School of Business. Professor Peng’s expertise is in asset pricing, behavioral finance, market microstructure, and corporate governance.