Blended Finance Structures to Tackle Climate Change - McDermott Will & Emery
Blended Finance Structures to Tackle Climate Change - McDermott Will & Emery
Our Sustainable Finance group invites you to attend an insightful and thought provoking panel discussion on blended finance models and climate change during Climate Week NYC.
Join us on the 67th floor of our New York office in One Vanderbilt and hear from our Partner, Ranajoy Basu, alongside the esteemed panel that includes representatives from Climate Policy Initiative, The World Bank and OutcomesX.
Following the panel discussion, we will enjoy a networking happy hour whilst enjoying the spectacular views from one of New York’s tallest and greenest buildings.
Related Knowledge Center: Climate economics
Climate change is now a driver of the world’s economy. The impact is profound:
- Catastrophic weather events — hurricanes, floods, droughts, high temperatures — are more frequent and more extreme. The cost can be measured in both the initial damage caused and the longer-term impact on the economy.
- Vulnerable communities are increasing climate-related investments, hardening infrastructure and taking other protective measures.
- Investment in carbon capture and storage technologies is increasingly rapidly.
- Governments are making investments and crafting regulations to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.
On top of all of this is the cost of uncertainty. As the Fourth National Climate Assessment, released in 2018 by the U.S. Global Change Research Program, says, “The assumption that current and future climate conditions will resemble the recent past is no longer valid.”