climate week 2020 Events

global Conversations on finance, risk,
and Investing in a low-carbon future

In September, 350 Silicon Valley sponsored a series of events for Climate Week NYC, which was all online—and thus international—this year. All of our panels and discussions dealt with various aspects of fossil fuel investments and the fiduciary duty of asset owners and institutional investors who must confront climate-related financial risk as they make investment decisions critical to their members' or beneficiaries' future.

Co-sponsors for the series of events included the Center for International Environmental Law, Climate-Safe Pensions Network, DivestNY, Fossil Free California, Friends of the Earth US, MassDivest Coalition, Reclaim Finance, Stand.earth,
Urgewald, the Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN) International, and 350.org. We thank them all!

the State of the Fossil fuel Markets: COVID-19, Bailouts,
and the Future of Big Oil

Kathy Hipple, Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis (IEEFA; slides)

Lukas Ross, Friends of the Earth (slides)

Climate Resilient Pensions: Lowering Risk, Lowering Emissions

Moderator: Jina Penn-Tracy, Centered Wealth
Lars Erik Mangset, KLP, Norway
Dr. Ellen Quigley Univ. of Cambridge Centre for the Study of Existential Risk
Steven Feit, Center for International Environmental Law

Coal Policy and Financial Risk: The High Road to Paris

Moderator: Ashish Fernandes, Climate Risk Horizons, Bangalore

Sylvain Vanston, AXA, Paris
Heffa Schucking, Urgewald, Sassenberg

Lucie Pinson, Reclaim Finance, Paris
Leanne Govindsamy, Centre for Environmental Rights, Cape Town
Makoma Lekalakala, Earthlife Africa, Johannesburg

Indigenous Rights and Women's Leadership: Central to Divestment Strategies

Moderator: Osprey Orielle Lake, Founder, Women’s Earth and Climate Action Network (WECAN); Co-Director, Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations
Casey Camp Horinek, Ponca Nation, Native rights activist, Environmental Ambassador and WECAN Board Member
Monique Verdin, Houma Nation, Director of The Land Memory Bank & Seed Exchange
Michelle Cook, Diné, Founder of Divest Invest Protect, Founder and Co-Director of the Indigenous Women’s Divestment Delegations

Legislative strategies toward greener, safer Pensions

Moderator and keynote: U.S. Rep. Sean Casten (D-IL, see H.R. 3623)
California State Senator Ben Allen (SB 964)
New York State Senator Liz Krueger (S2126A)
Randi Mail, MassDivest Coalition (H.4440)

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the Fight for Polluter accountability

Moderator and keynote: U.S. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD)
District of Columbia Attorney General Karl Racine
Mayor Serge Dedina, Imperial Beach, CA
Pamela Gilbert, Attorney, Cuneo Gilbert & LaDuca LLP