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SUMMARY:POSTPONED: CSER Public Lecture: Nick Robins: New frontiers for sus
 tainable finance: priorities for action in 2020 - Nick Robins (Grantham Re
 search Institute\, London School of Economics)
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CONTACT:Clare Arnstein
DESCRIPTION:Never before has so much finance been committed to integrating
  environmental\, social and governance factors into decision-making - and 
 yet never before has so much capital been out of alignment with long-term 
 sustainability. 2020 needs to be the year when the world's financial syste
 m makes the irreversible shift towards consistency with both the Paris Agr
 eement and the Sustainable Development Goals. Critical milestones include 
 the COP26 climate summit in Glasgow this November and the Biodiversity sum
 mit in Kunming the month before. This lecture will identify the critical i
 ssues at stake in sustainable finance and set out the new horizons for act
 ion by the financial sector\, financial regulators and society at large.\n
 \nNick Robins joined the Grantham Research Institute in February 2018 as P
 rofessor in Practice for Sustainable Finance. Nick leads the sustainable f
 inance research theme. The focus of his work is on how to mobilise finance
  for a just transition\, the role of central banks and regulators in achie
 ving sustainable development and how the financial system can support the 
 restoration of nature.\n\nFrom 2014 to 2018\, Nick was co-director of UN E
 nvironment’s Inquiry into a Sustainable Finance System. As part of this\
 , Nick led country activities in Brazil\, the EU\, India\, Italy and the U
 K\, as well as thematic work focused on investors\, insurance and green ba
 nking.\n\nBefore joining UNEP\, he was Head of the Climate Change Centre o
 f Excellence at HSBC. Prior to HSBC\, Nick was head of Sustainable and Res
 ponsible Investment (SRI) funds at Henderson Global Investors. Nick has al
 so worked at the International Institute for Environment and Development\,
  the European Commission and the Business Council for Sustainable Developm
 ent.\n\nNick has a BA in History from Cambridge University and an MSc in I
 nternational Relations from LSE.
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