BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Talks.cam//talks.cam.ac.uk//
X-WR-CALNAME:Talks.cam
BEGIN:VEVENT
SUMMARY:CCI Conservation Seminar - Making a case for nature to investors: 
 Conversation with Siddarth Shrikanth - Siddarth Shrikanth\, author of 'The
  Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for the Other Planetary Crisis''
DTSTART:20250115T130000Z
DTEND:20250115T140000Z
UID:TALK225829@talks.cam.ac.uk
CONTACT:Diane Lister
DESCRIPTION:Restoring biodiversity will unlock environmental and economic 
 benefits. How can the economic case for nature be made to investors? What 
 business models are emerging around protecting and restoring nature? In th
 is seminar\, Siddarth Shrikanth\, an expert in green investing\, will disc
 uss his book The Case for Nature: Pioneering Solutions for the Other Plane
 tary Crisis. He will delve into his research on economic models to protect
  and restore nature\, the potential and limits of market-based mechanisms\
 , and the ways in which policy remains essential to balance financial\, ec
 ological and social outcomes. The seminar will be moderated by Alena Ciern
 a\, Senior Programme Officer in Nature Economy at UNEP-WCMC.\n\nSiddarth S
 hrikanth is an Investment Director with Just Climate’s Natural Climate S
 olutions strategy\, and a visiting researcher at Oxford University. He Sid
 darth studied Biological Sciences at Oxford and worked in corporate sustai
 nability for McKinsey in London and Indonesia before moving to Hong Kong t
 o be a foreign correspondent for the Financial Times. He gained a joint MP
 A/MBA from the Harvard Kennedy School and Stanford’s Graduate School of 
 Business\, during which he co-founded a natural carbon removal start-up an
 d consulted for the World Bank and the Singapore government on environment
 al policy. In 2023 he published his book The Case for Nature: Pioneering S
 olutions for the Other Planetary Crisis.\n\nIn this lecture\, Siddarth wil
 l delve into his research on economic models to protect and restore nature
 \, the potential and limits of market-based mechanisms\, and the ways in w
 hich policy remains essential to balance financial\, ecological and social
  outcomes.\n\nTo register for a Zoom link\, please use the link below.\n\n
 https://forms.office.com/e/WzQ7D0Q89\n\nPlease note that you will receive 
 a Zoom link by email on the day of the seminar.
LOCATION:Main Seminar Room\, David Attenborough Building\, New Museums Sit
 e. Pembroke Street. Cambridge\, Cambridgeshire CB2 3QZ GB
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR