John Cleveland
Green Ribbon Commission
Executive Director
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Hosted by the Green Ribbon Commission
This Green Ribbon Commission program will feature presentations from local Boston innovators who are shaping the relationship between climate risk, real estate and the capital markets. The speakers will address the emerging shape of the climate risk analytics market; methodologies for measuring the impact of climate risk on real estate values and the economic and social impact of resilience investments; how climate risk is affecting the municipal finance market; and how Boston can leverage these new approaches to strengthen its resilience strategy.
John Cleveland
Green Ribbon Commission
Executive Director
David Burt
Delta Terra Capital
CEO
Timothy Coffin
Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Senior Vice President & Director of Sustainability
Dr. Evan Kodra
risQ
Co-Founder and CEO
Drew Smith
City of Boston
Senior Deputy Treasurer
Hosted by The Brookings Institution
In a moderated panel discussion, one of the authors of this recent academic research paper will discuss the findings from their research on climate related disclosure in corporate equities and municipal debt. Focusing on the municipal debt disclosure, practitioners from municipal finance industry will respond from their perspective as a bond attorney and an institutional bond investor.
Adam Stern, JD
Co-Head of Research, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Senior Vice President
David Victor
Center for Global Transformation Endowed Chair in Innovation and Public Policy and Co-director, Laboratory on International Law and Regulation
Professor
Kim Edwards
Public Finance Investment Banking, Piper Sandler
Director, Managing Director
Rebecca Lawrence
Senior Counsel, Ballard Spahr's Public Finance Department
David Wessel
The Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy and Senior Fellow, Economic Studies, The Brookings Institute
Director
Hosted by The Nest Summit at Climate Week NYC
Municipal bond issuers are where the rubber meets the road on climate risk in the US. These issuers must fund and execute climate adaptation and resilience projects for their jurisdictions and customers. The property values, infrastructure and populations that underpin their financial health represent exposures to climate risk that will only grow with climate change. Now that data on bond issuers and obligors is increasingly available, it is possible to better assess the need to address climate risks and the potentially negative impacts of not doing so. Thought leaders in fixed income are now deploying and integrating this data into strategies, workflows and decisions to better evaluate the issuers in which they invest.
Andrew Teras
Senior Analyst, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
SVP
Dr. Chris Hartshorn
risQ
Chief Commercial Officer
Hosted by Ceres and Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Municipalities are on the front line of climate risk. Infrastructure needs to be built, repaired and replaced, all of which will require investment capital. Important considerations for investors and borrowers include determining how these long term projects are accounting for climate change and reducing risk, factoring climate resiliency, and accounting for the transition to clean energy. Climate aware funding strategies have implications for the city's bond rating and cost of capital.
Mike Bonanno
Research Analyst and Municipal Sustainability Lead, Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Vice President
Grant Ervin
Chief Resilience Officer and Assistant Director for the Department of City Planning for the City of Pittsburgh
Carolyn Kousky
Wharton Risk Center
Executive Risk Director
Missy Stults
City of Ann Arbor, Michigan
Sustainability and Innovations Manager
Peter Ellsworth
Investor Network, Ceres
Senior Director
Hosted by The Trustees of the Reservation and Breckinridge Capital Advisors
The Trustees of Reservations will provide an overview of their just released State of the Coast report, which highlights the climate change-driven challenges faced by Massachusetts North Shore Coastal Zone Communities. The implication for the report will be discussed by contributing speakers.
Kathleen A. Theoharides
Secretary, Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs for the Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Kimberley Driscoll
Mayor of Salem, Massachusetts
Peter Coffin
Chairman of the Board for the Trustees of Reservations
President of Breckinridge Capital Advisors
Tom O’Shea
The Trustees, Director of Coast and Natural Resources
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