2nd November 2022

The opportunity – and challenges – of the Just Transition, with Laurie Spengler

Welcome to 20/30 Visions, a new Bridges series in which we ask experts and thought-leaders from around the globe: what needs to change if we want to build a more sustainable and inclusive future in the next decade? And how do we make that change happen?

This week’s guest is Laurie Spengler, CEO of Courageous Capital Advisors, who’s been leading the Impact Investing Institute’s recent work on the Just Transition. In our interview, Laurie talks about:

  • Why we’ll never get to Net Zero unless we think carefully about the social consequences
  • What a Just Transition investment looks like
  • The scale of the opportunity if we get this right
  • The key barriers to adoption, and how we get around them
  • The organisations leading the way in mobilising capital at scale

 

Watch our conversation here:

Or you can download Laurie’s insights to read as a PDF here

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