Dr Brian O'Callaghan

Lead of Oxford University Sustainable Public Investment @TheSmithSchool | United Nations ECA | Rhodes Scholar | BCG

[World Climate Foundation @wclimate]

Panel on Bridging Climate Investment Gaps: #PublicPrivatePartnership in #EMDE featuring @DanishMFA @climatepolicy @IIGCCnews 💡

Key takeaways:
🪙 "Where is ambition lacking? Finance isn’t coming from the places it should be coming from." - Brian O’Callaghan

🗣 (Regarding investment opportunities and sharing of information) "We want to instill FOMO to those who haven’t joined us." - Valentina Ramirez

🎯 "There is a push at #G20 and #UNGA this year for the financial architecture to move ahead and scale up and take more risk." - Jesper Andersen

#Sustainability #ClimateFinance #GreenEconomy #finance #CIS2024 #ClimateInvestmentSummit #GreenTransition

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

🆕 Paper Out in Nature Sustainability 🌳

Introducing the world's most granular financial taxonomy for climate adaptation and resilience (with AI).

We highlight major gaps in govt decision-making - and the massive 💰 impacts

https://t.co/lcNyEGJDzk

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

What a privilege to host industry leader and Australia's second richest person, Dr Andrew Forrest AO, for a no-holds-barred conversation at @UniofOxford last week!
Discussing #ClimateAction, #leadership, #faith, and more, it's a dialogue you won't want to miss

[Rhodes Trust @rhodes_trust]

The greatest greenwash is that climate change is the fault of individuals, says Dr. Andrew Forrest. He is urging the public & governments to hold ‘captains of industry’, like himself, to account. https://t.co/nheniNuCvp
@Brian_OCall @TheSmithSchool @FortescueNews

[Rhodes Trust @rhodes_trust]

The greatest greenwash is that climate change is the fault of individuals, says Dr. Andrew Forrest. He is urging the public & governments to hold ‘captains of industry’, like himself, to account. https://t.co/nheniNuCvp
@Brian_OCall @TheSmithSchool @FortescueNews

[Oxford Smith School @TheSmithSchool]

“57% of African countries spend more on interest than healthcare... almost all spend more on interest than climate... every day of delay in reforming the financial architecture is blood on our hands" 🗣️ @Brian_OCall at the @WorldBank and @IMFNews meetings

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

@FortescueNews @UniofOxford @WardenKiss @Mette_Morsing @rhodes_trust @TheSmithSchool

[Fortescue @FortescueNews]

The greatest greenwash is that climate change is the fault of individuals.

It isn't - and heavy industry must change.

Dr Forrest visited @UniofOxford yesterday to learn from leading climate scholars and outline our plan to deploy the green solutions which can save the world.

[V20 Finance Ministers @V20Group]

@AERCAFRICA @KevinPGallagher @GDP_Center @BoellStiftung @CSF_SOAS @ECA_OFFICIAL Dr @Brian_OCall, @ECA_OFFICIAL: This goes well beyond the climate crisis. Many African countries are spending more on debt payments than healthcare and education, what more on climate action. But we can use debt as leverage. #ACS23

[Fadhel Kaboub فاضل قابوب @FadhelKaboub]

Is Africa on track to achieve 100% energy access by 2030? Is there any place for gas in the energy transition in #Africa?

Join us tomorrow 8am at the #AfricaClimateSummit23
ACS 3 Mount Nimba

#FastFairForever #DontGasAfrica #ACS23 #JustTransition

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

Guest post: How Ukraine could emerge from war as a climate leader | @AZagoruichyk @Brian_OCall @oleg_savitsky @EKopytsia

Read here: https://t.co/CSFe0ZWiWq

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

@MatthewAgarwala @SRUC @SRUCResearch @ConsultingSAC Congrats, Matthew!

[Carbon Brief @CarbonBrief]

NEW – Guest post: How Ukraine could emerge from war as a climate leader | @AZagoruichyk @Brian_OCall @oleg_savitsky Ievgeniia Kopytsia

Read here: https://t.co/QGd4WZyQkF

[UN Partnership for Action on Green Economy @_un_page]

With the Global Recovery Observatory's visualization tools anyone can easily compare &scrutinize how serious our governments actually are with respect to sustainable recovery.  🌏✅

➡️ @Brian_OCall  @TheSmithSchool tells us more soon. Watch now ⤵️
https://t.co/6jIVu6orYG

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

@MatthewAgarwala on credit ratings agencies and climate: "They’re inching forward, but the icecaps are melting faster"

[Matthew Agarwala @MatthewAgarwala]

Phenomenal piece of reporting by Gautam Naik on how poorly financial markets understand climate risk. I learned a lot!

@BennettInst @Cambridge_Uni @ChurchillCol @CSERGE_UEA @NorwichBSchool @CambridgeJBS @OxSustFinance @CSF_SOAS @INSPIREgreenfin @NGFS_

https://t.co/ix8DoNReRu

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

@MatthewAgarwala @civic_future @DeirdreMcClosk Bewildering… i hope this was a joke? Even to purport that colonialism is a thing of the past… never mind that she benefits every day

[Oxford Smith School @TheSmithSchool]

.@UniofOxford climate collab brought policymakers from 12 countries to discuss Green Fiscal Policy Strategy. Attendees shared perspectives to develop a solution-oriented green fiscal policy #researchagenda.
Led by @Brian_OCall #OxfordSmithSchool & @thomasnhale @BlavatnikSchool

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

13/13 TIPS FOR IFIs (ex-post)
- Support clients to promptly rebuild fiscal space and buffers post-crisis and enhance resilience
- Align recovery financing with green, resilient recovery and support implementation

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

We gave #G20 a strategy for climate policy that stays strong through rain or shine, recession or expansion, war or peace ➡️"#ResilientNetZeroTransition" 🧵1/n

@NicolaRanger @SamFankhauser @fulvia_marotta

[Oxford Smith School @TheSmithSchool]

New @ecioxford and #OxfordSmithSchool #T20 Policy Brief on ‘Reforming the Global Financial Architecture to Drive a Resilient #NetZero Transition’ published & recommends #G20 leadership on a resilient #netzero transition. @T20org
https://t.co/X9v3i9MYQx

[Dr Brian O'Callaghan @Brian_OCall]

12/13 TIPS FOR IFIs (during crises)
- Implement pre-arranged and responsive finance to maintain liquidity in crises
- Provide TA and policy-based lending for reforms towards resilience
- Implement ‘do no significant harm’ to goals within rescue financing and support with TA