Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry & Diplomacy @BezosEarthFund. Fmr Head Sustainable Investing @BlackRock, Obama White House, @RockyMtnInst. Views my own
Biden will leave office with the strongest climate record of any president—making the largest ever investment in clean energy, regulating to reduce pollution from cars & power plants, bolstering clean energy supply chain resilience, & reasserting US global climate leadership. 🙏
The Bezos Earth Fund has committed to investing $10B into climate and nature programs by 2030. Remodeling the economy to make it more resilient to climate change is an overlooked field and a growing financial opportunity, said Bodnar. By Richard Martin: https://t.co/qWloiMpaSP
Two key areas for climate investment are resilience to warming temperatures and phasing down fossil fuels, says Paul Bodnar, Bezos Earth Fund director. Article by Richard Martin: https://t.co/qWloiMpaSP
Thread: Each week I run a simulation of Australia’s main electricity grid using rescaled generation data to show that it can get very close to 100% renewable electricity with just 5 hrs of storage (24 GW / 120 GWh)
Results:
last week: 100% RE
last 117 weeks: 99.0% RE (1/4)
We’re honored to receive @theiccfgroup's Good Steward Award at its annual gala! Proud to continue collaborating w/ partners at the community, national & international level to accelerate progress toward global conservation goals: https://t.co/TcqjUAUYyA.
New #ClimateRising episode: @bodnarclimate of @BezosEarthFund discusses the ways investors can approach and influence corporate climate action– and why their role is important in an era of increasing climate pressure. Tune in now: https://t.co/al7RJpudwV
Thrilled to have hosted this brilliant discussion on breakthroughs needed in climate finance w/ @cathmckenna@bodnarclimate@rkyte365@AvinashPersau15@MoazzamTMalik - ahead of this week's Summit for a New Global Financial Pact. Recording here https://t.co/2gmkAc1G77
"There will be a cost to society of adapting to climate change, no question. But that cost is not fixed." - @bodnarclimate
How and when countries and companies take action to build #ClimateResilience will dictate the costs paid in the long run!
#SystemsChangeLab
Join us for an exciting discussion on Thu June 15th at 10:30am ET:
@AvinashPersau15@cathmckenna@rkyte365 and @bodnarclimate will discuss climate finance breakthroughs and steps the finance sector can take to prevent the worst impacts of climate change.
Registration link below.
Thrilled to join this all-star team to drive @BezosEarthFund work on sustainable finance, industry, and diplomacy in service of transformational solutions to protect the climate and nature.
Please join us in welcoming Paul Bodnar (@bodnarclimate) as the Bezos Earth Fund’s Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry, and Diplomacy. You can learn all about Paul’s background here → https://t.co/PFYR2SQMHY.
Welcome to the team, Paul!
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Today's IEA world energy investment report shows a record $1.4tn investment in clean energy in 2022 – and warns against turning to fossil fuels
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(with my pick of the best charts in the report)
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https://t.co/LcOsmDP3uj