Breaking the Fever

S1-21 I On Climate, Finance, and Policy in the US: A Conversation with Bob Litterman

Breaking the Fever

Show Notes

As Chair of the CFTC’s Climate-related Market Risk Sub-Committee, Bob Litterman led the publication of a critical report that framed climate as a systemic risk to the US economy and reaffirmed the necessity of putting a price on carbon. We discuss Bob's trajectory from risk pricing guru to climate advocate, the growing consensus for climate action among US financial leaders, and how to break the political deadlock with US policymakers.

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