As the world seeks to move from consensus to action on climate change, one burning question remains: can natural resource investments be sustainable in the age of climate change? This Conference brings together diverse stakeholders to explore the key challenges of and necessary steps to developing and implementing such a vision.

The Conference takes as its starting point the Paris Climate Agreement, reached last December at COP21 (the 21st meeting of the Conference of the Parties of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change). The Paris Agreement marks a historic milestone in curbing human-induced climate change, yet the real challenge lies ahead, in implementation. The agreement sets the goal of limiting global warming to “well below two degrees Celsius” above pre-industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the increase to 1.5 degrees Celsius. Achieving this objective will require dramatic, rapid, coordinated, and global decarbonization of energy systems.
Venue: Faculty House, Columbia University, New York  

Registration is free but required. Please register here

The Conference program is available here

Logistical information is available here

*Program is sponsored by the CCSI and co-sponsored by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law, and the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network.