3 ways your money can fight climate change | Veronica Chau

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🗓️ 16 May 2023

⏱️ 14 minutes

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What if we could solve the climate and housing crises at the same time? Financial institutions have pledged trillions to transform the economy and accelerate climate action -- but right now, that money is not flowing at the speed it needs to, says sustainable investing expert Veronica Chau. Illuminating the links between climate change and affordable housing, she suggests a playbook of moves to start mobilizing big money and transform climate financing challenges into opportunities.

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0:14.1	We face a planetary crisis, climate change, and a social problem, affordable housing.
0:19.8	In her 2022 talk from Ted at BCG, sustainable investment pro Veronica Chao points out how
0:25.6	these issues are actually linked and how connecting them could open up a lot of opportunity
0:31.0	to address both problems more urgently.
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