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GZERO World with Ian Bremmer

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🗓️ 20 May 2021

⏱️ 36 minutes

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With bold commitments coming from both political and business leaders around the globe, 2021 could be a critical year in the fight against climate change. As sustainable investing moves from being a nice idea to a necessary move, what does it mean for your bottom line? In the latest episode of Living Beyond Borders, moderator Caitlin Dean speaks with experts about what's next for sustainability, protecting the planet, and the impact it will all have on investors and markets. Guests include Harlin Singh, Global Head of Sustainable Investing, Citi Private Bank; Davida Heller, SVP of Sustainability & ESG, Citi; and Gerald Butts, Vice Chairman at Eurasia Group.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Living Beyond Borders, the podcast from City Private Bank and G0 Media that examines the risks and opportunities in our rapidly changing world, from global politics to economics and what it all means for you.
0:22.9	I'm Caitlin Dean, head of the financial and professional services practice at Eurasia Group.
0:29.0	In many ways, it's the crisis of our lifetimes. But no, we aren't talking about the pandemic that
0:34.7	is currently still surging around the globe. We're talking
0:37.8	about a crisis a lot longer in the making, and one likely to last much longer than the current
0:42.8	pandemic. People are suffering. People are dying. Entire ecosystems are collapsing.
0:51.3	The climate emergency is the defining issue of our time.
0:56.0	The last decade was the hottest in human history.
1:00.0	Political leaders, business executives and average people around the world argue time and time again
1:05.0	that climate change and learning to live more sustainably are the biggest challenges we all face today, and that our choices
1:12.0	now will determine our future. Many sacrifices will be made, but there are also opportunities,
1:19.2	as we heard U.S. President Joe Biden spell out in April on Earth Day. We have to move, we have to
1:25.1	move quickly to meet these challenges. The steps our countries take between now and Glasgow will set the world up for success to protect livelihoods around the world and keep global warming at a maximum 1.5 degrees Celsius. We must get on the path now in order to do that.
1:45.2	Joining me now to speak about this, we have Harlan Singh, Global Head of Sustainable
1:49.4	Investing at City Private Bank, DeVita Heller, SVP of Sustainability and ESG at City, and
1:56.8	Jerry Butts, Vice Chairman at Eurasia Group. Welcome to all of you.
2:03.7	Let's start big picture here.
2:08.0	Jerry, what are some of the biggest global priorities this year when it comes to sustainability?
2:20.8	Well, one of the big events this year in the climate calendar is, of course, the Council of the Parties or COP process. That is the UN-sponsored process by which countries get together and agree or disagree about how they're going to go about
2:27.3	reducing their emissions. And this year, probably the most significant cop meeting since Paris,
2:32.8	which is where we get the name of the Paris
2:34.8	Accord, will be in Glasgow in November. I think the term that we are hearing bandied about,
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