Climate Changers

All Hands on Deck with Paul Bodnar

Episode Summary

Paul Bodnar, currently a Managing Director at Rocky Mountain Institute, discusses the urgency of taking action on climate change and covers a wide range of economic, social and environmental issues as well as the most powerful solutions that we as a global society have at our fingertips now.

Episode Notes

Paul Bodnar, currently a Managing Director at Rocky Mountain Institute, discusses a variety of economic, social and environmental issues related to climate change. Paul was in New York for the United Nations Climate Action Summit and shares this experience in the context of prior international conferences he attended while at the State Department and as President Obama's Special Assistant and Senior Director for Energy and Climate Change. This includes his work as a chief architect for the Paris Agreement. We discuss the role of international institutions and central governments in achieving climate mitigation and specifically address how to make this a bipartisan issue in a divided United States.

Call to Action

Participate with the United Nations through their ACTNOW movement: https://www.un.org/en/actnow/index.shtml

Learn more about the Rocky Mountain Institute: https://rmi.org/

Find out how financial leaders can help create a sustainable and inclusive global economy: https://www.bloomberg.com/cfli/