Making Money/Protecting the Planet — Joining Those Divergent Desires
For those of us who had been feeling pretty dejected in recent years, there are signs of hope… in more places than you might think.
If you’re an environmentalist, it’s easy to be cynical. Plastics pollute the oceans, toxics bioaccumulate in our blood and tissues, and the greenhouse gases causing climate change remain largely unabated since the scientific community stared sounding alarm bells over 30 years ago.
But, more recently, we have seen tremendous signs of hope.
Mark Carney, former governor of both the central banks in Canada and the UK, has (i) accepted an appointment as UN special envoy on climate change, (ii) pivoted his career and moved into the ethical investment with investment giant Brookfield Asset Management; and (iii) released a new book focusing on building economies with purpose and addressing climate change. This is not what ‘good’ bankers do. Heads of central banks are supposed to be the most finance-oriented, business conservative people in the world. And Carney is. He just realizes that climate change poses a massive risk to business and economic stability, and he’s decided to do something about it/
