EMIA presented the 2nd Annual Dr Mark Mobius Lecture Highlighting Thought Leadership in Responsible Investing: Perspectives on Climate Change: A Call for Action. Luminaries from the world of finance, science, and activism engaged in a dialogue on how emerging market investors should best approach the issue of climate change.

The event featured Tom Steyer, founder of Farallon Capital and NextGen America (formerly NextGen Climate), former candidate for the Democratic presidential nomination, philanthropist, environmentalist, and liberal activist, Dr. Corrine Le Quéré, Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia and former Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research, and Chibeze Ezekiel, Ghanaian climate activist and the recipient of the 2020 Goldman Environmental Prize for Africa. Each speaker addressed the implications of climate change from their unique perspective.

Mark Mobius, a member of the Alliance’s Advisory Board and Partner and Co-Founder of Mobius Capital Partners, gave opening remarks. The event was chaired by Jelena Spasojevic, Head of Emerging Markets Credit Trading, TD Securities.