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GE Ecomagination VP Mark Vachon on Climate Change and Energy Solutions at UN Investor Summit on Climate Risk

Feb 1, 2012 1:56 PM EST

Investor Summit on Climate Risk and Energy Solutions: Highlights


"Companies that don't get this really risk becoming irrelevant," says GE Ecoimagination VP Mark Vachon in this highlight video reel from the Ceres investor summit held at the UN's headquarters in New York City last week.


The consensus among the speakers featured in the video is that investing with climate change in mind can mean investing in renewable energy projects with "bond-like" stable returns. It also means considering climate change risks like erosion and crop impacts.


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