Paul Bodnar, Bezos Earth Fund, on Climate, Nature, and Catalytic Capital

What’s at stake for climate and nature in the current political
environment? Listen to Jason Mitchell discuss with Paul Bodnar,
Bezos Earth Fund, about the vital role of philanthropic capital;
the mission of the Bezos Earth Fund; and how its thinks about
funding efforts across mitigation and adaptation as well as the
Global North and Global South.   Note: This episode was
recorded prior to the recent US election. Paul Bodnar is the
Director of Sustainable Finance, Industry, and Diplomacy at the
Bezos Earth Fund. He most recently served as Global Head of
Sustainable Investing at BlackRock, where he helped build the
firm's $500 billion sustainable funds business. Prior to Blackrock,
Paul was Chief Strategy Officer and Executive Council member at RMI
(formerly Rocky Mountain Institute), where he founded the Center
for Climate-Aligned Finance. Paul served in the Obama White House
as Special Assistant to the President and Senior Director for
Energy and Climate Change at the National Security Council. Prior
to that, Paul served at the State Department as US lead negotiator
for climate finance.