Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Senior Director for Climate Finance to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John Kerry

How is climate finance reshaping COP negotiations? Listen to Jason
Mitchell discuss with Leonardo Martinez-Diaz, Senior Director for
Climate Finance to US Special Presidential Envoy for Climate John
Kerry, the most consequential outcomes of COP26; how to think about
US domestic political dynamics around climate change; and why the
financial sector is fundamental in the transition to a net zero
global economy. Leonardo was previously the global director of the
Sustainable Finance Center at the World Resources Institute, where
he led a team working to promote the flow of public and private
finance to environmentally-sustainable activities, including
climate adaptation and mitigation. During the Obama Administration,
he served as the Deputy Assistant Secretary for Energy and
Environment in the U.S. Department of the Treasury, as well as
Deputy Assistant Secretary for the Western Hemisphere. Prior to
that, he served as Director of the Office of Policy at the U.S.
Agency for International Development. He is co-author of Building a
Resilient Tomorrow: How to Prepare for the Coming Climate
Disruption.