Global experts converge at Cornell to drive solutions in climate finance

Over 1,200 people from 49 countries convened at the inaugural “Global Climate Finance and Risks,” virtual conference co-hosted by Cornell Atkinson, the Cornell S.C. Johnson College of Business and the U.S. Treasury’s Office of Financial Research. This year’s U.N. COP29 in Baku will emphasize climate finance solutions. 

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Teaching the industry review process in student-managed investment funds

The Cayuga Fund Program at the SC Johnson College provides students with hands-on experience in preparing real-time proprietary industry reviews in a single semester.

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Competition featuring MBA students’ case draws 700 entrants

Five Johnson School MBA students designed the case, organized the judging and facilitated the Emerging Markets Institute’s Corning Case Competition, “Powering Vietnam’s Future: The Rise of Electric Vehicles,” which attracted a record number of entrants.

Grasslands are invaluable for capturing carbon, says James Clement III

America’s grasslands protect carbon better than trees, which are declining in number due to forest fires, drought, and climate change, says Clement.

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Food waste solution wins top prize at hackathon

The hackathon included more than 150 undergraduate and graduate students from almost all of Cornell’s Ithaca campus schools and colleges.

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Hackathon focuses on hiring the right talent

An upcoming hackathon in New York City will focus on the hiring process and ways to incorporate technology.

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Fisk Johnson supports plastic regulation to help curb global plastic pollution

Addressing the global impact of plastic waste pollution, Cornellian Fisk Johnson, CEO of SC Johnson, spoke in favor of plastic waste regulation. 

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Firms with structured management practices fare better

Highly structured management practices are correlated with better productivity and profitability outcomes for companies and countries, an international consortium of researchers has found through a novel quantification method.

Experts at global conference make the case for climate finance

Mitigating climate risks now will drive economic prosperity in the future, Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen said in her keynote speech at the virtual Cornell-OFR Conference on Global Climate Finance and Risks, held Oct. 25.