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Vivid Economics becomes part of McKinsey & Company
We are excited to announce that as of March 4, 2021 Vivid Economics and Planetrics are now part of McKinsey & Company.
Read more about the acquisition and how we’ll work with McKinsey in ‘putting economics to good use’, helping clients respond to critical structural changes facing their organisations, such as the urgent implications of climate change and the transition to net-zero carbon emissions: https://www.mckinsey.com/about-us/new-at-mckinsey-blog
A note to our valued clients: We will continue to provide our high-quality support to all existing client relationships and to our projects with you. Client teams and service levels will remain the same. If you have any questions please contact Laure Gravier. We look forward to sharing more about this exciting development soon.
Dasgupta Review: Vivid Economics in collaboration with the Natural History Museum finds delayed action doubles costs
Today HM Treasury launched the Dasgupta Review, an independent global review on the Economics of Biodiversity. The Review sets out the economic case that our economy is embedded in nature and that a sustainable future requires a change in economic policy. Vivid Economics in collaboration with the Natural History Museum contributed to this Review, finding that action to protect nature now is far cheaper and avoids higher costs than a delayed response. A delay of 10 years would more than double the social cost of intervention, from 8% to 17% of current global GDP.
To learn more about it, click here
Our response to COVID-19
At Vivid Economics, we are supporting our clients through all the challenges they face.
Discover how we help our clients anticipate the short-term impacts and design rebound trajectories for COVID-19 here
Upcoming event
IETA LIVE Series – The Integral Role of Carbon Removals in Getting to Net Zero: Negative Emissions Technologies (NETs) and DAC
The IPCC, IEA and corporate-led initiatives, like the Task Force on Scaling the Voluntary Carbon Markets (TSVCM), all stress the increasing importance of Carbon Dioxide Removals (CDR) – addition to carbon reductions and avoidance – if the world is to effectively address a changing climate and reach the Paris Agreement targets. Learn from policy and legal experts, DAC Technology Owners and Implementors, and Corporate Buyers who are focused on supporting and acceleration pathways to Net Zero while enhancing climate ambition.
Speakers:
- Lisa De Marco, Senior Partner and CEO – Resilient
- Lori Guetre, Vice President Business Development – Carbon Engineering
- Stacy Kauk, Director Sustainability Fund – Shopify
- Moderator: Katie Sullivan, Managing Director – IETA
- Scene Setter Presentation by Thomas Kansy, Director – Vivid Economics
Date: March 9, 2021
Location: Online Event
Start time: 3:30pm – 5pm
Register for the event, here
Upcoming webinar
The Inevitable Policy Response 2021: Forecast Policies presented by the Principles for Responsible Investment
This webinar will provide an update on The Inevitable Policy Response, a pioneering project commissioned by the PRI. The event will include an overview of The Inevitable Policy Response followed by a deeper examination of the 2021 forecast policies and implications for investors.
Speakers:
- Fiona Reynolds, CEO, PRI
- Thomas Kansy, Director, Vivid Economics
- Julian Poulter, Partner, Energy Transition Advisors
- Jane Ambachtsheer, Global Head of Sustainability, BNP Paribas Asset Management
- Alexis Rosenblum, Chief Corporate Sustainability Officer, BlackRock
- Moderated by Sagarika Chatterjee, Director of Climate Change, PRI and COP26 High-Level Champions
Date: 17th March 2021
Location: Online Event
Start time: 2:30 pm
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Report launch
Report Launch: Innovative financing’s potential to drive sustainability in the built environment sector.
Vivid Economics in partnership with Connected Places Catapult, is conducting research to identify the stand-out innovations and tools being developed in this space that have the potential to drive change on a wider scale. Our research looks at:
The impacts of these innovations, and how those could be maximised through further action and investment;
- Key blockers to innovation
- Practical actions for progress in this space.
Vivid Economics and Connected Places Catapult will present some of the key findings of our research in the webinar, as well as showcasing innovations that illustrate the potential in this space.
The event is an opportunity to learn more about the potential in this space, and to help shape the interventions that will drive wider application of innovative financing to deliver sustainability in the built environment sector.
Date: 31 March 2021
Location: Online Event
Start time: 2:00 pm End time: 4:00 pm
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Greenness of Stimulus Index
Over the past months the world has witnessed unprecedented government financial interventions in response to COVID-19. Governments have rightly put people first and focussed on the immediate implications of the crisis. But analysis by Vivid Economics concludes that announced stimulus to date will have a net negative environmental impact in 16 of the G20 countries and economies. As a result, the vast majority of the money going to business in the short term could be risking future environmental sustainability.
The coronavirus shows us that our fate is inextricably linked to that of the natural world. Governments might be inadvertently creating conditions which make things worse when they have the opportunity and responsibility to ensure short-term emergency measures lead to a better more resilient future.
Read the Case study
Greenness of Stimulus Press Release
Read the Green Labour note
Visit the Finance for Biodiversity Initiative website (F4B) to find out more about our work
We were recently featured on The Guardian. Read the report here
New parametric insurance product to be developed for emergency flood relief costs in Bangladesh
Vivid Economics and a consortium of partners have received funding from the UK Space Agency to design a parametric insurance product for emergency flood relief costs in Bangladesh. The project aims to make post-disaster response faster, cheaper, and more efficient. To achieve these goals, we will develop a meso-level parametric insurance product which rapidly disburses funding for disaster relief and recovery to the government based on real time updates of satellite imagery on flood events. We will also develop a budget allocation platform to provide guidance on where and for what purpose relief and recovery funding should be allocated.
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Today saw the release of an ambitious proposal by @F4BInitiative to provide governments and investors with tools to recognise nature’s contribution to long-term sustainability and economic performance, at the same time contributing to urgent immediate solutions to the debt crisis https://t.co/QPERt5jG52
Published today in collaboration with @NHM_London , The Urgency of Biodiversity Action compares the cost to the world’s governments of two strategies for achieving forest conservation goals by 2050: acting now or putting action off for a decade.
https://t.co/WyXtXjLGRm
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