Geo-Economics, Climate Resilience, and AI

Environmental Sustainability and Climate Change

Overview

At the Milken Institute, as part of our mission to help people build meaningful lives, we work to ensure an environmentally sustainable future. Across the Milken Institute, we have robust content and programming to transform the food system's access to healthy food, promote access to affordable power and clean water, and advance public-private partnerships that promote resiliency and climate equity. Explore our key initiatives below.

Recalibrating Climate Finance 2025-2035

The race to decarbonize the global economy depends on the success of efforts to unlock and mobilize trillions of dollars to finance climate mitigation and adaptation, especially for the countries and populations most vulnerable to the effects of climate change. Learn more about the high-impact climate deployment strategies we are recommending for the next decade.

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Energy Transition and Capital Markets

Achieving a Net-Zero carbon world by 2050 demands bold action to cut greenhouse gas emissions and reshape global business. For over a decade, MI’s Global Capital Markets Advisory Council (GCMAC) has been a private forum for CIOs managing over $32 trillion in assets to tackle opportunities and challenges together.

Climate Resilient Infrastructure

The US will need $27 trillion in infrastructure financing by 2050 to ensure resilience and equitable growth. The Institute’s Climate Resilient Infrastructure Financing Initiative connects leaders to address capacity gaps and provides technical support through the Community Infrastructure Center, aiming to help 10,000 underserved communities advance climate projects in 3–5 years.

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Risk Management

With a preeminent network of capital providers, data scientists and financial services professionals, the Milken Institute helps facilitate conversations to define and analyze financially material investment risks and design management plans to ensure that companies and communities are protected against future shocks to their long-term resiliency.

Food Systems

Uniquely positioned at the intersection of issues that impact finance and health, the Institute’s Feeding Change work activates social and financial capital, engages policymakers and industry leaders, and convenes key stakeholders to catalyze a more nutritious, equitable, sustainable, and resilient food system.

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