Wondering what an agenda of chicken little climate freaks might look like? Look no further, here’s a two-day agenda for “the end of the world is nigh”, suited and booted, sandwich boarder wearers

From here:

Agenda - Impact Investing World Forum (ESG - IIWF) (impactinvestingconferences.com)

Kensington Conference and Event Centrev,Kensington Town Hall, Hornton St, London

Day one:

24TH APRIL

09:00 AM KEYNOTE I: IMPACT INVESTING AND SUSTAINABILITY

09:20 AM KEYNOTE II: ESG DATA TRENDS AND CHALLENGES

09:40 AM KEYNOTE III: FUTURE OF IMPACT MEASUREMENT

10:00 AM KEYNOTE IV: SUSTAINABILITY DATA AND ANALYTICS

10:20 AM NETWORKING BREAK (TEAS & SNACKS)

10:50 AM KEYNOTE V: DEMOCRATISATION OF FINANCE

11:10 AM KEYNOTE VI: DISRUPTING THE LINK BETWEEN HOUSING INSTABILITY AND JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT

11:30 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: LATEST MARKET TRENDS IN IMPACT INVESTING SECTOR 2023-2024

12:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK - LUNCH BREAK

01:45 PM THE FRONTIER OF INNOVATIVE FINANCE

02:00 PM EFFECTIVE STEWARDSHIP AND ENGAGEMENT PRACTICES

02:15 PM BLENDED FINANCE FOR IMPROVING EDUCATION IN EMERGING MARKETS

02:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK - (TEAS & SNACKS)

03:00 PM BLENDED FINANCE’S POTENTIAL TO DRIVE SOCIAL OUTCOMES IN INDIA

03:15 PM QUANTIFYING IMPACT – BEYOND THE BINARY CHOICE

03:30 PM ADDIING LIQUIDITY AND TRANSPARENCY TO THE VOLUNTARY CARBON MARKET

04:00 PM DRINKS RECEPTION

Day 2

25TH APRIL

09:20 AM KEYNOTE I: IMPACT FUNDS AND SUSTAINABLE INVESTING

09:40 AM KEYNOTE III: AN OVERVIEW OF THE SOCIAL IMPACT INVESTMENT MARKET IN THE UK

10:00 AM KEYNOTE IV: THE ALL–PARTY PARLIAMENTARY GROUP ON ENVIRONMENTAL, SOCIAL, AND GOVERNANCE

10:20 AM NETWORKING BREAK - (TEAS & SNACKS)

10:50 AM KEYNOTE V: DELIVERING IMPACT INVESTMENTS IN THE EU

11:10 AM KEYNOTE V: DISRUPTING THE LINK BETWEEN HOUSING INSTABILITY AND JUSTICE INVOLVEMENT

11:30 AM PANEL DISCUSSION: EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES IN IMPACT INVESTING MARKET GLOBALLY

12:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK - (LUNCH)

01:30 PM IMPACT INVESTING IN THE WATER, SANITATION, HYGIENE (WASH) AND SOLID WASTE SECTORS

01:45 PM QUANTIFYING CORPORATE IMPACT

02:00 PM ESG, IMPACT & CLIMATE COMPLIANCE

02:15 PM WHY US STOCKS AND TREASURIES ARE OVERVALUED - AN VIEW FROM IMPACT IMPACTING

02:30 PM NETWORKING BREAK - (TEAS & SNACKS)

03:00 PM IMPACT INVESTING OPPORTUNITIES IN INSURTECH SOUTHEAST ASIA

03:15 PM RURAL ELECTRIFICATION HOUSEHOLD-LEVEL MODELING SOFTWARE (REHLMS)

03:30 PM MEASURING IMPACT INVESTING: DECODING THE SFDR, EU'S GREEN GOLD STANDARD

My goodness – look how much you can hear about in neat little 15–20-minute slots! All that tea and biscuits plus chicken little speakers must cost a lot of “other people’s) money, right?

Plenty of time to qualify as an “early chicken little”!

Hmm. I wonder if the participants are using vacation time or simply skipping work to “go to a meeting” on top of using their own money or that of their companies.

The full 15 minutes on “ESG, IMPACT & CLIMATE COMPLIANCE” presumably requires the installation of some sort of chip with an electroshock app for non-compliance.

I bet none of the attendees have read this:

(100) Updated compilation of articles that debunk the “climate crisis” mantra -showing the utter folly of spending tens of trillions whilst allowing millions to die of disease and hunger (all ID'd/injected) (substack.com)

Or have any interest or knowledge of how much disposable income amongst those in the bottom 50% of the income demographic have been impoverished by their smug compliance with the dogma of a Cult.

Onwards!

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