2010 Summit Co-Hosts:

Timothy E. Wirth, President of the United Nations Foundation.

Investors Representing $13 Trillion Call on U.S. and Other Countries to Move Quickly to Adopt Strong Climate Change Policies
January 14, 2010 - On the heels of international climate treaty talks in Copenhagen, the world’s largest investors today released a statement calling on the U.S. and other governments to move quickly to adopt strong national climate policies that will spur low-carbon investments to reduce emissions causing climate change. More

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The Investor Statement on Catalyzing Investment in a Low-Carbon Economy
The Investor Statement was endorsed by four groups representing more than 190 investors. The groups are the Investor Network on Climate Risk (INCR), Institutional Investors Group on Climate Change (IIGCC), Investor Group on Climate Change (IGCC) and the United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI).

January 2010 - At the third Investor Summit on Climate Risk at the United Nations in February 2008, more than 50 leading U.S. and European institutional investors representing $1.75 trillion in assets announced a new Action Plan, committing to boosting $9 investments in energy efficiency and clean energy technologies, requiring tougher scrutiny of carbon-intensive investments that $7 may pose long-term financial risks, and pledging to support$6 strong policy action on climate and energy. This report reviews the substantial progress that investors have made toward the three key objectives in the 2008 Action Plan despite the economic turmoil of the past 18 months: (1) increasing investments in clean technology, (2) engaging companies, investors, and others in requiring climate risk disclosure, and (3) supporting strong policy action on climate change.

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Watch the UNTV Webcast of the Investor Summit on Climate Risk (requires RealPlayer)

• Morning Session
• Afternoon Session
• Press Conference

TIME on 01/15/10: After Copenhagen, Getting Business into Green Tech
This was the fourth Investor Summit on Climate Risk, occurring after Copenhagen, before the U.S. Senate begins its real work on climate legislation this year and just as investors begin to climb out of the recession. Investors, especially large-scale institutional funds that need to worry about the long term, are ready to bet on cutting carbon — but impatient. More

The New York Times on 01/14/10: White House Will Press Ahead With Climate Bill, U.S. Negotiator Tells Investors
U.S. climate envoy Todd Stern today urged nations that signed the Copenhagen Accord to submit their greenhouse gas emissions-reduction targets and to hammer out details critical to implementing the broad agreement. More

CNBC (via UN Dispatch) on 01/14/10: Ted Turner and Sen Tim Wirth at the UN Today for Investors Summit on Climate Risk
Haiti has justifiably been taking up alot of energy and focus of the United Nations over the last two days. But it is worth noting that there has been a long scheduled meeting of entrepreneurs and investors concerned about climate change at the UN today.Earlier this morning, UN Foundation President Tim Wirth and Board Chair Ted Turner discussed both Haiti and today's summit on CNBC. Watch

The Guardian on 01/14/10: Investors urge governments to take immediate action on climate change
Over 450 investors controlling $13tn of assets yesterday urged world governments to pre-empt an international climate change treaty and take immediate action on global warming, or risk losing the opportunity to establish a clean and sustainable low-carbon economy. More

The Wall Street Journal on 01/14/10: Clean Economy Investors At UN Conference Seek Market Clarity
Investors representing $13 trillion in assets Thursday said they are eager to invest in a low-carbon economy, but they need the certainty and transparency of a legally binding agreement "with ambitious greenhouse gas emission-reduction targets." More

The 2010 Investor Summit on Climate Risk: Developing a Low-Carbon Economy, Leveraging Private Investment, is the first high-level forum for investors to meet and discuss the implications of the climate negotiations held in Copenhagen last December.

The 2010 Summit brought together 520 leading institutional investors and state treasurers – representing more than $22 trillion in assets along with corporate executives, financial services representatives and policymakers to consider the scale and urgency of climate change risks and to analyze emerging investment strategies and opportunities. The Summit explored how the rapid global shift to clean technologies and energy efficiency can stimulate economic growth, and highlights how investors can participate in the low-carbon transition.

The 2010 Summit builds on the groundbreaking success of the first three UN Investor Summits in 2003, 2005 and 2008. Hundreds of institutional investors and asset managers from around the world, representing trillions of dollars in assets, attended previous Summits.