Last week marked the fifth anniversary of Climate Week, a global summit hosted by The Climate Group for leaders in the public and private sectors to come together and discuss the need for change to a low carbon economy. The American Security Project joined many of the movers and shakers at the forefront of the world’s transition to a low carbon economy which included Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair, Richard Branson, Dr. Kim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank, and Philip Ryan, Chair of Swiss Re (links to their respective speeches).

Watch as BGen Stephen Cheney, American Security Project CEO, delivers his address to the crowd at Climate Week:

The overriding theme of this year’s event was that businesses and governments are doing a poor job of managing the risk associated with climate change. The impacts of climate change will be far-reaching, affecting several industries which is why it makes sense to begin making investments mitigating those risks to offset bigger costs in the long run.

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