As a part of Climate Week in New York City, Swiss Re and The Climate Group hosted the panel Risk and Resiliency: Risk Transfer & Adaptation in Emerging Economies. Swiss Re is one of the world’s largest and most diversified reinsurers. According to Swiss Re, the economic effects of current climate impacts can amount to [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Matt de la Houssaye’
Climate Week NYC: Parametric Insurance for Climate Change Related Losses
September 24th, 2010 
Matt de la Houssaye 
Posted in Behavior, Business, Conferences, Economics, Policy, Sustainable Development 
Tags: Carbon Dioxide, Climate Change, Environment, Matt de la Houssaye 
No Comments »Agriculture 2.0 Conference: Fertile Ground for Investment
September 15th, 2010 Matt de la Houssaye This post was written by Matt de la Houssaye, 2nd Green Revolution’s New York City Associate. He attended the event yesterday September 14th. For the third time in less than a year, investors and entrepreneurs met for an Agriculture 2.0 Conference, this time in New York City. The goal of the event was to foster growth [...]
2nd Green Revolution Covering Agriculture 2.0 Conference
September 13th, 2010 Eric Wilson Tomorrow, September 14th, in New York City, Agriculture 2.0 will host a Global Investment Conference. According to their website, “Agriculture 2.0 is conceived and produced by NewSeed Advisors, an integrated investment banking and management consulting practice for sustainable agriculture ventures ranging from start-ups establishing their business to growth-stage companies seeking strategic partnerships.” Matt de la [...]
Guest Post: Sustainability 365, From Young Until Old
March 21st, 2010 Matt de la Houssaye by Matt de la Houssaye Sustainability grows each year. While there have been some setbacks, organic food, renewable energy and other areas have grown by leaps and bounds since I entered this field in the late 1990s. After experiencing so much growth in the sustainability field, economic recession forces many of us to re-think and [...]
