Watch the Recordings 

The FIU Environment Forum is an annual event. This year, the event included eleven sessions. Last year's Forum, the Climate Finance Forum, included six sessions. These video recordings of the events cover a range of topics related to environmental science, policy, finance, and more. 

• 2023 FIU Environment Forum

  The Environmental Finance and Risk Management Program (EFRM) of Florida International University’s world-renowned Institute of Environment hosted a two-day forum at the main campus of FIU in Miami, FL on March 9-10th 2023 at the FIU College of Law – Courtroom – Rafael Diaz Balart Hall 1000. The theme of the forum was Science and Public Choice. 

  Session 1: Welcome Remarks 

  Prof. Mario Loyola, FIU Institute of Environment, FIU College of Law
  Dean Antony Page, FIU College of Law

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  Session 2: Financial Engineering and Environmental Data Analytics

  Prof. Mike Sukop, FIU Dept. of Earth and Environment
  Dan Krekelberg, Policy Director, The Climate Registry      
  Prof. Enrique Villamor, FIU Dept. of Mathematics
  Moderator: Prof. Pablo Olivares, Toronto Metropolitan Univ. Dept. of Mathematics

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  Session 3: Climate at the United Nations: Science, Policy, and Diplomacy

  Prof. Tiffany Troxler, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
  Prof. Hugh Willoughby, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
  Dr. Henri Schneider, CEO, Swiss Federation of Small and Medium Enterprises
  Prof. Matthew Burgess, University of Colorado Boulder Dept. of Environmental Studies
  Moderator: Prof. Mario Loyola, FIU Institute of Environment, FIU College of Law 

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  Session 4: A Conversation with Melissa Roberts, Executive Director, American Flood Coalition

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  Session 5: Endangered Species Act at 50

  Prof. Jonathan Adler, Case-Western University Law School
  Prof. Alex Erwin, FIU College of Law

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  Session 6: Biodiversity Protection, Property Rights, and ESA Reform

  Prof. Mike Ross, FIU Dept. of Earth & Environment
  Dr. Steve Davis, Everglades Foundation
  Prof. Dominic Parker, University of Wisconsin-Madison Dept. of Economics
  Prof. Nancy McLaughlin, University of Utah College of Law
  Moderator: Prof. Mario Loyola, FIU Institute of Environment, FIU College of Law

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  Session 7: Sustainable Energy: Obstacles and Opportunities

  Prof. James Coleman, Southern Methodist University School of Law
  Prof. David Adelman, University of Texas School of Law
  Michael Buschbacher, Boyden Gray and Associates
  Karen Hanley, Permitting Institute
  Moderator: Prof. Mario Loyola, FIU Institute of Environment, FIU College of Law

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  Session 8: Special Presentation: Silvio Pupo-Casco, Logos Capital, “The Promise of High-Tech Innovation”

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  Session 9: Environmental Justice, CBA, and the OIRA Regulatory Process

  Michael Fitzpatrick, Brunswick Group, Former Deputy Head of OIRA
  Prof. Abigail Flemming, University of Miami Environmental Justice Clinic
  Prof. Max Sarinsky, New York University School of Law
  Joanne Spalding, Chief Climate Counsel, Sierra Club
  Dr. Richard Belzer, Consultant, Former Chief Economist, OIRA
  Moderator: Paul Ray, Heritage Foundation

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  Session 10: ESG Investing: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly

  Richard Morrison, Senior Fellow, Competitive Enterprise Institute      
  Prof. Flavio Carrillo, FIU Dept. of Finance
  Prof. Max Schanzenbach, Northwestern University Law School
  Alex Moreira, Aska Impact
  Moderator: Prof. Luis Seco, University of Toronto Dept. of Mathematics

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  Inaugural VoLo Foundation Lecture

  A Conversation with Bret Stephens, Pulitzer Prize winning New York Times Columnist: “Science, Free Speech, and Public Choice”

• 2022 Climate Finance Forum

  In 2022, the Environmental Finance and Risk Management Program hosted a full-day forum, the Climate Finance Forum, at FIU's main campus on May 13, 2022. The theme of the forum, Financial Innovation in Climate Policy, is the main focus of the EFRM program, which was launched in 2020 to explore the intersection of mathematical finance and climate risk.  The forum also introduced FIU’s new graduate certificate in Quantitative Environmental Finance.
  
  

  Welcome Remarks and Session 1: The Threat to South Florida's Urban Environment

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  Session 2: Panel on The Future of Property Insurance

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  Session 3: A Conversation with Prof. Philip K. Stoddard

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  Session 4: Financial Innovation and Climate Policy and Session 5: Florida Wildlife Corridor

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  Session 6: How AI and Big Data Can Improve ESG