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Risk Management: Social, Economic, Ecological

Risk Management: Social, Economic, Ecological. Yehuda Kahane, PhD Head, Akirov Institute for Business & Environment Tel Aviv University, Israel. Give me a Place to Stand & I can Move the Earth. Archimedes. Paradigm Shift. Exponential Growth When Doubling Doubles.

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Risk Management: Social, Economic, Ecological

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  1. Risk Management:Social, Economic, Ecological Yehuda Kahane, PhD Head, Akirov Institute for Business & Environment Tel Aviv University, Israel

  2. Give me a Place to Stand & I can Move the Earth Archimedes

  3. Paradigm Shift

  4. Exponential Growth When Doubling Doubles The famous “hockey stick” graph – constant, long term rate of change that creates dramatic level of change in the last stages of the process:

  5. Social

  6. Economic

  7. Environmental

  8. A Perfect Storm

  9. Environmental Challenges = Great Economic Challenges Destruction of the Essential Ecosystem Global Climate Change Loss of Biodiversity “Humans are the most dangerous animal in the zoo.” Yann Martel

  10. Can’t We Just Borrow?

  11. What does the Invisible Hand do Now?

  12. How We Got Here Doesn’t Matter

  13. Capitalism • Narrow View (Cradle to Grave) Land, Capital, Labor • Broad View (Cradle to Cradle) Land, Capital, Labor + Information + Technology + Renewable Resources + Preservation

  14. Nobody can do everythingEverybody can do something OECD Well-Being Indicators

  15. 3 Points of View • What problem / there is no problem • It is not MY problem… • Somebody else should fix it (Governments/NGOs/Bill Gates?) • I am part of OUR problem • What can I do?

  16. If this is OUR problem, what do WE do next & what can I do now? Step 1: Be Curious

  17. Reboot – Applied Technology ReLook ReLearn ReThink ReDesign ReStart

  18. Insurance & Financial Sectors • Most sustainable investment projects are long term • They perfectly meet the needs of pension funds • Focus on Investments that are supporting the Reboot processes around the world • Investing in “non-green” could, retroactively, be disastrous to the lender • We need to remove obstacles • We must develop new indices

  19. The Best Time to Act is Now

  20. Remember This Guy?

  21. I am only One

  22. “You don’t drown by falling in the water. You drown by staying there.” Edwin Louis Cole

  23. “We pledge to help make the Earth a secure & hospitable home for present and future generations.” 1992 Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit

  24. Thank You! Stay Connected: Kahane@Reboot-Humanity.com + 972-54-455-7137 Learn More: www.Reboot-Humanity.com

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