Opening Remarks: NYC Comptroller Brad Lander

The New Climate Fiduciaries Colloquium was held on February 21, 2025, at Columbia Law School, hosted by the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law and the Millstein Center for Global Markets and Corporate Ownership, in partnership with the European Corporate Governance Institute.

NYC Comptroller Brad Lander’s opening remarks set the tone. Representing New York City’s $280 billion in pension assets, Lander framed climate change not as an ethical dilemma, but as a material, systemic, and financial threat.