Andy Stevenson's Blog
About
- Bio:
I am a former hedge fund manager for two multi-billion dollar funds focused on investment opportunities in Asia and the US. Prior to that I was employed by a series of investment banks in London and Tokyo over a period of 14 years as a Japan specialist focused on risk arbitrage opportunities in the Japanese bond market.
My experience as an investor and frequent visitor to the halls of the Japanese Treasury during Japan’s “lost decade” has given me the rather dubious distinction of someone who has seen much of our current credit crisis before. Hopefully what I am writing about will be seen in that light as I try to make the case that the US needs a well directed recovery strategy in order to avoid the hard lessons learned by Japan from their 13 year recession.
I joined NRDC in Feb of 2008 as a Finance Advisor in the Center for Market Innovation as a way to become more involved in providing financial solutions to our climate problems. I am currently active in helping inform the debate surrounding cap and invest legislation with particular focus given to financial incentives to deploy CCS, auto re-tooling, industrial efficiency, and energy efficiency solutions to scale. I currently live in Darien, CT with my wife Pam and three kids, Joshua, Cole, and Luke.- Roots in:
- Birmingham Michigan
- Favorite place:
- Coast Mountains British Columbia
- Why "environmentalism" matters:
- The demands on the planet are unsustainable, and without a change in behavior we will be looking at a pretty grim future.
Recent Blog Posts
- Cleaner Cars to Drive Down our Gas Bills by 10% under Climate Bill (November 15, 2009)
- Americans are Dying to Support our Fossil Fuel Habit (October 26, 2009)
- Senate’s Climate Bill Puts Green Collar on Carbon (October 5, 2009)
- Climate Bill Could Dramatically Increase US Energy Security (September 18, 2009)
- Strong Regulation to Keep Carbon Markets Program Viable (September 15, 2009)
- API Climate Study Fails to Demonstrate Need to Increase Refiner Allocations (August 26, 2009)
- Sage Words on Climate: Buffett and the Butterfly Effect (August 23, 2009)
- Energy Reforms Critical for Assuring Carbon Markets (August 12, 2009)
- A Price Collar Won't Protect the Carbon Cap (July 28, 2009)
- 5 Reasons Why Trading Allowances Will Help Meet Our Climate Objectives (July 21, 2009)
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