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Julie Segal
Environmental Defence Canada
Program Lead, Climate Finance
Description
Julie Segal leads a climate finance policy program at Environmental Defence Canada, where she advances climate-related financial policy and regulation. She is a Visiting Fellow at the London School of Economics Grantham Research Institute.
She previously managed a portfolio of impact investments at the McConnell Foundation, where she invested in projects with positive impacts for Indigenous reconciliation and a just climate transition. She has won national and global awards for her work integrating environmental justice into sustainable finance, including winning First Prize Paper in the Ethics & Trust in Finance Global Prize. She writes about climate finance in the media, contributes to youth- and community-led environmental groups, and advises foundations on strategies for impact investing. She is a member of the advisory committee for Bill S-243, the Climate-Aligned Finance Act, and for the Quebec government’s sustainable finance roadmap. Julie completed a Bachelor of Commerce at McGill University.
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