This event is sponsored by the Program on Environmental & Energy Law and the Business Law Program of American University, Washington, College of Law. This panel will provide an overview of the connection between the financial sector and environmental activism. This session will cover National obligations under the Paris Agreements and the mechanisms at play to meet those obligations. It will also cover new and innovative mechanisms to effectuate climate action such as litigation as a means of climate finance including the loss and damage fund. This session will include discussions of the intersection of equity and fairness in climate financing on an international level and the roles of the North and South in achieving a Just Energy Transition.