Steve Solow Joins Climate Week NYC Panel on Financial Crime, Environmental Crime & Climate Change
On September 24, Steve joined colleagues across disciplines in New York for a dynamic discussion on an oft-overlooked topic: the link between financial crime laws, environmental crime, and climate change.
Andrew Lehren, an investigative journalist with global environmental media outlet Mongabay, moderated the panel, titled “Financial Crime, Environmental Crime and Climate Change – Unpacking the Connections, Exposing the Risks.” Steve had the pleasure of exchanging insights with Colins Black, Executive Director of the Center for Climate Crime Analysis; Julia Yansura, Program Director for Environmental Crime and Illicit Finance at the FACT Coalition; and Justyna Gudzowska, Executive Director of The Sentry.
Central to the event, which brought together experts, students, academics and philanthropists, was the question of how — and to what extent — financial crimes laws may be useful in addressing climate harms, including those resulting from highly complex criminal environmental activity. What does this look like in practice? Where to go from here?
The event was held at the NYU SPS’s Center for Global Affairs as part of the Climate Week NYC 2026 lineup, and hosted by professor David Donat Cattin in connection with his Climate Change and Human Rights course. It was organized by The Sentry, the Center for Climate Crime Analysis (CCCA), and the Financial Accountability and Corporate Transparency (FACT) Coalition.
