Paul DeNoon is a Senior Advisor to the Columbia Climate School, which he joined after a 35-year career as an analyst, portfolio manager, and leader in corporate responsibility in the asset management industry.  He has witnessed the good, bad, and ugly of the financial markets. At the Climate School he works on creating pro-active training engagements with the private sector around the why, what, and how of addressing climate change. Additionally, he researches and lectures on net-zero, the carbon markets, and climate finance. He wants to inject healthy skepticism into the debate on how financial markets can help address the climate emergency. During a 28-year career at Alliance Bernstein, he built the firm’s efforts in emerging market debt and lead a team that invested in all sectors of the global fixed-income market. After being named to the firm’s first Partner Class, he was asked to oversee the firmwide efforts in corporate responsibility, including Diversity & Inclusion, responsible investing, and corporate philanthropy. In that role he played an instrumental part in creating the partnership between Columbia and Alliance Bernstein, which lead to his former firm becoming a founding supporter of the Climate School. He received a BA in Economics from Union College and MBA from the New York University Stern School of Business.