When financial luminaries gathered at the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Glasgow last year, “net zero” was virtually the only issue. His then British Prime Minister and now Prime Minister, Rishi Sunak, spent a financial day at COP26, speaking of the need to create a financial center tailored to the net he zero. Former Bank of England Governor Mark Carney $130 trillion in assets Committed to net zero financing emissions. Also, European Central Bank Governor Frank Elderson said the central bank was ready to support the transition to net zero.

COP27, which opens next week in Sharm el-Sheikh, will require a broader conversation. That’s because bankers brought the net-zero message to Africa…