--- title: Frank Elderson: TIME100 Climate 2024 description: Find out why Frank Elderson was selected for the list. canonical: https://time.com/collections/time100-climate-2024/7172411/frank-elderson/ article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2024-11-12T11:25:19.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-04T07:24:43.634Z article:section: Climate og:title: TIME100 Climate 2024: Frank Elderson og:description: Find out why Frank Elderson made the 2024 TIME100 Climate list og:url: https://time.com/collections/time100-climate-2024/7172411/frank-elderson/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4f990f6c8c0224e/698a9c0818689237f06cf355/Catalysts_Frank_Elderson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME100 Climate 2024: Frank Elderson og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: TIME100 Climate 2024: Frank Elderson twitter:description: Find out why Frank Elderson made the 2024 TIME100 Climate list twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blta4f990f6c8c0224e/698a9c0818689237f06cf355/Catalysts_Frank_Elderson.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 --- Nov 12, 2024 # Frank Elderson > Sponsored content. 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Terms and conditions apply. * Savings buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Savings Account. * No ATM fees from Ally Bank at Allpoint and Moneypass ATMs plus we reimburse for fees charged by other ATM owners nationwide up to $10 per statement cycle. * Early direct deposit offers eligible direct deposits up to two days sooner. * Spending buckets are a feature of Ally Bank's Spending Account. ## Video: See Everyone on the TIME100 Climate List [Watch (HLS stream): See Everyone on the TIME100 Climate List](https://cdn.jwplayer.com/manifests/bAE3wfZz.m3u8) (1:53)  _Published 2024-11-11. See Everyone on the TIME100 Climate List_ by [TIME Staff](https://time.com/author/time-staff/) ## TIME Staff  Photo-Illustration by TIME (Source Image: Courtesy Frank Elderson) _Frank Elderson authored a groundbreaking 2023_ [_report_](https://www.ecb.europa.eu/press/blog/date/2023/html/ecb.blog230608~5cffb7c349.en.html) _from the European Central Bank that found the majority of EU companies and banks will incur significant financial risk if natural ecosystems collapse due to climate change and biodiversity loss. These findings helped strengthen the business case for Europe’s landmark_ [_Nature Restoration Law_](https://environment.ec.europa.eu/news/nature-restoration-law-enters-force-2024-08-15%5Fen)_, which came into effect in August._ **What is the single most important action you think the public, or a specific company or government (other than your own), needs to take in the next year to advance the climate agenda?** Companies, banks, and policymakers need to future-proof themselves as our economy transitions towards meeting climate and nature goals. They need to manage the risks from the climate and nature crises and the green transition. The best way to achieve this vitally important goal is through credible and reliable transition planning. Transition plans make the path to climate neutrality orderly and predictable, marking it out with clear, measurable milestones and helping governments, businesses, and banks plan ahead and stay on track. Rigorous transition planning transforms a daunting task into concrete, manageable and, crucially, enforceable steps. And it is particularly urgent because, at the European Central Bank, our analysis shows that investing in the transition now will significantly reduce the risks and costs for households and firms later. **What’s one sustainability effort you personally will try to adopt in the next year, and why?** At the ECB, as part of our multi-year agenda for banking supervision, we will take further steps to make sure that the banks we supervise directly – which have total assets of over €26 trillion – fully account for climate and nature-related risks in their strategies and risk management. Banks that do not will receive binding requirements and could face penalty payments. Supervisors can no longer allow banks to fail to account for the risks of the unfolding climate and nature crises. The ECB does not accept this and will actively enforce compliance. **If you could stand up and talk to world leaders at the next U.N. climate conference, what would you say?** If you destroy nature, you destroy the economy. Global finance needs nature to survive. Our analysis shows that the economy depends critically on nature: Seventy-two percent of non-financial businesses in the euro area would experience significant economic problems as a result of ecosystem degradation because of their dependence on ecosystem services. If these businesses run into trouble, so will the banks that finance them. 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