New Approaches to Financing Loss and Damage
Oxford Climate Research Network presents a talk and Q&A with world-renowned economics professor Jeffrey Sachs.
When? Monday 21st October 2024, 13:30 – 15:00
Where? Lecture Theatre, Department of Economics, Manor Road Building, Manor Road, Oxford
Topic: New Approaches to Financing Loss and Damage
Tickets: This event is not ticketed. Attendees will be admitted on a first come, first serve basis, so we recommend arriving in plenty of time to secure entry.
Abstract: TBC
Speaker Bio: Professor Jeffrey Sachs is widely recognized for bold and effective strategies to address complex challenges including the escape from extreme poverty, the global battle against human-induced climate change, international debt and financial crises, national economic reforms, and the control of pandemic and epidemic diseases.
Prof Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General António Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18).
Date:
21 October 2024, 13:30
Venue:
Manor Road Building, Manor Road OX1 3UQ
Venue Details:
Lecture Theatre, Department of Economics
Speaker:
Prof Jeffrey Sachs (Columbia University)
Organising department:
Oxford University Climate Research Network
Organiser:
Oxford Climate Research Network
Organiser contact email address:
ocrn@earth.ox.ac.uk
Booking required?:
Not required
Audience:
Members of the University only
Editor:
Heather Waller
