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Friday,
April 3, 2020
9:00am
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The
coronavirus pandemic is upending society in ways that
would have been hard to imagine just a few weeks ago.
First and foremost a health emergency, COVID-19 has also
hit economies like a global tsunami, closing national
borders, shuttering factories, slashing consumer demand
and slowing global trade. Workers and small businesses
are bearing the brunt of the economic
fallout.
With the pandemic triggering a global
economic slowdown, leaders are searching for ways to
stabilize impacted industries and shore up their
economies. The decisions they make now will have
long-lasting effects, so they must choose
wisely.
Join World
Resources Institute on Friday, April 3 at 9:00am ET for
the first in a series a virtual seminars about how
policymakers and leaders can design coronavirus stimulus
packages to create jobs and foster inclusive,
sustainable economic
growth.
WRI economists and
policy experts will share lessons from previous economic
stimulus packages, highlighting opportunities for
“shovel-ready,” job-creating, high-efficiency,
low-carbon infrastructure in China, United States,
Africa and elsewhere. Speakers will also explain the
negative consequences of propping up failing fossil fuel
projects that utilize outdated economic models and
past-century technologies, creating air pollution that
kills millions of people annually. Finally, our
panelists will discuss how it is essential that
governments not only jump-start their economies but also
protect citizens from major threats of all kinds,
including extreme weather events, rising sea levels, and
increased water risk driven by climate
change.
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- Manish
Bapna, Executive
Vice President and Managing Director
- Helen
Mountford, Vice
President, Climate & Economics
- Li
Fang,
Chief
Representative, WRI
China
- Dan
Lashof,
Director, WRI
United States
- Wanjira
Mathai,
Vice
President and Regional Director, WRI
Africa
- Lawrence
MacDonald,
Vice
President for Communications
(Moderator)
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10
G Street NE Suite 800
Washington, DC 20002,
USA
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