Sustainability Lecture with Jeffrey D. Sachs, 17 June: "Implementing the Paris Climate Agreement"
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JEFFREY D. SACHS IMPLEMENTING THE PARIS CLIMATE AGREEMENT The University of Copenhagen is proud to present a sustainability lecture on 17 June by the world-renowned professor of economics and leader in sustainable development, Jeffrey D. Sachs. He will talk on implementing the Paris Climate Agreement. Henrik Hansen, Professor at the Department of Economics, University of Copenhagen, will moderate the talk. Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He is the co-recipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He has twice been named among Time Magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders. He was called by the New York Times, “probably the most important economist in the world,” and by Time Magazine “the world’s best known economist.” A recent survey by The Economist Magazine ranked Professor Sachs as among the world’s three most influential living economists of the past decade. Professor Sachs serves as the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Sustainable Development Goals, and previously advised both UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals. He is Director of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network under the auspices of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. Professor Sachs is widely considered to be one of the world’s leading experts on economic development, global macroeconomics, and the fight against poverty. His work on ending poverty, overcoming macroeconomic instability, promoting economic growth, fighting hunger and disease, and promoting sustainable environmental practices, has taken him to more than 125 countries with more than 90 percent of the world’s population. For more than thirty years he has advised dozens of heads of state and governments on economic strategy, in the Americas, Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. When: 17 June 2016, 16:00-17:30 Where: Festsalen, Frue Plads 4, 1168 Copenhagen K Read more in the invitation below and on our website. Admission is free of charge, please make sure to sign up for the event. Welcome!
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