Keynote Speech delivered by Prof. Jeffrey D. Sachs on March 4, 2022 for the NERPS Hiroshima International Conference on Peace and Sustainability 2022 nerps.org/2022conference/
In this talk, he explained the failures of global cooperation, including climate change and the invasion of Ukraine, and their implications for peace and sustainability.
About the Speaker
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres. He spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, where he received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees. He has authored numerous bestseller books. His most recent book is The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020). Sachs was twice named as one of Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders and was ranked by The Economist among the top three most influential living economists.
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