26th Annual Conference of the EAERE | Policy Session: Transformative investment for an inclusive, green and digital recovery from COVID 19 pandemic: Lancet COVID19 commission and UN SDSN European Green Deal Report

On the 23rd of June Prof. Koundouri as president-elect of EAERE, chaired the Policy Session “Transformative investment for an inclusive, green and digital recovery from COVID 19 pandemic: Lancet COVID19 commission and UN SDSN European Green Deal Report” at the 26th Annual Conference of the EAERE which was held from June 23 - June 26, 2021.

The conference was organized by Technische Universität Berlin (TU Berlin) and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin (HU Berlin). The conference was supported by the wider Berlin research community in environmental and resource economics, most notably by the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW Berlin), and Mercator Research Institute on Global Commons and Climate Change (MCC). The organization of the conference was also supported by the Berlin Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI).

23/6/2021

13:30-15:30

Policy Session: Transformative investment for an inclusive, green and digital recovery from COVID 19 pandemic: Lancet COVID19 commission and UN SDSN European Green Deal Report

The session aims to present and discuss the results of two reports, one global and one European Report, which focus on “a green recovery from COVID 19 pandemic”:
1. The first and second statement and the forthcoming final statement of the “Lancet COVID-19 Commission: Transformative investment for an inclusive green and digital society”
2. The United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network (UN SDSN https://www.unsdsn.org/) Senior Working Group (SWG) Report on: “European Transformations for the Jointed Implementation of Agenda 2030, the Sustainable Development Goals and the European Green Deal: A Green and Digital, Job-Based and Inclusive Recovery from COVID-19 Pandemic”

Organizers and Participants:
Prof. Phoebe Koundouri (Chair)
Prof. Jeffrey Sachs, Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University,  President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network
Prof. Vitor Gaspar, Director of the Fiscal Affairs Department of the International Monetary Fund

Participants:
Prof. Ian Bateman, Professor of Environmental Economics, Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) and Director of the South West Partnership for Environment & Economic Prosperity (SWEEP).
Guillaume Lafortune, Director of SDSN Paris,

Dr. Carlo Papa, Managing Director of Enel Foundation

Learn more: http://www.eaere-conferences.org/index.php?p=249