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Climate Disasters and the Green New Deal, September 3, 5-9 pm, New York, NY
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The increasing frequency and severity of climate disasters around the globe is a great challenge for society, academics, and policy makers. To mitigate climate change, members of Congress have proposed a Green New Deal -- a host of economic policies aimed at tackling climate change from the creation of sustainable jobs to pollution reduction.
Join SCEPA for a presentation, workshop, and panel discussion on climate disasters and the Green New Deal featuring:
The Schwartz Center for Economic Policy Analysis (SCEPA) is the economic research arm of The New School for Social Research. Each year the center hosts economic policy workshops, publishes topical policy notes, and sponsors newsworthy lectures by top economists and financial leaders. These activities influence key national and international policy debates and help advance the best aims of economic justice.
Professor Claudia Kemfert is an expert on energy economics and sustainability at Berlin's Hertie School of Governance and head of the department of Energy, Transportation and Environment at the German Institute of Economic Research. She is a well-known expert on the transformation of the energy system in Europe.
Professor Bob Kopp is a climate scientist, geobiologist, and climate policy scholar, who serves at Rutgers University as Director of the Institute of Earth, Ocean & Atmospheric Sciences and as a professor in the Department of Earth & Planetary Sciences. He is a coauthor of a recent report on US climate disasters and their economic and social costs.
Professor Stefan Mittnik is a German economist, currently holds the Chair of Financial Econometrics at the Ludwig Maximilians University of Munich. He is a fellow of the Center for Financial Studies, Frankfurt,, and known for his work on financial disasters, financial market-real economy linkages, and the empirics of climate disaster risks.
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