30 March 2016

Facing the Elements: Doing Business in the Age of Climate Risk

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Join the Center for Business and Public Policy on March 30 at 4:00 pm in the Deloitte Auditorium for a lecture on, “Facing the Elements: Doing Business in the Age of Climate Risk“.

We are bringing in Gernot Wagner, author of Climate Shock, on the economic consequences of climate change. After some brief remarks, there will be a panel discussion on thinking about climate risk from a business perspective. Panelists include: Jeffrey R. Brown, Josef and Margot Lakonishok Professor in Business and Dean; Don Fullerton, Gutgsell Professor in Finance and IGPA; Morton Lane, Director, Master of Science Financial Engineering.

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