15 September 2021

New Summits

Project Syndicate Panel Discussion and Q&A with International Media

15 September 2021
13:00 UTC (9:00 am New York time) Helen Clark, Former Prime Minister of New Zealand

13:05 UTC "The New Green Economics"
The unprecedented scale and urgency of the climate crisis has led many economists to question long-held assumptions and demand new thinking. How should the discipline evolve to account for today’s climatic and ecological realities?

Panel Discussion and Q&A with International Media:
Daron Acemoglu, Professor of Economics at MIT
Ann Pettifor, Director of Policy Research in Macroeconomics (PRIME)
Mamphela Remphele, Co-President of the Club of Rome, Co-Founder of ReimagineSA
Gernot Wagner, Clinical Associate Professor of Environmental Studies at NYU

13:50 Hailemariam Desalegn, Former Prime Minister of Ethiopia

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