Some of the world's leading economists, including Jeffrey Sachs and Sir Partha Dasgupta, will join over 340 CEOs, ministers and sustainable development experts to find ways of fighting inequalities and environmental degradation by improving our economic systems.
This will be the second conference of the Partnership of Action on Green Economy – a joint initiative of five UN agencies and 11 countries. In a series of Davos-style debates, the speakers will look at the root economic causes of growing inequalities, populism and climate change, and ways to remediate them.
27-28 March, Hotel Scandic, Berlin Potsdamer Platz
SPEAKERS
Erik Solheim – Head of UN Environment
Barbara Hendricks – Minister of Environment, Nature Conservation, Building and Nuclear Safety, Germany
Jeffrey Sachs – Director of Earth Institute, Columbia University
Sir Partha Dasgupta – Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge
Pavan Sukhdev – Economist, UN Environment Goodwill Ambassador
Frank Appel – CEO of Deutsche Post DHL Group
Jürgen Heraeus – Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Heraeus Holding, Chairman of B20
Winnie Byanyima – Executive Director of Oxfam International
Full list of speakers available here
HIGHLIGHTS
Sunday, 26 March, 18:00 "Whose Prosperity?" – an Oxford-style debate featuring Jeffrey Sachs, Oxfam International Chief Winnie Byanyima, South Africa Environment Minister Edna Molewa, B20 Chairman Jürgen Heraeus, UN Assistant Secretary-General Elliot Harris
Monday 27 March, 09:00 Opening and keynote messages by UN Environment Head Erik Solheim and German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks
Monday, 27 March, 10:30 Media briefing featuring UN Environment Head Erik Solheim, German Environment Minister Barbara Hendricks and South Africa Environment Minister Edna Molewa
Full agenda available here
For more information and to arrange interviews, please contact:
Chiara Moroni, 0041 779428383, chiara.moroni@unep.org
Elise Beacon, 0041 762565618, elise.beacom.affiliate@unep.org
