Join us for a lecture with Jeffrey D. Sachs, Ph.D., a world-renowned economics professor, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development. He is widely recognized for bold and effective strategies to address complex challenges, including the escape from extreme poverty, the global battle against human-induced climate change, international debt and financial crises, national economic reforms, and the control of pandemic and epidemic diseases.
Sachs serves as the director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of university professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs held the position of director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is president of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, chair of the Lancet COVID-19 Commission, co-chair of the UN Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor of Sustainable Development at Sunway University, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, and an SDG Advocate for UN Secretary-General António Guterres. From 2001 to 2018, Sachs served as special adviser to UN Secretaries-General Kofi Annan (2001 to 2007), Ban Ki-moon (2008 to 2016), and António Guterres (2017 to 2018).
This event is open to alumni, faculty/staff, parents, students, and the public.