2nd Summer School on Sustainable finance
- sustainable finance | applied sciences | green economy | sustainable development
- Tuesday 1 September 2020, 10:15 - Thursday 3 September 2020, 20:30 (CEST)
Practical information
- When
- Tuesday 1 September 2020, 10:15 - Thursday 3 September 2020, 20:30 (CEST)
- Languages
- English
Description
Policymakers need to react to challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic.
This 2nd summer school intends to aid policymakers in creating stimulus packages, which also help to achieve climate and other environmental and societal policy goals.
Presentations
Presentations are available on the Summer School information page.
Programme and speakers
The event will feature both academic sessions and more policy-oriented lectures.
Confirmed speakers include:
- Adair Morse (University of California at Berkeley)
- Joeri Rogelj (Imperial College London and International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA))
- Nancy Saich (European Investment Bank)
- Martin Spolc (European Commission, Directorate-General for Financial Stability, Financial Services and Capital Markets Union)
Background
The challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic should not overshadow the goals of a more sustainable economy and society.
In this context, policymakers are called upon to design stimulus packages which also help to achieve climate and other environmental and societal policy goals.
To this end, we promote the development of
- policy-relevant research and
- science-based policies.
This research and policies intend to aid policymakers in creating stimulus packages which also help to achieve climate and other environmental and societal policy goals.
Contact
For more information, please email JRC-COPFIR
ec [dot] europa [dot] eu (subject: Enquiry%20on%20CoPFiR%20digital%20summer%20school%20on%20sustainable%20finance%2C%201-3%20September%202020) (JRC-COPFIR[at]ec[dot]europa[dot]eu).
Venue
Online, EU
