Finance And Sustainable Development - Opposition Or Partnership ? - Lasry Jean-Michel

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Résumé :
Public opinion often perceives economic and financial considerations 'as antithetical to environmental concerns. Is this opposition inevitable or can it be overcome? Is it not possible, or indeed essential, to reconcile these two major trends of the century, on the one hand economic development and growth, and on the other the continued viability of the planet and its resources?. Economic analysis of environmental problems has made considerable progress in recent decades. Growing concern about sustainable development, and more particularly environmental and climate change, have given emphasis to this body of research. At a time when sustainable development has entered an action phase, this book aims to provide readers with most of the material on these issues presented by the outstanding participants in the Overview II conference "Finance and sustainable development: opposition or partnership". lt seeks to contribute to an understanding of issues for which, despite the urgency, a short-term decision agenda cannot be specified without a clear and sound grasp of long-term concerns

Biographie:
Sir Nicholas Stern, Professor at the London School of Economics, "The Economic Analysis of Environmental Risks ". Roger Guesnerie, Professor at Collège de France, "The Economic Design of Climate Institutions and Policies ". Professor Edmund Phelps, winner of the 2006 Nobel Prize for Economics, "Hom- Should Economists Mode/ The Future? ". François Bourguignon, Director of the Paris School of Economics, "The Role of International Institutions".Workshop on "Climate Change and Insurance ", chaired by Denis Kessler, CEO of SCOR. Workshop on "Marine Biodiversity ", chaired by Bernard Fautrier, Vice-President and CEO of the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation. Workshop on "Energy ", chaired by Pierre-Louis Lions, Professor at Collège de France and Fields Medal winner