Public Webinar on Climate and Development: New Research from the Journal of Globalization and Development

The biggest developmental challenge facing the world today is climate change. Keeping the world below the 1.5C threshold of global warming requires an end to rising emissions - and an unprecedented mobilization of resources and investment, particularly for countries that rely on fossil fuels as a major source of revenue.

How can countries pursue an energy transition without macroeconomic instability? How can spillover effects from climate change-related policies, like carbon border adjustment mechanisms, be adequately addressed? What would strong global coordination and support on climate change policies look like?

To date, there has been limited attention paid to the fiscal transition and spillover risks that the world is going to face in the coming decades. A new Special Issue on climate and development from the Journal of Globalization and Development (JGD) highlights the consequences of climate change on growth and debt sustainability, challenges posed by energy and fiscal transitions, and more.

On Wednesday, January 8 from 9:30-11:00AM ET, a webinar will showcase this new JGD Special Issue on Climate and Development, featuring authors from the issue and Joseph Stiglitz as moderator.

Speakers:

- Aasheerwad Dwivedi, Assistant Professor, University of Delhi; JGD Special Issue Editor

- Xiaobei He, Deputy Director, Macro and Green Finance Lab, National School of Development, Peking University; Member, Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF

- Daniel Titelman, Director, Economic Development Division, United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean; Member, Task Force on Climate, Development and the IMF

- Joseph E. Stiglitz (moderator), Co-President, Initiative for Policy Dialogue and University Professor, Columbia University