Thursday, March 27 at 2:00 pm THE GLOBAL FACILITY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION & RECOVERY INVITES YOU TO 
Thursday, March 27, 2008 2PM PrestonAuditorium 1818 H Street NW For non Bank staff, please RSVP to "oapodaca@worldbank.org" coffee & cookies @ 1:30PM | 60 MINUTES WITH NOBEL LAUREATE KENNETH J. ARROW NO, not on SOCIAL WELFARE THEORY NO, not on INFORMATION ECONOMICS NO, not even on ARROW’S IMPOSSIBILITY THEOREM ...but on... "CLIMATE CHANGE & DEEP-FUTURE DISASTERS: DISCOUNTING A LONG & HIGHLY UNCERTAIN FUTURE" Ken Arrow is a giant among giants in the field of economics. In a profession that attempts to quantify everything - even life - his impact will always remain unquantifiable. Please mark your calendar for this rare and special occasion. |
PRESENTED BY Kenneth J. Arrow 1972 Nobel Prize Laureate in Economics, Professor Emeritus, Stanford University KENNETH ARROW has been intimately engaged in the global climate change debate for decades. He was an original drafter of the 1997 "Economist’s Statement on Global Warming," signed by 10 Nobel Laureates. His 2007 article in the Berkeley Electronic Press, "Global Climate Change: A Challenge to Policy", explains why we need to limit global warming even if the Stern Report..."improperly fails to discount for either uncertainty or futurity." Indeed, with his incisive insights and ingenious thinking, Professor Arrow continues to shape current thinking on climate change policy. INTRODUCED BY Apurva Sanghi Senior Economist, GFDRR, World Bank APURVA SANGHI is leading the upcoming joint World Bank -- UN Assessment on the economics of disasters. One theme the Assessment intends examining is the economics of deep future, climate-induced mega disasters, in which discounting and uncertainty will be two key considerations. This event is part of a series designed to contribute ideas by prominent individuals such as Kenneth Arrow, Richard Posner, Thomas Schelling, John Seo, Martin Weitzman, and others on selected themes of the Assessment. For information and details about the Assessment, please contact asanghi@worldbank.org, and for the event oapodaca@worldbank.org ____________________________________________________________________ About the Global Facility for Disaster Reduction & Recovery (GFDRR) GFDRR was established to help developing countries enhance their capacity for disaster prevention, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery. Launched in September 2006, GFDRR responds to a call from the international community to accelerate the Hyogo Framework for Action, the global blueprint for disaster risk reduction efforts. GFDRR is a unique long-term partnership of the World Bank, the UN, Australia, Canada, Denmark, European Commission, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, UK, and the USA. |
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