Fudan-LSE Lecture Series No.17
TITLE:
Climate Change and Competitiveness
气候变化和竞争力
SPEAKER/主讲人:
HOST/主持人:
TIME/时间:
VENUE/地点:
Senior Specialist Wang Tao
Prof. Jing Yijia
12:00-13:30, Oct,21 2019.
Room 302, West Sub Building, Guanghua Towers
汪 滔 高级专家
敬乂嘉 教授
2019年10月21日12:00-13:30
光华楼西辅楼302室
THE SPEAKER
Wang Tao is Senior Climate Change and Environmental Specialist at the World Bank. Wang Tao brings his extensive knowledge and experience on climate change, green finance, and sustainable development. He led the development and implementation of the World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan and took leadership roles in several global climate funds, the latest being Director of Mitigation and Adaptation at the Green Climate Fund. Earlier in his career, he worked at Accenture, leading consulting engagements. He holds master’s degree in finance/financial engineering from University of California at Berkeley.
ABSTRACT
Climate change has increasingly become a defining challenge of our time. How would it affect the competitiveness of countries, sectors, and businesses? What measures should be undertaken to tackle it? Wang Tao will bring us his insights into the subject matter and present an overview of the World Bank’s Climate Change Action Plan.
