COVID-19 and Climate: Economic Impacts (livestream)

COVID-19 AND CLIMATE: ECONOMIC IMPACTS

When: WED, APR 15 @ 12:00 PM PT

Where: Online via livestream (FREE, RSVP at link below)

The COVID-19 recession is unfolding at historic speed and depth. New jobless claims reached 10 million in just two weeks, a record pace. Wall Street’s fear gauge closed at an all-time high in mid-March.

Environmentally, though, the shutdown has come with some temporary benefits—decreased travel, cleaner water and a plunging demand for oil. But crashing the economy isn’t exactly a climate solution.

How will the coronavirus recession reshape the economy and prospects for addressing climate in a post-pandemic world? How does this economic crisis compare to others in history?

SPEAKERS PANAL:

Kathleen Day
Finance Lecturer, Johns Hopkins University; Author, "Broken Bargain: Banks, Bailouts, and the Struggle to Tame Wall Street"

Amy Jaffe
Senior Fellow, Council on Foreign Relations

Matt Rogers
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Company

HOST:

Greg Dalton
Founder and Host, Climate One

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