Event Summary

On March 19, AmCham Shanghai welcomed distinguished economist and international development advisor Jeffrey Sachs for a breakfast event at the J.W. Marriott Hotel. Sachs, who is Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University in New York and Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, shared his views on the U.S.-China relationship and the impact of China’s development on the environment.

Although he believes in gradual appreciation of the renminbi, Sachs is adamantly against labeling China a currency manipulator and the efforts of some in the U.S. Congress to force an appreciation of China's currency.

On the environment, Sachs praised China's dramatic economic development but noted that decisive action is needed to change the course of carbon emissions. Better incentives and regulation are needed and the United States and China must find better ways to work together to address the issue jointly.

Turn to the April 2010 issue of AmCham Shanghai's Insight magazine for an exclusive interview with Jeffrey Sachs.

Event Announcement

China-U.S. Cooperation on Building a Sustainable Future

You are invited to join AmCham Shanghai in welcoming economist Professor Jeffrey Sachs for breakfast on Friday, March 19 at the JW Marriott, Tomorrow Square.

In a recent article for the Guardian newspaper, Professor Sachs ended with these words:  “We need urgently to transform our energy, transport, food, industrial, and construction systems to reduce the dangerous human impact on the climate. It is our responsibility to listen, to understand the message, and then to act.”  Professor Sachs will discuss how working together and building a cooperative landscape both the U.S. and China can address the issues and accept the challenge that today’s environment demands.

About the Speaker:

Jeffrey D. Sachs is the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is also Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon. From 2002 to 2006, he was Director of the UN Millennium Project and Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the Millennium Development Goals, the internationally agreed goals to reduce extreme poverty, disease, and hunger by the year 2015. Sachs is also President and Co-Founder of Millennium Promise Alliance, a nonprofit organization aimed at ending extreme global poverty. He is widely considered to be the leading international economic advisor of his generation.  For a more complete profile, please click here.

Agenda:

8:00    Registration & Networking
8:30    Speech
9:30    Event ends

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