Changement climatique : Le grand défi - Comment les économies émergentes pourraient-elles financer leur transition vers le Net Zero ?
Président
- Indermit Gill, économiste en chef et premier vice-président pour l'économie du développement, Groupe de la Banque mondiale
Présentateur
- Montek Singh Ahluwalia, ancien vice-président de la Commission de planification de l'Inde
Discutants
- Rim Berahab, économiste en chef, Policy Center for the New South (PCNS)
- Ingrid Gabriela Hoven, directrice générale, GIZ - Agence allemande de développement
- Lord Nicholas Stern, professeur et titulaire de la chaire IG Patel d'économie et de gouvernement, London School of Economics (LSE)
- Hasan Tuluy, associé principal, Centennial Group
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