Jeffrey D. Sachs
Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
Jeffrey D. Sachs
Keynote Speaker
Director of the Center for Sustainable Development, Columbia University
- AffiliationColumbia University
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Biography
Jeffrey D. Sachs is Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also the Director of the UN's Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and a commissioner of the UN's Broadband Commission for Development. He has been an advisor to three UN Secretaries General, and currently serves as a Sustainable Development Goals Advocate under UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres. He is the author of several books including The Ages of Globalization (2020), The Age of Sustainable Development (2015), and The End of Poverty (2005).