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Jeffrey D Sachs

Prof Jeffrey D Sachs is director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University and president of the United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network. He has served as adviser to three UN secretaries-general and currently serves as a Sustainable Development Goals advocate under António Guterres.

Fixing climate finance

Jeffrey D Sachs

Finance was at the heart of the COP26 rupture between developed and developing countries—it’s time for a new approach.

Germany, Greece, And The Future Of Europe

Jeffrey D Sachs

I have been helping countries to overcome financial crises for 30 years, and have studied the economic crises of the twentieth century as background to

The Price Of Scottish Independence

Jeffrey D Sachs

Though the world’s eyes now are on Scotland’s referendum on independence from the United Kingdom, Scotland is not alone in seeking to redraw national boundaries.