In partnership with SIPA, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York will host the third annual Environmental Economics and Policy Conference. The event will feature a keynote presentation from Solomon Hsiang, Professor of Global Environmental Policy at the Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability and director of the Global Policy Laboratory at Stanford University; academic paper presentations; and panel discussions with expert practitioners exploring environment-related dimensions and innovations in insurance and non-financial markets. 

Conflict, climate extremes, and COVID-19 have disrupted food production and supply chains, leading to unprecedented global hunger, with 735 million people affected. The Food for Humanity Initiative, Climate School’s inaugural program on food systems, harnesses university expertise from various fields to address these challenges. This one-day event, timed before the UN Summit of the Future and Climate Week in NYC, brings together scholars, practitioners, and organizations to forge new partnerships for food system transformation.

EALAC & SIPA Alum, CAA boardmember, co-founder of Vietbridge Capital, partner at the hedge fund HDH Capital Advisors, and former Executive Director at Goldman Sachs in New York and Hong Kong, Peter Mach discusses the importance of Liberal Arts Education and the relevance of focusing on East Asia in the contemporary world. 

Relying on unique survey data collected in the months prior to Russia’s war in Ukraine, Regina Smyth will address the debates over the Russian values project, the types of conservatism expressed by citizens, the congruence between values and state messaging, the ideological structure of Russian society, and finally, the causal links between values and political participation.

Learn about the impact of Bank of Japan (BOJ) policies, such as quantitative and qualitative monetary easing and yield curve control, have had on the Japanese and foreign money markets. Lunch will be provided. 

As part of Columbia University's Fall 2024 Development Workshop, Matthew Alampy Davis will present a job market paper "Climate inequality" at the Development Seminar.