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Lessons from Bidenomics and the US Auto Strike, the British Steel Industry, and the Global South
30 April 2024, 5:30 pm鈥�7:00 pm
Join 果冻影院 IIPP for the next public talk in the Labour and Climate Change Lecture Series with Damon Silvers and explore four case studies looking at the interactions of government, labour parties and unions globally and the impact they have on effective climate change policy.
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果冻影院 Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose11 Montague StreetLondonWC1B 5BPUnited Kingdom
Watch this the second lecture in the Labour and Climate Change series will look at four case studies over the last two years鈥擯resident Biden鈥檚 massive climate-related public investment agenda and the response from US trade unions, the effort to decarbonise the British steel industry, the attempt to phase out the South African coal mining industry, and the effort by President Lula to decarbonise Brazil鈥檚 economy after years of climate denial under his predecessor. 听In each case, the interactions of government, labour parties, and labour unions provides lessons about what to do and not to do to fight climate change effectively, both in the developed and the developing world.
The lecture is presented by Professor听Damon Silvers
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About the Speaker
Professor Damon Silvers
Visiting Professor in Labour Markets and Innovation at 果冻影院 Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose
Professor Silvers was a member of the Biden-Harris Administration transition teams for Financial Regulatory Agencies and for the Treasury Department in 2020-2021, and served as the Deputy Chair of the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel for the Troubled Asset Relief Program, commonly known as the Bank Bailout, from 2008-2011. He has helped represent the U.S. labour movement at the UN COP, the OECD and the G-20 on numerous occasions, and has published extensively on financial regulation, labor law and public investment issues. Damon is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Newcastle.
Professor Silvers earned his Doctor of Laws from Harvard Law School with honors, his Masters of Business Administration from Harvard Business School with high honors and is a Baker Scholar, and received his bachelors degree from Harvard College with highest honors. He also read history at Kings College, Cambridge.
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