Nov 24, 2020
The overarching theme of the Online Tylösand Summit 2020 is Climate Change. This session focuses on the impact and cost of climate change and what policy conclusions that can be drawn based on this knowledge.
Michael Greenstone
Professor of Economics at the University of Chicago and Director of
the Becker Friedman Institute and the Energy Policy Institute at
the University of Chicago. Greenstone previously served as the
Chief Economist for President Obama’s Council of Economic Advisers,
where he co-led the development of the United States Government’s
social cost of carbon. He is also a Co-Director of the Climate
Impact Lab, producing empirically grounded estimates of the local
and global impact of climate change.
John Hassler
Professor of Economics at the Institute for International Economic
Studies at Stockholm University. Hassler serves as a Member of The
Committee for the Sveriges Riksbank Prize in Economic Sciences in
Memory of Alfred Nobel and as a Board Member of Stockholm
Resilience Centre. He was previously the Chair of the Swedish
Fiscal Policy Council, as well as the Chair and Co-author of the
SNS Economic Policy Council Report 2020 “Swedish Policy for Global
Climate”.
Lena Hök
Senior Vice President Sustainability at Skanska Group. Hök
previously served as Head of Sustainability at Skandia Norden. She
is the Chair of the Sustainability Committee at ICC Sweden and
serves on the board of the Swedish International Development
Cooperation Agency (Sida) as well as on the board of BoKlok.
Moderator: Mia Horn af Rantzien, CEO, SNS.