Learn from four economists who are leading national and global discussions about the economic damages of climate change and the policies that can help us prepare for its effects.

All events take place from 7–8:15 p.m. in the Vollum College Center lecture hall. 

September 10: Solomon Hsiang
Professor of Global Environmental Policy at Stanford Doerr School of Sustainability, co-founder of the Climate Impact Lab, and a National Geographic Explorer
"The Global Economic Impact of Climate Change: An Empirical Perspective"

September 24: Charles D. Kolstad
Energy and Environmental Economist, Former President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, and a Distinguished Professor of Economics emeritus at Stanford University
“Climate Action in Retreat? Historical Lessons on the Power of Regulation”

October 29: Carolyn Kousky
Founder of Insurance for Good, Associate Vice President for Economics and Policy at Environmental Defense Fund, and a Senior Fellow at the Kleinman Center for Energy Policy at the University of Pennsylvania
"The Future of Insurance in a Warming World"

November 11: Edward Miguel
Distinguished Professor of Economics, the Oxfam Professor of Environmental and Resource Economics, and Faculty co-Director of the Center for Effective Global Action at the University of California, Berkeley
"The Climate-Conflict Nexus and Africa's Economic Future"

Sponsored by the Walter Krause Economics Lecture Fund, the Reed College Economics Department, and the Reed College Environmental Studies Program. Free and open to the public.