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JEFFREY SACHS

Global Authority on Economic and Sustainable Development

Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed the Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016
He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development
Academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican
He has been Special Advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary General António Guterres
His recent awards include the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, the Legion of Honor by decree of the President of the Republic of France, and the Order of the Cross from the President of Estonia.
Featured twice by TIME Magazine among the 100 most influential people in the world and has received 42 honorary degrees
Author of numerous books, including three New York Times bestsellers: "The End of Poverty", "Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet", "and The Price of Civilization"

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned economist, bestselling author, innovative educator, and global leader in sustainable development. He is widely recognized for bold and effective strategies to address complex challenges including the escape from extreme poverty, the global battle against human-induced climate change, international debt and financial crises, national economic reforms, and the control of pandemic and epidemic diseases.

Sachs serves as the Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he holds the rank of University Professor, the university’s highest academic rank. Sachs was Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University from 2002 to 2016. He is President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network, Co-Chair of the Council of Engineers for the Energy Transition, academician of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences at the Vatican, Commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development, Tan Sri Jeffrey Cheah Honorary Distinguished Professor at Sunway University, and SDG Advocate for UN Secretary General António Guterres. From 2001-18, Sachs served as Special Advisor to UN SecretariesGeneral Kofi Annan (2001-7), Ban Ki-moon (2008-16), and António Guterres (2017-18).

Sachs has authored and edited numerous books, including three New York Times bestsellers: The End of Poverty (2005), Common Wealth: Economics for a Crowded Planet (2008), and The Price of Civilization (2011). Other books include To Move the World: JFK’s Quest for Peace (2013), The Age of Sustainable Development (2015), Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair & Sustainable (2017), A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism (2018), The Ages of Globalization: Geography, Technology, and Institutions (2020), and most recently, Ethics in Action for Sustainable Development (2022).

Sachs is the 2022 recipient of the Tang Prize in Sustainable Development and was the corecipient of the 2015 Blue Planet Prize, the leading global prize for environmental leadership. He was twice named among Time magazine’s 100 most influential world leaders. Sachs has received 42 honorary doctorates, and his recent awards include the 2022 Tang Prize in Sustainable Development, the Legion of Honor by decree of the President of the Republic of France, and the Order of the Cross from the President of Estonia.

Prior to joining Columbia, Sachs spent over twenty years as a professor at Harvard University, most recently as the Galen L. Stone Professor of International Trade. A native of Detroit, Michigan, Sachs received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard.

Globalization
End of Poverty
Health
Economic Growth
Sustainable Development

Common Wealth

We are running up against the realities of a crowded planet and they are upending many of our basic assumptions about economic life. Prof. Sachs challenges us to stabilize our global population, work toward prosperity for all, and develop new economic models that are environmentally sustainable over the long term.

Though we are currently headed toward a worldwide collapse of unprecedented severity, Prof. Sachs insists that these are not unattainable utopian goals. This presentation point the way toward a prosperous and sustainable future through efforts that are completely within our reach.

The End of Poverty

Combining brilliant analysis with vivid stories from his own work around the world, Prof. Sachs explains why wealth across the globe has diverged so much and offers an integrated set of solutions to the problems that hold societies back. An elegant work of profound moral and intellectual vision that grows out of unprecedented real-world experience, it makes clear how solvable the world's problems are.