Green Recovery
This Task Force will focus on how economic recovery plans can support the transition towards sustainable development and inclusive societies, with an emphasis on achieving the SDGs and Paris Agreement. The work will include the evaluation of national and regional recovery schemes, such as the EU Green Deal, against key metrics on priorities like job creation, upskilling and reskilling the workforce, promoting public investment in sustainable industries, and supporting the digital economy.
Publications of the Green Recovery Task Force express the findings, results, and views of members of the Green Recovery Task Force. They do not reflect the findings, results, and views of Commissioners not engaged on the Task Force or of the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets unless explicitly specified. The Green Recovery Task Force does not contribute to other publications or statements issued by the Lancet COVID-19 Commission or the Task Forces or to other publications in the Lancet family of journals or other publication outlets, unless explicitly specified.
Task Force members serve in their individual capacities, on an honorary basis. The Secretariat of the Green Recovery Task Force is hosted by the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN) and the Center for Sustainable Development (CSD), Columbia University.
Task Force Publications:
Members:
Dr. Phoebe Koundouri (Co-chair) Professor, Athens University of Economics & Business (Greece)
Professor Dr. Phoebe Koundouri holds a PhD and MPhil in Economics and Econometrics from the University of Cambridge (UK). She is Professor (Chair) of Sustainable Development at the School of Economics, Athens University of Economics and Business, and the President of the European Association of Environmental and Natural Resource Economists (EAERE). MORE
Dr. Ismail Serageldin (Co-chair)
Nizami Ganjavi International Center (Egypt)
Ismail Serageldin, Founding Director of the Bibliotheca Alexandrina (BA), the new Library of Alexandria, inaugurated in 2002, is currently, Emeritus Librarian, and member of the Board of Trustees of the Library of Alexandria. He serves as Chair and Member of a number of advisory committees for academic, research, scientific and international institutions. MORE
Dr. Min Zhu (Co-chair) Chairman, National Institution of Financial Research, Tsinghua University (China)
Mr. Min Zhu assumed the position of Deputy Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund on 2011. Previously he served as Special Advisor to the Managing Director of the IMF from 2010 to 2011. Mr. Zhu was a Deputy Governor of the People’s Bank of China, being was responsible for international affairs, policy research, and credit information. MORE
Dr. Josep M. Antó Senior Research Professor (ISGlobal) & Professor of Medicine, Universitat Pompeu Fabra (Spain)
Josep M. Antó is a respiratory physician and epidemiologist whose research has focused on the epidemiology of asthma and COPD with special interest on the environmental determinants and prevention of these diseases. MORE
Prof. Ian Bateman
Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Exeter Business (UK)
Ian J. Bateman OBE, FBA, FRSA, FRSB, is Professor of Environmental Economics and Director of the Land, Environment, Economics and Policy Institute (LEEP) at the University of Exeter, UK. MORE
Ms. Kirsten Brosbøl Founder, Parliamentarians for the Global Goals (Denmark)
Ms. Kirsten Brosbøl is the founder & CEO of 2030beyond, a do-tank for the 2030-Agenda supporting parliamentarians and facilitating partnerships to accelerate action for the Sustainable Development Goals. MORE
Dr. Stefan Brunnhuber Trustee World Academy of Arts and Science (WAAS), Chair Sustainability University Mittweida (Germany)
Mr. Brunnhuber is a socio-economist and psychiatrist who has been actively engaged in the activities for WAAS for the past five years. As a Program director of the WAAS-Initiative “Financing the Future - the future of Finance“ he has introduced new approaches to fund the UN Sustainable Development Goals. MORE
Dr. Richard T. Carson Distinguished Professor of Economics, University of California, San Diego (USA)
Carson is an environmental economist and econometrician with over three decades experience working on environmental policy issues. He received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley. He is a former President and Fellow of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists. MORE
Mr. Anthony Cox Deputy Director, Environment Directorate, OECD (Australia)
Mr. Anthony Cox is the Deputy Director of the Environment Directorate of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). Since joining the OECD in 2000, Mr. Cox has led work on water, climate, fisheries, political economy of reform, green finance and fossil fuel subsidies. MORE
Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi
Director, Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre, IRENA (United Arab Emirates)
Dr. Rabia Ferroukhi joined IRENA in 2011. She is currently the Director of the Knowledge, Policy and Finance Centre where she oversees the Agency’s work on knowledge, policy and finance, including efforts to produce up-to-date and authoritative renewable energy data and information. MORE
Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão Senior Researcher, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz) (Brazil)
Dr. Luiz Augusto Galvão is a medical doctor with a Master’s and a Doctorate degree in Public Health. He is currently a senior researcher at the Center for Global Health of Fundação Oswaldo Cruz (Fiocruz), conducting research in Social Policy, Science, Technology, Environmental Politics and International Relations. MORE
Prof. Ben Groom Professor, Department of Economics, University of Exeter (UK)
Professor Ben Groom is currently the Dragon Capital Chair in Biodiversity Economics at the Department of Economics, University of Exeter. He is a visiting Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics. MORE
Dr. Heba Handoussa
Managing Director, Egypt Network for Integrated Development (Egypt)
Prof. Heba Handoussa has recently founded a post-revolution Development Initiative: The Egypt Network for Integrated Development (ENID) in 2012. ENID is a five-year project under the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and under the umbrella of Egypt’s Ministry of International Cooperation. MORE
Prof. Cameron Hepburn Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Oxford (UK)
Cameron Hepburn is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Oxford, and Director of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment. He also serves as the Director of the Economics of Sustainability Programme, based at the Institute for New Economic Thinking at the Oxford Martin School. MORE
Ms. Lamia Kamal-Chaoui
Director, Centre for Entrepreneurship, SMEs, Regions and Cities, OECD (France)
Ms. Kamal-Chaoui has held several senior positions at the OECD since 1998, where she supports the Secretary-General in achieving the OECD’s mission to advance economic growth and social progress as well as contributing to other global agendas such as the G20, the Paris Agreement the SDGs. MORE
Dr. Catherine Kilelu Senior Research Fellow, African Center for Technology Studies (ACTS) (Kenya)
Dr. Catherine Kilelu is a Senior Research Fellow at ACTS, where she recently was the Project Coordinator of the 3R Kenya (Robust, Resilient and Reliable). 3R Kenya is a learning initiative that assessed evidence and drew lessons on market-led models in spurring sustainable agri-food systems transformation. MORE
Dr. Manfred Lenzen Professor of Sustainability Research, University of Sydney (Australia)
Professor Manfred Lenzen leads the Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) group in the School of Physics at the University of Sydney, where he is Professor of Sustainability Research. Prof. Lenzen has a Ph.D. in Nuclear Physics and 15 years of experience in renewable energy technologies. MORE
Ms. Christine Lins Co-Founder and Executive Director, GWNET (Austria)
Ms. Christine Lins holds a Master degree in international economics from the Johannes Kepler Universität Linz and has dedicated her career to sustainable energy, including renewable energy and energy efficiency. She has helped to build up the European Renewable Energy Council, the united voice of Europe’s renewable energy industry and research sector. MORE
Ms. Trudi Makhaya
Economic Advisor to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa (South Africa)
Ms. Trudi Makhaya is the full-time economic advisor to His Excellency President Cyril Ramaphosa. In this role, she provides technical support to the President on economic policy, including regular input on key issues and initiatives, interfacing with relevant advisory councils and engaging with economic policy stakeholders. MORE
Dr. Arunima Malik Academic, Sustainability Research, University of Sydney (Australia)
Dr. Arunima Malik is an academic in the Integrated Sustainability Analysis (ISA) group at the School of Physics, and in the Discipline of Accounting, Business School of the University of Sydney. She coordinates and teaches postgraduate units for the Masters of Sustainability program. Dr. Malik undertakes big-data modelling to quantify sustainability impacts at local, national and global scales. MORE
Mr. Brian O’Callaghan Lead Researcher and Project Manager, Oxford University Economic Recovery Project (UK)
Brian is Lead Researcher and Project Manager of the Oxford University Economic Recovery Project. He is an Australian Rhodes Scholar and Consultant at the Robertson Foundation, covering topics in Energy and the Environment. MORE
Dr. Ketan Patel Co-founder and CEO of Greater Pacific Capital and Force for Good (UK)
Ketan is an investor, strategist, and author over a 30-year career in industry, advisory, investment banking and investing. He was formerly the head of the Strategic Group at Goldman Sachs. He has worked extensively in the US, Europe, China, Japan, and India, providing strategic counsel to leaders in government and business. MORE
Dr. E. Somanathan Professor, Economics and Planning Unit, Indian Statistical Institute (India)
E. Somanathan is Professor in the Economics and Planning Unit of the Indian Statistical Institute in Delhi, and Head of CECFEE (Centre for research on the Economics of Climate, Food, Energy and Environment). His research is in the economics of environment and development. MORE
Prof. Thomas Sterner
Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Gothenburg (Sweden)
Dr. Thomas Sterner is Professor of Environmental Economics at the University of Gothenburg, focused on the design of environmental policy instruments. Prior to this, Thomas Sterner has been elected to an annual chair at the Collège de France (2015-16). MORE
Prof. Dale Squires Adjunct Professor of Economics at the University of California, San Diego (USA)
Professor Dale Squires is an adjunct professor of economics at the Department of Economics and the School of Global Policy & Strategy and Senior Scientist with the Fisheries Resources Division at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — commonly referred to as NOAA Fisheries. MORE
Dr. Theodoros Zachariadis Associate Professor, The Cyprus Institute (Cyprus)
Dr. Theodoros Zachariadis is a tenured Associate Professor at the Energy, Environment and Water Research Centre of the Cyprus Institute. In 2009-2020 he served as an Assistant and then Associate Professor of environmental economics and energy resource management at the Cyprus University of Technology. MORE
Staff
Ms. Neena Joshi
Consultant, UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network (SDSN)