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Managing Systemic Challenges In A New Era Of World Affairs with Martin Lees, Sustainability and Climate Change Expert

March 20, 2023 Martin Lees
Managing Systemic Challenges In A New Era Of World Affairs with Martin Lees, Sustainability and Climate Change Expert
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Fettes Community Podcast
Managing Systemic Challenges In A New Era Of World Affairs with Martin Lees, Sustainability and Climate Change Expert
Mar 20, 2023
Martin Lees

Martin Lees speaking on Managing Systemic Challenges In A New Era Of World Affairs at an event co-hosted between Fettes College and The Library of Mistakes in Edinburgh on Wednesday 15th March 2023.

Mindful of our place in Edinburgh, the talk looks back at the legacy of philosophers and economists such as David Hume and Adam Smith, linking this to present-day concerns relating to sustainability and climate change.

Martin Lees is an expert in sustainability and climate change, having been working with governments across the globe on these critical issues for the last 27 years. He is Chair of OECD IIASA Task Force on Systems Thinking, Anticipation and Resilience and Rector Emeritus at the UN University for Peace. He was a High-level Adviser to the President of COP20; Moderator of the Gorbachev Task Force on Climate Change and was previously UN Assistant Secretary General for Science and Technology for Development.

Show Notes

Martin Lees speaking on Managing Systemic Challenges In A New Era Of World Affairs at an event co-hosted between Fettes College and The Library of Mistakes in Edinburgh on Wednesday 15th March 2023.

Mindful of our place in Edinburgh, the talk looks back at the legacy of philosophers and economists such as David Hume and Adam Smith, linking this to present-day concerns relating to sustainability and climate change.

Martin Lees is an expert in sustainability and climate change, having been working with governments across the globe on these critical issues for the last 27 years. He is Chair of OECD IIASA Task Force on Systems Thinking, Anticipation and Resilience and Rector Emeritus at the UN University for Peace. He was a High-level Adviser to the President of COP20; Moderator of the Gorbachev Task Force on Climate Change and was previously UN Assistant Secretary General for Science and Technology for Development.