WEO Week: How can social and economic dimensions be core elements of transitions?

Policy-makers are faced with the challenge of designing socially-sustainable policies, even as voters grow increasingly concerned about the impacts of climate change. How to design transitions that simultaneously ensure social inclusion, affordability, job creation, and industrial competitiveness? 

Panellists:

• Mr. David Victor, Professor of International Relations at the School of Global Policy and Strategy, University of California, San Diego
• Mr. Stephane Hallegatte, Senior Climate Change Adviser, World Bank
• Ms. Sharan Burrow, General Secretary, International Trade Union Confederation

Moderator:

• Brian Motherway, Head of IEA's Energy Efficiency Division

Presenter:

• Dan Wetzel, Head of IEA's Tracking Sustainable Transitions Unit 

Got a question for the team? Send us your WEO Week questions at weoweek@iea.org.