Climate Finance
A Comparative Look at Climate Change Policy Loans
Thursday 19 April, 2012
6 - 7:30pm, $0
Columbia University, Greene Hall
435 West 116 Street, Room 103
The Earth Institute, Columbia University, The Alliance Program and the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris present "Climate Change Policy Loans, a Comparative Perspective," with Dov Michel Zerah.
Dov Michel Zerah is the CEO of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD), since June 2nd, 2010.
Mr. Zerah began his career at the French Treasury where he spent thirteen years. He then became the permanent secretary of Michel Roussin, the Minister of Cooperation, in 1993. From July 1993 to November 1995, he was Deputy General Director of the Caisse Française de Développement (CFD), which would later become AFD. Dov Zerah became Corinne Lepage's permanent secretary within the Ministry of the Environment, where he stayed from 1995 to 1997. He then headed the cabinet of Edith Cresson, the European Commissioner, from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002, he was the CEO of DAGRIS (Développement des agro-industries du Sud), the former French Company for the Development of Textile Fibers, as well as of the Compagnie Cotonnière (COPACO). Mr. Zerah then became the Director of the Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, between 2002 and 2007, before holding the post of senior counselor at the French Court of Financial Auditors until his nomination as the General Director of AFD.
Mr. Zerah is the author of five books on the French currency and financial system, and of around thirty articles dealing with subjects ranging from economics and the evolution of French society to Jewish thought and philosophy.
Irene Finel-Honingman, a professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, will act as the discussant. Finel-Honigman served as senior advisor on finance policy at the United States Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration. Her responsibilities included the introduction of an initiative on the European Monetary Union and its implications for U.S. competitiveness.
Laurence Tubiana, founder of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris, will chair the talk.
Dov Michel Zerah is the CEO of the French Development Agency (Agence Française de Développement, AFD), since June 2nd, 2010.
Mr. Zerah began his career at the French Treasury where he spent thirteen years. He then became the permanent secretary of Michel Roussin, the Minister of Cooperation, in 1993. From July 1993 to November 1995, he was Deputy General Director of the Caisse Française de Développement (CFD), which would later become AFD. Dov Zerah became Corinne Lepage's permanent secretary within the Ministry of the Environment, where he stayed from 1995 to 1997. He then headed the cabinet of Edith Cresson, the European Commissioner, from 1997 to 1999. From 1999 to 2002, he was the CEO of DAGRIS (Développement des agro-industries du Sud), the former French Company for the Development of Textile Fibers, as well as of the Compagnie Cotonnière (COPACO). Mr. Zerah then became the Director of the Département des Monnaies, Médailles et Antiques de la Bibliothèque Nationale de France, between 2002 and 2007, before holding the post of senior counselor at the French Court of Financial Auditors until his nomination as the General Director of AFD.
Mr. Zerah is the author of five books on the French currency and financial system, and of around thirty articles dealing with subjects ranging from economics and the evolution of French society to Jewish thought and philosophy.
Irene Finel-Honingman, a professor at Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs, will act as the discussant. Finel-Honigman served as senior advisor on finance policy at the United States Department of Commerce during the Clinton administration. Her responsibilities included the introduction of an initiative on the European Monetary Union and its implications for U.S. competitiveness.
Laurence Tubiana, founder of the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI) in Paris, will chair the talk.