An Architecture for International Cooperation on Climate Change

12 October 2006

Professor Warwick J McKibbin

The Fifth Annual Sir Leslie Melville Lecture was presented by Professor Warwick J McKibbin.  Sir Leslie Melville’s legacy includes the design and establishment of new institutions for dealing with global macroeconomic interdependence. Today the world is grappling with a far more complex set of problems related to environmental interdependence on a global scale.

In this lecture, Professor Warwick McKibbin argues that major countries must respond to the issue of climate change, taking into account the enormous uncertainties that are involved. He discusses the key features of the climate change policy problem and will outline a policy framework that would allow an effective but flexible response to what may be the major issue of our time.

Broad Topics: Business and Economics, Physical Science

Sub-topics: Economics, Environment, Policy & Political Science

Areas: ANU College of Asia and the Pacific

Warwick McKibbin is Professor of International Economics in the Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, and Director of the Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis at ANU. He is also a Professorial Fellow at the Lowy Institute for International Policy and a non-resident Senior Fellow at the Brookings Institution in Washington DC. He is a member of the Board of the Reserve Bank of Australia and a member of the Prime Minister’s Science, Engineering and Innovation Council.

Professor McKibbin received his B.Com (Honours 1) and University Medal from the University of New South Wales (1980) and his AM (1984) and PhD (1986) from Harvard University. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Social Sciences and was awarded the 2003 Centenary Medal for service to Australian society through economic policy and tertiary education.

Part of the 2006 Toyota-ANU Public Lecture Series