Jeffrey D. Sachs

Jeffrey D. Sachs is a University Professor and Director of the Center for Sustainable Development at Columbia University, where he directed The Earth Institute from 2002 until 2016. He is also President of the UN Sustainable Development Solutions Network and a commissioner of the UN Broadband Commission for Development. He has been advisor to three United Nations Secretaries-General, and currently serves as an SDG Advocate under Secretary-General Antonio Guterres. Sachs is the author, most recently, of "A New Foreign Policy: Beyond American Exceptionalism" (2020). Other books include: "Building the New American Economy: Smart, Fair, and Sustainable" (2017) and “The Age of Sustainable Development," (2015) with Ban Ki-moon.

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The wife of an Ukrainian soldier who fell during the fights against Russia cries

Ukraine Needs a Negotiated Peace Because Everyone Will Lose This War of Attrition

Despite the brutality of Russia's assault, Ukraine should intensify the search for a negotiated peace of the kind that was on the table in March, but which was abandoned following atrocities in Bucha.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · May 11, 2022

The Only Answer to the War in Ukraine Is a Negotiated Peace Deal

By prioritizing peace instead of NATO enlargement, the US would rally the support of much more of the world and thereby help to bring peace to Ukraine and security and stability for the entire world.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Apr 21, 2022

A Blueprint for a Reasonable Path to Peace for Ukraine

The sooner such terms are agreed, the more likely we are to avoid the path to World War III.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Mar 28, 2022

Urgent Diplomacy Needed to Save Ukraine From Further Suffering and Catastrophe

The history of conflicts in the nuclear age has made clear that compromise is the only safe option.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Mar 10, 2022

The Class War—Waged and Being Won by the Rich—Is Destroying US Democracy

The US has become a country of the rich, by the rich, and for the rich and we remain in the throes of a struggle to overcome decades of political corruption and social neglect.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Dec 15, 2021

How to Fix the Climate Finance Debacle

The UN Climate Change Conference in Glasgow suffered the same lack of trust between developing and developed countries that has burdened global climate negotiations for almost three decades. Financing is at the heart of the rupture, and the time has come for a new approach.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Nov 17, 2021

To Govern and Win Elections, Democrats Must Defeat Corporate Lobby—Not Surrender to It

The corporate lobbies have been waging a relentless and largely successful battle against higher taxes on the corporations and the rich, even though the public supports increasing taxation.

Jeffrey D. Sachs · Nov 5, 2021