Jeffrey Sachs

Dr. Sachs is an American economist and Director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University. One of the youngest economics professors in the history of Harvard University, Sachs is known for his work on the challenges of economic development, environmental sustainability, poverty alleviation, debt cancellation, and globalization.

Drylands are absolutely in the front line of the most vulnerable position with regard to global anthropogenic climate change, not in the future, but now.

— Jeffrey Sachs