November 30 – December 1st, 2007
Organized jointly by Monaco Méditerranée Foundation and the Chair of Finance and Sustainable Development of the University of Paris Dauphine, support by Prince Albert II of
Monaco Foundation.
In public opinion and often, in policymakers’ views, economic and financial considerations are perceived as antinomical to environmental concerns. Is this opposition constitutive or is a beneficial partnership between these two concepts possible?
Shouldn’t it be possible to reconcile these two major trends of the century, economic development and growth on the one hand, and questions on the viability of the planet and its resources on the other hand? At a time when sustainable development has entered an action phase, answers to the considerable environmental and social challenges we face must rely on the efficiency of economic systems.