Geoffrey Heal

Geoffrey Heal is Donald C. Waite Professor of Social Enterprise at Columbia Business School. He is a Member of the National Academy of Sciences; Fellow of the Econometric Society; Past President of the Association of Environmental and Resource Economists, recipient of its prize for publications of enduring quality, and Life Fellow; Director of the Union of Concerned Scientists; founder, Director and Chairman of the Board of the Coalition for Rainforest Nations; member of the economic advisory board of the Environmental Defense Fund; and coordinating lead author of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s fifth assessment report.