Please join us in February for a very special Scotch Presents event with renowned economist and climate change expert, Professor Ross Garnaut entitled RESET: How Dealing with the Climate and Energy Transition Helps After the Pandemic Recession.

The coronavirus pandemic has caused the world to enter its deepest recession since the Great Depression of the 1930s. In this discussion, discussions will include the pandemic and its economic impact, the challenges that Australia, developed democracies and the international community carried into the pandemic, and alternative paths forward for Australia in the challenging post-pandemic world including how commitment to accelerated transition to a zero emissions economy can support the restoration of Australian prosperity.

Registrations for this event are essential and should be made by clicking the red button below.

Who is Ross Garnaut?

Ross Gregory Garnaut AC is an Australian economist, currently serving as a vice-chancellor's fellow and professorial fellow of economics at the University of Melbourne. Throughout his career he has held a number of influential political and economic positions, including senior economic adviser to Prime Minister Bob Hawke, Australia's ambassador to China and chairman of the Primary Industry Bank of Australia. In 2007 the state and territory governments of Australia, at the request of Kevin Rudd, then leader of the Australian Labor Party, appointed Garnaut to examine the impacts of climate change on the Australian economy and recommend medium to long-term policies and policy frameworks to improve the prospects for sustainable prosperity.

Ross Garnaut is also author of the bestseller, Superpower, and his new book is RESET: Restoring Australia After the Pandemic Recession will be available late February.

In Reset, he shows how the COVID-19 crisis offers Australia the opportunity to reset its economy and build a successful future - and why the old approaches will not work. Reset develops the idea of a renewable superpower, calls for a basic income and explores what the 'decoupling' of China and America will mean for Australia.

Some order forms will be available for those wishing to purchase a copy, or buy online at Booktopia.