Inequality and climate change are two of the most pressing issues of our time, with repercussions likely to last long into the future.

Inequality / Development

Tackling Inequality and Climate Change: A Youth’s Perspective

GITA GOPINATH

January 28, 2020

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  • Inequality and climate change are two of the most pressing issues of our time, with repercussions likely to last long into the future.
GITA GOPINATH - Tackling Inequality and Climate Change: A Youth’s Perspective
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In This Episode

Inequality and climate change are two of the most pressing issues of our time, with repercussions likely to last long into the future. In this podcast, IMF Chief Economist Gita Gopinath sits down with two young leaders to talk about how best to tackle these issues. Lyndsay Walsh (Trinity College, Dublin) and Tarik Gooptu (University of Oxford) are both students and both of a generation that is highly motivated to bridge income gaps and stop global warming. Walsh and Gooptu are the winners of an essay competition launched by Finance and Development Magazine. Their essays are published in the December 2019 issue.

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GITA GOPINATH served as IMF First Deputy Managing Director from January 21, 2022, until August 2025.

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