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The Labour Movement, Climate Change and Trump 2.0.
Date and time
Wednesday 17. September 2025 at 17:00 to 18:15
Registration Deadline
Wednesday 17. September 2025 at 17:00
Location
SP 216 EY,
Solbjerg Plads 3,
2000 Frederiksberg
SP 216 EY
Solbjerg Plads 3
2000 Frederiksberg
The Labour Movement, Climate Change and Trump 2.0.
The Labour Movement, Climate Change and Trump 2.0.
The research group Organizations, Markets and Governance at the Department of Organization and Green Office CBS invite you to a seminar with Damon Silvers, a leading figure in American labor and economic policy and visiting Professor of Practice at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose.
Toke Dahler from The Danish Trade Union Confederation (Fagbevægelsens Hovedorganisation) will introduce the topic of the session, following the talk from Damon Silvers, a short Q&A and networking session will be held.
Abstract
How can the labor movement respond to the dual challenges of climate change and shifting global power? Damon Silvers, long-time policy director of the AFL-CIO, former member of the U.S. Congressional Oversight Panel during the financial crisis, and Visiting Professor at UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, will examine how unions and workers are positioned in the struggles that define this turbulent era. With a second Trump presidency set to fundamentally reshape US policy on trade, energy, and climate, Silvers will explore the risks and opportunities for organized labor as industries transition and geopolitical rivalries intensify. From clean energy supply chains to the politics of just transition, the stakes for workers could not be higher. Drawing on decades of experience at the heart of US labor and economic policy, Silvers will offer a unique perspective on how labor can navigate — and contest — the forces remaking the global economy and the climate transition.
Damon Silvers Profile
Professor Damon Silvers is a leading figure in American labor and economic policy. He is a Visiting Professor of Practice at University College London’s Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, Senior Advisor to the AFL-CIO and to the American Federation of Teachers, and Senior Counsel to the Jubilee Network. Professor Silvers was formerly the longtime Director of Policy and Special Counsel for the AFL-CIO. He joined the AFL-CIO as Associate General Counsel in 1997.
Professor Silvers is a Trustee of the Century Foundation and a Senior Fellow of the Roosevelt Institute. He has served on the Biden-Harris Transition Team for Financial Regulatory Agencies and for the Treasury Department in 2020, as a member of the Investor Advisory Committee of the Securities and Exchange Commission, and the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board’s Investor Advisory Group. From 2008 to 2011, Silvers served as the Deputy Chair of the Congressional Oversight Panel for TARP. He has also served on the Treasury Department’s Financial Research Advisory Committee, as the Chair of the Competition Subcommittee of the United States Treasury Department Advisory Committee on the Auditing Profession, and as a member of the United States Treasury Department Investors’ Practice Committee of the President’s Working Group on Financial Markets.
Silvers received his Juris Doctor with honors from Harvard Law School. He received his Master of Business Administration with high honors from Harvard Business School and is a Baker scholar. Silvers is a graduate of Harvard College, summa cum laude, and has studied history at King’s College, Cambridge University.
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Organizer Contact Information
Copenhagen Business School
Phone: +45 3815 3815
conferences@cbs.dk
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Organizer Contact Information
Copenhagen Business School
Phone: +45 3815 3815
conferences@cbs.dk