William White contributed to a panel on 23 September that was organized by the Balsillie School of International Affairs in Waterloo, Canada. Other panelists were Diana Fox Carney, a climate and policy expert, and John Hancock, a Senior Adviser to the General Director of the WTO. They exchanged views on the character of a sustainable global economy, on the changes required to achieve such a state of affairs, and the various impediments to doing so. It seemed generally agreed that unpalatable (ie costly and risky) policy solutions will now be required if we are to avoid disastrous outcomes. White finished by suggesting that politicians’ biggest challenge will be to convince ordinary citizens, as well as the rich and powerful, that these needed policy changes are actually are in their own best interests.