Jeremy Rifkin, Guest Columnist

Jeremy Rifkin is an American economist and author whose best-selling Third Industrial Revolution served as a blueprint for Germany’s transition to a low-carbon economy, and China’s strategic acceptance of climate policy. He is also president of TIR Consulting Group, a coalition of companies and consulting organizations in the fields of energy efficiency, renewable energy technologies, construction, advanced fabrication manufacturing, engineering, urban planning, architecture, real estate, information and communication technologies, power and utilities, and transport and logistics.