Richard Samans


Richard Samans is a managing director of the World Economic Forum based at its Centre for the Fourth Industrial Revolution in San Francisco and the chairman of the Climate Disclosure Standards Board. He previously served as director-general of the Global Green Growth Institute and special assistant to the president for international economic policy in the Clinton Administration.

Articles by Richard Samans
Steam and exhaust rise from different companies on a cold winter day on January 6, 2017 in Oberhausen, Germany.
Steam and exhaust rise from different companies on a cold winter day on January 6, 2017 in Oberhausen, Germany.
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