Frederick "Rick" van der Ploeg (born 28 April 1956, in
Rotterdam
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) is an
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-
Dutch
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economist and former politician.
Career
After having obtained his PhD at the
University of Cambridge
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, he held professorships in economics at the
University of Amsterdam
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,
Tilburg University
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Tilburg has a student population of about 19,1 ...
, and the
London School of Economics
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. After having served as an MP for the
Dutch Labour Party
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The party was founded in 1946 as a merger of the Social Democratic Workers' Party, the Free-thinking Democratic League and the Christian ...
(PvdA) from
1994
The year 1994 was designated as the " International Year of the Family" and the "International Year of Sport and the Olympic Ideal" by the United Nations.
In the Line Islands and Phoenix Islands of Kiribati, 1994 had only 364 days, omitti ...
until
1998
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''.
Events January
* January 6 – The ''Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for Lunar water, frozen water, in soil i ...
, he became
State Secretary for Culture and Media in the
government
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of
Prime Minister
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Wim Kok
Willem Kok (; 29 September 1938 – 20 October 2018) was a Dutch politician and trade union leader who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 22 August 1994 until 22 July 2002.[University of Oxford
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and the
VU University Amsterdam
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, and the research director at the Oxford Centre for the Analysis of Resource Rich Economies. In 2010 he became a correspondent of the
Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
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In addition to various advisory a ...
.
Van der Ploeg's studies the potential impact of
climate change
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on the economy. To meet proposed carbon emissions reductions, and prevent temperature increases beyond 2 degrees, up to one-third of global oil reserves, half of gas reserves and 80 percent of coal reserves will have to remain unburned, making them
stranded assets
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.
This will affect oil, gas, and coal companies, and "carbon-intensive industries such as steel, aluminum, cement, plastics, and greenhouse horticulture".
Van der Ploeg emphasizes the need for investors to be aware of climate-related financial risk and take them into account for long-term planning.
Other activities
*
Max Planck Institute for Tax Law and Public Finance
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, member of the board of trustees
Personal life
Van der Ploeg has Dutch nationality. His father is Dutch, his mother is
British
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. He is married and has a son called Boris.
[Interview in the Dutch feminist magazine ]Opzij
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History and profile
''Opzi ...
, in the series ''Along the feminist measuring rod'', during his tenure in the Dutch government (1998-2002)
References
External links
Profileat the Oxford University Department of Economics
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1956 births
Living people
Dutch economists
State secretaries for education of the Netherlands
Academic staff of the University of Amsterdam
Academic staff of Tilburg University
Statutory Professors of the University of Oxford
Members of the House of Representatives (Netherlands)
Members of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences
Labour Party (Netherlands) MPs
Alumni of King's College, Cambridge
Fellows of New College, Oxford
Politicians from Rotterdam
Academic staff of Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Fellows of the European Economic Association
Second Kok cabinet members
Labour Party (Netherlands) cabinet members