Past events
Public lecture | Climate leadership before and after the Paris Agreement
This lecture, by Professor Robyn Eckersley, reviews the troubled history of the international norm of developed country leadership and the findings of comparative climate politics that explain this variation. It also offers some proposals on how the processes of reviewing NDCs might be strengthened to minimise the risk of self-differentiation degenerating into a self-serving apology for the protection of national interests. read more »
Public lecture | Growth and Sustainability: 10 years on from the Stern Review
Nicholas Stern considers what we know about innovation, investment, cities and the global agenda, a decade after publication of The Stern Review. read more »
Public lecture | Climate ethics: embracing justice, avoiding extortion
LSE Deparment of Government and Grantham Research Institute public lecture, introduced and chaired by Dr Kai Spiekermann Attendance at this event is by registration only, if you would like to … read more »
Public lecture | Climate (and other) catastrophes
LSE Deparment of Government and Grantham Research Institute public lecture, introduced and chaired by Dr Kai Spiekermann Attendance at this event is by registration only, if you would like to … read more »
Public lecture | A more sustainable energy strategy for India
An important achievement of the UNFCCC meeting in Paris was that for the first time all countries, including developing countries, submitted the actions they proposed to take to reduce emissions in … read more »
VIDEO Public lecture | We’ll always have Paris: COP21 and the new political economy of climate change
Michael Jacobs explores both the causes and the consequences of the Paris Agreement in this LSE public lecture. read more »
Public lecture | Ecosystem services and poverty alleviation
Department of Geography and Environment and Grantham Research Institute public lecture Introduced and chaired by Professor Giles Atkinson When and how do ecosystem services contribute to poverty alleviation in developing … read more »
European climate leadership and COP21 – assessing EU relations with China and India
This panel discussion event will reflect on the role of the EU, China, and India in global climate negotiations. read more »
Public lecture | Cooperation in the global commons
This talk will explore common features of ecological and economic systems, particularly in relation to the evolution of cooperation. read more »
Video – Paris and beyond: lecture by World Bank Group VP, Rachel Kyte
World Bank Vice Group President Rachel Kyte looks beyond a potential climate deal at the Paris summit and asks how an orderly transition to zero carbon growth could be managed and financed. read more »
