Past events
Confronting Climate Change: Economics, Fairness and Political Feasibility
How can climate change policies be designed to be not only environmentally effective but also cost-effective and fair? How can they be made more acceptable politically? Professor Lawrence H. Goulder’s … read more »
The Politics of Climate Change 2014: what cause for hope?
Professor Lord Giddens published The Politics of Climate Change in 2007 and is currently preparing a new edition in 2015. In this lecture, he will consider how much progress has … read more »
Tackling global injustice in a world of climate change – Punishing the Innocent?
Speakers: Mary Robinson, Professor Lord Stern Panellists: Sharan Burrow, Secretary General of the International Trade Union Confederation Luisa Dias Diogo, Former Prime Minister, Mozambique Caio Koch-Weser, Vice Chairman, Deutshe Bank Group Marvin … read more »
Rhyme and reason, reflections on climate change
by the Grantham Research Institute and Cape Farewell, award-winning poet and playwright Sabrina Mahfouz was joined by special guests Deanna Rodger, Raymond Antrobus, Zia Ahmed and David Buckland … read more »
Baby Boomers on Trial
post-war generation stands accused of wrecking the world for the generations that follow them. It is those younger people – the victims of this excess – who are … read more »
Lord John Browne of Madingley – A Fractured Future: climate change in an age of fossil fuel abundance
In 1997, Lord Browne broke ranks with the rest of the oil industry and acknowledged the risk posed by climate change. In this lecture, he will reflect on the progress … read more »
Climate Change and Cocktails
Speakers: Included David Stainforth, Naomi Hicks, Maria Carvalho, Amelia Sharman, David Wilson and Murray Collins Climate change experts from the Grantham Research Institute at the LSE and at Imperial College … read more »
Dan O’Neill – Enough is enough
LSE Students Union public lecture: Dan O’Neill spoke about the ideas in his new book, ‘Enough Is Enough: building a sustainable economy in a world of finite resources’. He explained … read more »
Prof Susanna Hecht – From Eco-Catastrophe to Zero Clearing: why is deforestation in the Neotropics declining?
Department of Geography & Environment and Grantham Research Institute public lecture: Professor Susanna Hecht addressed the recent dramatic decline in deforestation in Amazonia, why it occurred, and how likely it … read more »
Green Growth: Empirical Policy Evaluation Workshop
Presentations made by: Antoine Dechezleprêtre, LSE – Knowledge spillovers from clean and dirty technologies: A patent citation analysis (joint with Ralf Martin and Myra Mohnen) Pierre Mohnen, UNU-MERIT and Maastricht … read more »
