Date: Tuesday 14 October 2014
Time: 6.30-8pm
Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building
Speaker: Professor Lord Giddens
Chair: Professor Stuart Corbridge

Professor Lord Giddens published The Politics of Climate Change in 2007and is currently preparing a new edition for publication in 2015. In this lecture he will consider how much progress has been made since the work was first published in containing global warming - arguably one of the greatest threats to a stable future for humanity.

Anthony Giddens is a former director of LSE and a Member of the House of Lords.

The International Relations Department at LSE (@LSEIRDept) is now in its 87th year, making it one of the oldest as well as largest in the world.

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is a research centre at LSE (@GRI_LSE). The Institute’s research looks at the economics of climate change, and aims to inform policy and academic debate.

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