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2Feb

In conversation with Tom Steyer

Hosted by the Global School of Sustainability
In-person public event (Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building)
Monday 2 February 2026 6.30pm - 8pm

Join us for this conversation with climate investor, businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, political candidate and liberal activist, Tom Steyer.

Meet our speakers and chair

Tom Steyer (@TomSteyer) has been a driving force in the climate world, leading citizen campaigns, starting the largest youth mobilisation in the US, elevating the science behind climate change, advocating for climate legislation and even running for US President to make climate a top priority. Now, as a world-class investor, he is galvanising the private sector and leading the next phase of the climate fight by investing in the companies and solutions we need to solve this existential crisis.

Larry Kramer has been President and Vice Chancellor of LSE since April 2024. A constitutional scholar, university administrator, and philanthropic leader, he was previously the President of the William and Flora Hewlett Foundation and the Dean of Stanford Law School.

Jonathan Pershing is the inaugural Dean of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE. He has extensive experience at the highest level of US climate policy and has played a key role in creating international climate agreements. He has held significant positions in the US Department of State — including as the US Special Envoy for Climate Change — and at the US Department of Energy. Most recently, he was the Director of the Environment Program at the Hewlett Foundation.

Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Chair of Economics and Government and the inaugural Chair of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE. His forthcoming book A Growth Story for the 21st Century: building sustainable, resilient and equitable development will be published by LSE Press in 2025.

More about this event

Launched in 2025, the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) is the centre of social science expertise for sustainability impact at LSE. We work in partnerships across the LSE community and beyond to advance pioneering sustainability research and global policy engagement.

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