Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday, 24 February 2026, 12pm - 1.30pm
In-person and online public event - Thai Theatre, Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Join us for a timely discussion on the human right to clean air, featuring Astrid Puentes Riaño, UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment. Ahead of presenting her new report to the UN Human Rights Council, she will outline urgent actions needed to protect marginalised communities from the harms of air pollution—drawing on the latest science, legal developments and lessons from London’s ultra‑low emission zones. A panel of leading academics, policy experts and clean air advocates will respond to the report’s recommendations and explore pathways for implementation.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday, 18 February 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
For changemakers, students, and everyone seeking hope, direction, and clarity during a time of global uncertainty, join us for the launch of a book that serves as both a call to action and a guide for transformation—encouraging readers to imagine and co-create sustainable and just futures.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday, 16 February 2026, 10am - 12.30pm
Online public event
This webinar will introduce the Asmania et al. v. Holcim case and highlight the main takeaways from the admissibility decision delivered by the Tribunal in December 2025. In this decision, a Swiss tribunal addressed many of the legal arguments of direct relevance to other pending and future climate cases, rejecting many of the legal defences invoked by Holcim (like other polluters in other cases) to shield itself from accountability.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 6pm - 7.30pm
In-person public event - Location TBC, LSE
Join us for a thought‑provoking talk on how societies can make long‑term commitments credible in the face of intergenerational challenges—from climate change and biodiversity loss to AI safety. Professor Oren Perez (Bar‑Ilan University), a leading scholar of environmental and climate governance, will explore how behavioural, technological and legal “commitment devices” can help turn climate plans, net‑zero pledges and other future‑oriented promises into enforceable action. The event will be chaired by Professor Veerle Heyvaert (LSE Law School), with commentary from Dr Ashfaq Khalfan, Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday, 11 February 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Malaysia Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE
Nature-based solutions are gaining traction as transformative interventions addressing biodiversity loss, climate change, and social justice. Their appeal lies in both the perceived ‘good’ of nature and the intent to harness its properties for multiple benefits. Drawing on research from the Naturescape project, this talk explores how nature is being positioned as a solution to urban challenges, the politics and consequences of this trend, and what it reveals about the potential for transformative change.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
This event celebrates the open access publication of the 5th edition of Weak versus Strong Sustainability. First published in 1999, the book has remained a reference point in the debate on sustainable development. Eric Neumayer will discuss how the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital lies at the heart of the controversy.
Student event - free and open to all LSE students
Tuesday, 10 February 2026, 4pm - 5pm
In-person event - Moot Court Room 7th Floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
In this session, Joana Setzer and Emily Bradeen will introduce key tools that can support empirical and doctrinal research on climate change law, governance, and litigation. Drawing on examples from their own work, they will demonstrate how these tools can be used to analyse climate commitments, accountability mechanisms, and emerging legal trends.
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
The third public event in a special lecture series from Lord Adair Turner
Monday, 9 February 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event - Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Join us for this public lecture to be delivered by eminent sustainability thought-leader, Adair Turner.
Adair Turner (@AdairTurnerUK) has served in a number of prominent public roles in the UK, including as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the Committee on Climate Change, the Pensions Commission and the Low Pay Commission. He has also served as the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
The second public event in a special lecture series from Lord Adair Turner
Tuesday, 3 February 2026, 7pm - 8.30pm
In-person public event - Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Join us for this public lecture to be delivered by eminent sustainability thought-leader, Adair Turner.
Adair Turner (@AdairTurnerUK) has served in a number of prominent public roles in the UK, including as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the Committee on Climate Change, the Pensions Commission and the Low Pay Commission. He has also served as the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday, 2 February 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event - Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Join us for this conversation with climate investor, businessman, hedge fund manager, philanthropist, environmentalist, political candidate and liberal activist, Tom Steyer.
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.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday, 28 January 2026, 1.15pm - 3pm
In-person public event - Clement House, The London School of Economics
Join us for a discussion on the World Bank’s latest report revealing how environmental degradation—through land loss, air and water pollution—affects global growth and human potential.
We will be joined by Richard Damania, lead report author and the World Bank’s Chief Economist, Planet and Martin Raiser the World Bank’s Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation.’
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
The first public event in a special lecture series from Lord Adair Turner
Tuesday, 27 January 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Join us for this public lecture to be delivered by eminent sustainability thought-leader, Adair Turner.
Adair Turner (@AdairTurnerUK) has served in a number of prominent public roles in the UK, including as Chairman of the Financial Services Authority, the Committee on Climate Change, the Pensions Commission and the Low Pay Commission. He has also served as the Director General of the Confederation of British Industry.
Public event - free and open to all
Thursday 22 January 2026 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event - Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
This in-person event promises to be a lively and informative evening with Professor Daily and colleagues from research and business to discuss the evidence on the role of natural capital in growth, who are the leading businesses and countries, and the opportunities now and ahead through new data, partnerships and technologies. A great start to 2026!
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday 21 January 2026 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event - Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE
Our collective climate future is likely to be shaped by the development choices made by the vast majority of people in the developing world. Yet, the global climate policy conversation seldom asks what it would take for the Global South to align development with low-carbon and resilient futures.
Join Professor Navroz K Dubash and discussant Dr Kasia Paprocki to explore the intersection of climate and development. The lecture will examine different forms of national climate politics, how they intersect with development futures, and explore whether and how development choices can internalise climate concerns.
Public event - free and open to all
This is the third lecture in the Sir Oliver Hart Lecture Series
Thursday, 4 December 2025, 6.30pm - 7.35pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
The concentration of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere continues to rise. How large are the economic costs of carbon emissions, and how can humanity reduce them? This lecture will examine the role of sustainable finance in addressing these challenges, with particular attention to its various forms and implications for investors.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 9.15 am - 4.35 pm
SAL.3.05, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE
What does it truly mean to achieve a sustainable future — and what kinds of change will get us there? This new LSE Public Policy Review issue will focus on how we understand sustainability, the systemic shifts required to realize it and their practical viability. In doing so, it will explore incremental versus transformative pathways to a sustainable planet, inviting experts from a range of disciplines – from psychology and behavioural science to law and social policy – to consider how large scale pro-environmental behavioural change can be fostered, but also the challenges to achieve this.
Online event - free and open to all
Wednesday 26 November 2025, 4 pm - 5.30 pm
Online (Via Zoom)
This online event will reflect on the outcomes of the COP30 climate summit which took place in Belém, Brazil. Delegates who attended COP30 will offer their assessments of the challenges and achievements on the key issues, and look ahead to COP31. The discussion will cover a range of issues – including climate finance, adaptation and the just transition.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 24 November 2025, 6.30 pm - 8 pm
In-person (MAR.1.04, Marshall Building ) and online public event
Getting governments, businesses and citizens to act on climate change is tough. With 193 countries involved, changing direction takes serious effort. So what works best - political lobbying and diplomacy, taking polluters to court, or public protest?
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 17 November 2025, 5 pm - 7.15 pm
MAR 2.05, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE
Screening of The Fisherman and the Banker (2024), introduced by director Sheena Sumaria. The documentary follows a fishing community in India suing the World Bank’s IFC over a coal plant threatening their livelihood. With discussants Alex Bennett (ClientEarth) and Dr Agnieszka Smoleńska (CETEx), chaired by Dr Marie Petersmann (LSE/GSoS). Held as part of the Global Day of Action for Climate Justice on the theme: Decarbonization: A just transition.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday 12 November 2025, 5.30pm - 7.00pm
CBG.G.01, Centre Building, LSE
Amid climate crises and social upheavals, sustainability offers both a challenge and an opportunity. Yet, dominant frameworks privilege technological and economic fixes and global climate architectures and sustainability frameworks are often complicit in perpetuating injustices. What if worldmaking begins with remaking - using existing infrastructures to ensure accountability, gender justice, and democratic participation? This is a call to rethink sustainability not as a technical fix, but as a project of justice.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 11 November 2025, 6.30-8pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE
Britain's wildlife has been under pressure for centuries. Many of the large mammals that once inhabited these islands were driven to extinction long ago. In the twenty-first century, insect populations have collapsed by around three quarters. Is there any way back?
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 11 November 2025, 6.00-7.30pm
MAR 2.04, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE
This talk examines the limits of liberalism for handling urgent contemporary problems, among them the climate emergency and the conquest of states by concentrated capital. Acknowledging that the Right has moved on from liberal democracy, it suggests that the Left should also, but without surrendering democracy’s promise that we rule ourselves. What are the key pillars of a post-liberal or ‘reparative’ democracy for the 21st Century? The talk develops this question, and begins to answer it.
Academic research event
Monday 10 - Tuesday 11 November 2025
Join us for the workshop exploring distributional impacts of climate change, starting with a keynote from Professor Helen Milner, visiting professor to the Department of Social Policy in collaboration with GSoS. Find more about the workshop and call for papers from the workshop event page.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 10 November 2025, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
In this lecture, Helen Milner addresses why vulnerability, lived experience, and material self-interest will drive the next phase of climate politics, and what that means for diplomacy, democracy and development.
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
Wednesday 5 November 2025, 6.30-8pm
The world stands at a crossroads. The next decade will determine whether we avoid climate, biodiversity, and economic catastrophe – or unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient, and inclusive growth. Marking the publication of his new book, The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action, Nicholas Stern challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
Thursday 30 October 2025, 6.30pm-8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE campus and online public event
Join Nobel Peace Prize Laureate and LSE alumnus Juan Manuel Santos and LSE academics Professor Mary Kaldor and Professor Lord Nicholas Stern in a conversation to explore how we can build a sustainable, peaceful and stable world. Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday 29 October 2025, 6.30pm-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, LSE campus and online public event
Join us as the University of Glasgow’s Claire Miller explores the statistical and data analytics approaches being developed to successfully bring different data sources together to improve environmental planning and management.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 28 October 2025, 6.30pm-8pm
PAN G.01, Pankhurst House, LSE campus
What is the environmental impact of global communications networks? How can they be made more sustainable? In this upcoming talk, Nicole Starosielski explores the sustainability of the global internet’s backbone and introduces new academic-industry collaborations aimed at reducing emissions and improving cable sustainability. Cross-sector cooperation, she argues, is key to minimising digital infrastructure’s environmental impact.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 27 October 2025, 5:00pm-6:30pm
MAR 2.09, Marshall Building, 44 Lincoln's Inn Fields, LSE campus
Decades of mining during British colonialism made Kabwe, Zambia, the world’s most polluted town and a UN-designated ‘sacrifice zone’. Now, 140,000 women and children have filed a class action against mining giant AngloAmerican. With a critical appeal hearing just days away on November 3-4, this event examines whether the case can proceed—and what it would mean for corporate accountability worldwide.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 7 October 2025, 6.30-9.00pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus)
Our inaugural event will bring together senior leaders from across finance, business, government, academia and civil society for a timely discussion on aligning natural capital, growth and finance. Together, we will explore the emerging opportunities where Earth and financial capital converge to shape a sustainable future.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 29 September 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE
Join us for the formal launch of the LSE Blended Finance Lab to gain an insight from the panellists on what needs to happen for blended finance to contribute to the sustainability challenges.
Public event - free and open to all
This event is part of LSE Environment Week
Wednesday 24 September 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
Climate finance is a critical tool in supporting low-income countries as they face the growing impacts of climate change. This event brings together a panel of prominent researchers, policymakers and practitioners working on this topic to explore strengthening the essential financial support and investment necessary for a just transition.
Public event - free and open to all
This event is part of LSE Environment Week
Monday 22 September - Thursday 25 September 2025
Online public event
The Economics of Environment and Energy Programme (EEE), International Growth Centre (IGC) and Programme on Innovation and Diffusion (POID) within the LSE Economics Department are convening the fourth Environment Week at the LSE. Read more about LSE Environment Week.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 23 September 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
In-person on LSE campus: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, 99 Aldwych, London, WC2B 4JF
Hear from Dr Zhu Min, Senior Advisor to the China Center for International Economic Exchanges, explore an in-depth analysis of China’s evolving economic model, its strategic priorities, and the opportunities and challenges ahead for global stakeholders.
Public event - free and open to all
This event is part of LSE Environment Week
Tuesday 23 September 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
This event brings together leading economists and policymakers to explore how the degradation of ecosystems – from forests and wetlands to oceans – is not only an environmental crisis but a profound market failure.
Public event - free and open to all
This event is part of LSE Environment Week
Monday 22 September 2025, 6.00-7.30pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
As the world prepares for COP30 in Brazil, this event provides a forward-looking platform to explore priorities, challenges, and opportunities for accelerating and aligning climate ambition with sustainable economic growth.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 22 September 2025, 11am - 12pm
In-person and online public event, LSE campus
Our panel of experts will examine challenges and solutions for creating green jobs and ensuring fair workforce transitions from European and global perspectives, with a particular focus on information and knowledge gaps – such as access to reliable data on green job creation, planning support for workforce transitions, and the design of integrated, evidence‑based policies.
Wednesday 17 September 2025, 2.30-4.00pm
Online public event
This event will launch the State of the Corporate Transition in 2025 report which analyses the status, trends and patterns in the latest Carbon Performance and Management Quality results assessed by the TPI Global Climate Transition Centre (TPI Centre) at LSE.
Saturday 21 June - Sunday 29 June 2025
LSE hosted a number of events as part of London Climate Action Week 2025.
Public event - free and open to all
Thursday 26 June 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE campus and online
Join us for the launch of the Global Trends in Climate Change Litigation 2025 Snapshot Report - now in its seventh year. This influential report provides an annual overview of key developments in climate litigation worldwide and identifies emerging trends shaping the future of climate law and governance.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 17 June 2025, 10.00am-6.30pm
Various venues, LSE campus and online
LSE’s annual interdisciplinary student research conference will showcase research from current LSE students, recent alumni, and students from our partner CIVICA universities across Europe. The conference will draw upon the Festival theme of visions for the future. The Global School of Sustainability will support panel events on the theme of sustainability. Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 16 June 2025, 12.00-2.00pm
Great Hall, Marshall Building, LSE campus
Join us for the launch of this year's LSE Festival exhibition, Visions for the future. Explore the research exhibits in this launch exhibition and speak to some of the featured researchers. Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - free and open to all
Part of the GSoS Launch Special Event Series
Tuesday 10 June 2025, 6.30-8.00pm
Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE campus and online
Celebrate the launch of the new Global School of Sustainability with us, at this special event examining how we can foster sustainability amidst global uncertainty. Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - free and open to all
Friday 16 May 2025, 12-1.15pm
Sir Arthur Lewis Building, 32 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, LSE campus
Hear Montek Singh Ahluwalia speak on his ten-year trategy for managing climate change in India, with Adair Turner (Chair, Energy Transition Commission) and Nicholas Stern (Chair, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment; Chair, Global School of Sustainability). Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - free and open to all
Thursday 15 May 2025, 09:30am-6.30pm
Friday 16 May 2025, 9.30am-5.00pm
Great Hall, Marshall Building, LSE campus
Explore the contentious politics of climate policy focusing on ideology, economic interests and institutional design. Visit the event listing for full details and registration information.
Public event - no cost, application submission required - in Spanish
Thursday 10 April 2025, 9am-1.30pm
C/Pintor Sorolla, 2, Valencia, Spain
Join experts in this analysis of the green transition - one of most critical global challenges facing humanity.
LSE student, alumni and staff event
Friday 28 March 2025, 12-1.30pm
Online
Gain valuable insights on entrepreneurship, sustainability and adapting to a dynamic world from sustainability business founder and LSE alumna, Lubomila Jordanova.
Public event - no cost, application submission required
Friday 28 March 2025, 9am-5pm
LSE Campus
Network, collaborate and deep dive into the latest in nature tech developments.
Public event - free and open to all
Thursday 27 March 2025, 6.15-7.30pm
LSE Lecture Theatre, Centre Building, LSE campus
Join the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and LSE Law School for a guest lecture from Lord Robert Carnwath of Notting Hill, CVO, retired Justice of the UK Supreme Court and LSE Visiting Professor in Practice, for reflections on the role of the courts, at home and abroad, in the development of environmental and climate change law over the last two decades.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 18 March 2025, 7-8.30pm
Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, LSE campus
Join the Department of International Development and the Global School of Sustainability at LSE for a guest lecture by Professor Geoffrey West, Santa Fe Institute, on the scaling laws of life and the potential for systemic collapse in a rapidly evolving world.
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 11 March 2025, 6.30-8pm
Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE campus
Mark the launch of an Initiative in Sustainable Finance with keynote lecture from Professor Dirk Jenter, introduced by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern and Professor Amil Dasgupta.
