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The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action, Nicholas Stern challenges the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.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.
