Events

LSE/ClientEarth Clinic Presentation: Who Pays for Climate Breakdown? Banks, Financed Emissions, and the Road to Climate Accountability

Public event - free and open to all

Thursday, 2 April 2026, 5-7pm
In-person public event - Lecture Room 1.04, 1st floor Marshall Building, LSE

With banks still investing heavily in fossil fuels, this event examines whether they can be held legally accountable for climate harm. The LSE/ClientEarth report, produced by students in the Sustainability Law & Policy Clinic, offers new insights into climate attribution and financial responsibility. Join us for the presentation, expert discussion and a reception to follow.

Democracy for a sustainable world

Free LSE staff and student event 
Wednesday, 1 April 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm
In-person LSE staff and student event -LG.04, Sir Arthur Lewis Building, LSE

Join us for an evening with James Bacchus, former WTO Appellate Body chief judge and US congressman, as we explore the themes of his latest book, Democracy for a Sustainable World: The Path from the Pnyx.

This in-person event offers LSE staff and students a chance to hear James Bacchus outline a new vision of sustainable democracy, based on classical Athenian ideas of governance. The presentation will be followed by an open debate, inviting participants to engage actively with the themes of sustainability, democracy, and global governance.

Air Pollution Prowl

Free student event 
Wednesday, 25 March 2026, 2pm - 3.30pm
In-person student event - Meet at LSE Globe

Join Thomas Smith (Prof.) for a hands-on air pollution monitoring walk. Use a portable particulate matter monitor to track real-time air quality as you go. We’ll discuss key sources of urban air pollution and learn how to interpret the data. Snacks provided by GSoS!

Museum of Edible Earth

Free student event 
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 1.30pm
In-person student event - Meet at LSE Globe

The Global School of Sustainability is hosting a visit to the Museum of Edible Earth at Somerset House. Created by artist and researcher masharu, the exhibition explores geophagy—the practice of eating earth for health, ritual, and culinary purposes. You’ll see, smell, and even taste edible samples of clay, chalk, and mineral-rich soils from around the world in a session guided by masharu. Please note, tickets are very limited, so early sign-up is encouraged.

Animal economics

Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Sheikh Zayed Theatre, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE

Humans care about animals, and many would argue that animals are morally relevant. Many of our decisions profoundly affect the welfare of animals and yet welfare economics has not, up to this point, considered animals in its frameworks, theories and cost-benefit calculations. This is poised to change with the publication of Animal Economics by Nicolas Treich, who is a pioneer in bringing animals into economics. Professor Treich will present the main arguments of the book, which explores the complexity of human attitudes toward animals and combines this with economic theory to show how we can understand animal welfare as an externality and thereby incorporate animals into decisions. After the book presentation, a panel will debate and further explore the themes of the book.

GSoS Conversation Café: What Does Sustainability Mean to You?

Free student event 
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 11am - 1pm
In-person student event - Hall-Carpentar Room 3rd floor of the Saw Swee Hock Building

Join the Global School of Sustainability’s conversation café to discuss what sustainability means to you! We want to hear from staff and students, learn about your ideas and experiences, and explore how GSoS can best support you. You'll take part in reflective conversation prompts, creative activities, and learn about all the exciting projects GSoS are working on across LSE.

No ticket or pre-registration is required to attend in-person. Entry is on a first come, first served basis.

In conversation with Andrzej Domański, Poland’s Minister of Finance and Economy: building economic resilience amid uncertainty – lessons from the Polish experience

Public event - free and open to all
Monday, 23 March 2026, 4.30pm - 6pm
In-person public event - London School of Economics

LSE’s Centre for Economic Transition Expertise welcomes Poland’s Minister of Finance and Economy, Andrzej Domański, for a discussion with CETEx Executive Director Rob Patalano on strengthening economic resilience and competitiveness amid rising geopolitical and transition risks. The conversation will explore Poland’s strong recent growth, its efforts to decarbonise and attract investment, and the country’s unique insights from three decades of systemic economic transformation—offering lessons for other economies navigating similar challenges.

The economics of nature and the nature of economics

Public event - free and open to all
Thursday, 19 March 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person and online public event - Malaysia Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE

Join us for a public lecture with Spencer Banzhaf as he explores whether economic growth and environmental protection must be at odds. By tracing the 20th‑century evolution of environmental economics—from valuing nature purely for its material uses to recognising its aesthetic and holistic importance—Banzhaf reveals how shifting definitions of “environment” and “economics” continue to shape today’s policy debates and fuel interdisciplinary misunderstandings.

Can indigenous political representation improve forest conservation? India’s experience | Professor Bina Agarwal

Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday, 18 March 2026, 6.30pm - 8pm
In-person public event - Malaysia Auditorium, Centre Building, LSE

Can political representation by indigenous communities – whom many see as stewards of forests – enhance forest cover and biodiversity conservation? Or would indigenous political control over forests catalyse greater extraction for revenue gains? Does the level of representation matter? This talk will address these under-researched questions, drawing on India’s uniquely multi-layered enactments which granted Scheduled Tribes political representation, and hence control over local forests, in constituencies reserved for them in state assemblies and village councils.

Book Launch: Giulia Claudia Leonelli, Environmental Leverage in Times of Climate Crisis

LSE staff and students - free event 
Tuesday, 17 March 2026, 6.15pm - 7.30pm
In-person internal event - Senior Common Room, 5th Floor Old Building, LSE

Join us for the launch of Environmental Leverage in Times of Climate Crisis (published in February 2026) and for a lively discussion exploring how trade-related measures are reshaping environmental law, economics, and policy. As countries use trade to influence transnational environmental standards, new opportunities and challenges arise — from tackling gaps in multilateral action to confronting concerns about green protectionism and eco‑imperialism. Our speakers will examine the shifting landscape of climate governance and the complex journey towards resilient, sustainable futures.

Extraction: The Frontiers of Green Capitalism – book talk by Thea Riofrancos, followed by a discussion by Christine Schwöbel-Patel

Public event - free and open to all
Thursday, 12 March 2026, 5.30pm - 7pm
In-person public event - Thai Theatre, Lower ground floor, Cheng Kin Ku Building, LSE

Join Associate Professor Thea Riofrancos for a compelling exploration of how lithium, green technology, and global power struggles are shaping the energy transition. The talk unpacks the tensions at the heart of “green capitalism” and questions whether it can truly deliver a just, sustainable future.

Pathways to Breathe Clean Air: Ultra Low Emission Zones

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.

Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures

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.

Climate accountability and Asmania et al. v. Holcim: legal implications and future pathways

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.

Binding the Future: How to Prevent Backsliding in AI and Climate Governance

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.

Governing with nature: towards transformative change?

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.

Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future

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.

Tools for Research on Climate Law, Governance, and Litigation

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.

Keeping global warming below 2°C: a feasible action plan

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.

Barriers to climate action: transitional costs, distributional issues and politics

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.

In conversation with Tom Steyer

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.

Reboot development: the economics of a liveable planet

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.’

Abundant clean energy for all: the technological opportunity

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.

Natural Capital, Growth, and Development

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!

Decentering Emissions: How the developing world can shape the climate change agenda

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.

The Carbon Problem

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.

Sustainability and Behavioural Change, An LSE Public Policy Review Symposium

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.

COP30 and beyond: what was achieved in Belém?

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.

How do we fix climate change?

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?

Film-screening & roundtable discussion: Global Day of Action for Climate Justice: Decarbonization – A just transition?

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.

Remaking the Globe: gender, justice and the politics of sustainability

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.

Saving Britain's wildlife

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?

The Exhaustion of Liberal Democracy and the Emergence of Alternatives

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 21^st Century? The talk develops this question, and begins to answer it.

Climate change, inequality, and policy contestation workshop

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.

Fault lines: the new political economy of a warming world

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.

The 21st century growth story: economics and opportunities of climate action

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.

Sustainability, peace and development: in conversation with Juan Manuel Santos

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.

Seeing the unseen: combining data to better understand our environment

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.

Sustainable Subsea Networks: The Environmental Impact of Internet Infrastructure

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.

Toxic Legacies: Holding Multinational Giants Accountable for Historic Pollution

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.

Launch of Earth Capital Nexus: Catalysing finance for a resilient future

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.

Blended finance needs to scale 10x: can it, will it?

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.

Climate finance and investment in low-middle income countries

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.

LSE Environment Week conference

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.

China’s Economy: Gaming Trump Trade War, and Shifting Development Strategy

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.

Valuing nature in a changing climate: rethinking natural capital

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.

Investing in our future: COP30 and the sustainable growth agenda

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.

LSE Green Skills Lab: Launch Event

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.

Launch of the State of the Corporate Transition in 2025 report

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.

LSE at London Climate Action Week 2025

Saturday 21 June - Sunday 29 June 2025
LSE hosted a number of events as part of London Climate Action Week 2025.

Global trends in climate litigation: report launch

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.

Knowledge beyond boundaries: LSE's interdisciplinary student research conference

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.

Visions for the future launch reception | LSE Festival exhibition

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.

Amartya Sen and Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala in conversation with Nick Stern: building sustainability in a turbulent world

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.

A ten-year strategy for managing climate change in India - Montek Singh Ahluwalia

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.

Environmental Populism Conference

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.

Foro Cañada Blanch 2025 - La Transición Verde

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.

How to Navigate Change: Building a Sustainable Business

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.

2025 Nature Tech Unconference

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.

Law and the environment: a judge looks back

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.

Growth, innovation and singularities: are we sustainable?

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.

Launch of an Initiative in Sustainable Finance: financing a sustainable future

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.