Events
Upcoming events
To hear speakers delve into sustainability themes from across the social sciences, come to an event hosted by the Global School of Sustainability at LSE.
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.
Register nowClimate 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.
Register nowBlended 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.
Register nowLaunch 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.
Register nowSustainability, 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
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
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.
Find out moreThe 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
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
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 will challenge the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.
Find out moreFault lines: the new political economy of a warming world
Public event - free and open to all
Monday 10 November 2025, 6.30-8pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
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.
Find out moreClimate change, inequality, and policy contestation workshop
Academic research event
Monday 10 - Tuesday 11 November 2025
Timings and full programme to be confirmed
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.
Find out moreSaving Britain's wildlife
Public event - free and open to all
Tuesday 11 November 2025, 6.30-8pm
In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue tbc to ticketholders)
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?
Find out moreRemaking the Globe: gender, justice and the politics of sustainability
Public event - free and open to all
Wednesday 12 November 2025 5.30pm - 7.00pm
In-person, LSE campus
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.
Register now