The Global School of Sustainability
The Global School of Sustainability is the hub of social science expertise at LSE, turning rigorous research into real-world impact. It connects researchers and practitioners working on sustainability across departments and institutes, bringing LSE’s talent together to tackle the most pressing issues of our time.
COP32 tasks Vera Songwe and Nicholas Stern to lead a new report
Commissioned by the Ethiopian COP32 Presidency, Vera Songwe and Lord Nicholas Stern will lead a new report on resilient growth in Africa, building on their climate finance expert group work.
Nick Godfrey co-authors a major global report on the macroeconomic case for investment in climate adaptation
Nick Godfrey and team established the Coalition of Finance Ministers for Climate Action’s Economic Analysis for Green and Resilient Transitions initiative, co-authoring a major global report on the macroeconomic case for investing in climate adaptation synthesising economic and fiscal risks.
IGC launches Energy Insights & Innovation Lab to drive India’s transition
Partnering with Tata Power in Mumbai, the IGC-launched lab uses data from 12 million customers across 15 research projects to design and scale evidence-based power sector reforms.
Blended Finance Lab convenes practitioners to tackle barriers to scale
Convening over 100 participants from 70+ organisations, the Blended Finance Lab Symposium explored collaboration to mobilise private capital for sustainable development in emerging economies.
Earth Capital Nexus to unlock investment in nature
The initiative brings together research, finance and policy expertise to make nature visible in financial decision-making and help unlock sustainable investment in restoration and resilience.
Latest news & activities
LSE sustainability research and expertise at COP31
LSE sustainability experts from across the GSoS network will attend COP31, playing a leading role in discussions on the economic, political and social dimensions of climate action.
China Green Development Lab launched at LSE by the Global School of Sustainability and the Grantham Research Institute
The China Green Development Lab is a new initiative focused on China’s green transition and its growing role in shaping global climate action.
Meeting climate goals will require an increase in funding for research and development, new LSE report finds
Meeting climate goals will require a large increase in funding for research and development in low carbon energy along with robust carbon pricing, indicates new report from the Economics of Climate Organisation (ECO) ahead of COP31.
In the media: The climate crisis will destroy our economies – we learned this 20 years ago. When will we act?
28 October 2026: Fiona Harvey, environment editor at the Guardian, reflects on the 20th anniversary of the Stern Review.
Commentary: Mapping the law of the sea: does ocean governance need its own legal database?
Which laws govern a given stretch of ocean and how they compare across countries is a difficult question. Chloé F. Smith, Chris Hopkins and Joana Setzer present reflections from an LSE roundtable that discussed whether ocean governance needs a new compass akin to the "Climate Change Laws of the World" database.
Future Proof | Sustainable responses to global challenges
Videos, articles, blogs and events exploring what a sustainable and resilient future looks like, and how the social sciences will help us build it.
News & commentaries
Read the latest news and commentaries from the Global School of Sustainability at LSE
Themes
GSoS research is organised into five central themes which get to the heart of sustainability challenges embedded in our economic, political and social systems.
