{"id":82929,"date":"2026-01-08T11:19:05","date_gmt":"2026-01-08T11:19:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/?post_type=event&#038;p=82929"},"modified":"2026-02-04T15:45:44","modified_gmt":"2026-02-04T15:45:44","slug":"natural-capital-growth-and-development","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.lse.ac.uk\/granthaminstitute\/events\/natural-capital-growth-and-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Natural Capital, Growth, and Development"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<?xml encoding=\"UTF-8\"><figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Natural Capital, Growth, and Development\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jMdotfjck7k?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This keynote lecture from&nbsp;<strong>Professor Gretchen Daily<\/strong>&nbsp;was followed by a panel discussion with experts from business and academia&nbsp;on&nbsp;<em>Natural Capital, Growth, and Development<\/em>.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Professor Daily<\/strong>&nbsp;is co-founder and Faculty Director of the Stanford Natural Capital Alliance &ndash; a global partnership whose goal is to integrate the values of nature into planning, policy, finance, and management. 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