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Recommended reading on sustainable economics

26 May 2026 · LSE Review of Books
Sustainability
The covers of books featured in this recommended reading list on sustainable finance.

Are smart technologies the key to a clean energy future?

26 May 2026 · Shefali Khanna
Sustainability
An illustrated skyline of a city

Measuring nature‑related risks: why data is the hard part

26 May 2026 · Dr Tommaso Palermo
Sustainability
People walking along a road with one side green, the other environmentally damaged.

Pass-through voting: can greater investor voice strengthen sustainable stewardship?

26 May 2026 · Tom Gosling, Dr Suren Gomtsyan
Sustainability
ballot box surrounded by voting options

Tell, don’t ask: how to mobilise climate action on social media

26 May 2026 · Dr Ganga Shreedhar
Sustainability
Silhouette of people demonstrating for climate action

How the TV drama Toxic Town captures the slow violence of industrial and environmental harms

26 May 2026 · Dr Roxana Willis
Sustainability
Image credit: Corby Steelworks, 1950s. Courtesy of Willie Cowie

Are big companies doing enough to meet climate goals?

26 May 2026 · Ali Amin
Sustainability
Wooden bridge across mountains covered by trees by Jonathan Klok, Unsplash

Can climate lawsuits make polluters pay for global warming?

26 May 2026 · Dr Noah Walker-Crawford
Sustainability
Peruvian farmer Saúl Luciano Lliuya. Credit Alexander Luna.

How empty buildings could help solve Britain’s housing crisis

26 May 2026 · Laura Lane
Sustainability
Empty office blocks to sustainabile homes.

Who benefits from the privatisation of health and social care?

24 March 2026 · Dr Benjamin Goodair
Economics
Child holding a teddy

Teaching about colonialism in the classroom

24 March 2026 · Professor Leigh Gardner, Professor Tirthankar Roy, Professor Mohamed Saleh
Race equity
Various photographs from colonial times including of a train, ship and the British flag.

The power and constraints on international law in a political world

24 March 2026 · Dr Theresa Squatrito
Politics
world maps and gavel