Events 2009
The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy's 2009 - 2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds
Date: Tuesday 1 December 2009
Title: Shops, lifestyle and the planet|: Will Corporate Social Responsibility deliver a one planet low carbon world?
Speaker: Professor Alan Knight, OBE, founder of Single Planet Living
Chair: Professor Andy Gouldson
Countdown to Copenhagen Debate
This
debate| was hosted by the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, on 13 November 2009, at the University of Leeds and introduced by the Vice-Chancellor, Professor Michael Arthur. It was chaired by Centre Director, Professor Andy Gouldson.
Inaugural Business Green seminar
Seminar co-hosted by Business Green| and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Date: Wednesday 4 November 2009
Title: Delivering the low carbon economy - a case of evolution or revolution
Time and Venue: 18.00-19.30, University of Leeds
Speakers: Professor Andy Gouldson, James Murray - Editor, BusinessGreen.com, Dax Lovegrove - Head of Business & Industry Relations, WWF and Frances Way - Carbon Disclosure Project.
Symposium on Climate Change
On Tuesday 27 October 2009 Lord Stern organised a symposium on 'A global deal on climate change: the challenges between now and December in Copenhagen' in the Houses of Parliament, in association with the All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group. It was chaired by The Lord Speaker, with leading contributions by Lord Stern, Lord Rees and Lord Turner.
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Date: 14 October 2009
Title: At War with the Weather
Speaker: Professor Howard C. Kunreuther of the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania
Howard Kunreuther spoke at the LSE on the subject of his new book|, At War with the Weather and Other Extreme Events: Managing Large-Scale Risks in a New Era of Catastrophes.
Further information| (PDF)
More about the Munich Re Programme|
The Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy's 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds
Date: 29 September 2009
Title: Earth System Governance |as a Crosscutting Theme of Global Change Research
Speaker: Frank Biermann, Professor of Political Science and Environmental Policy Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam
The first symposium of the Munich Re programme took place on Monday 20 July 2009
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Launch of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
The launch of the Centre took place at the University of Leeds, January 27 2009
Download presentation| - Introduction to CCCEP
Download kenote address| by Nicholas Stern
Download presentations| from the event