Past events in 2010
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December
This talk presented initial results on the development and analysis of transition pathways for a low-carbon electricity system in the UK.
November
Science symposium in London, at which invited experts discussed findings and compared competing methodologies for normalising disaster losses.
Until very recently, economists shied away from equity analysis, and focused on economic efficiency as their primary performance criterion...
In this talk, Robert Falkner of LSE reviewed the options for future international climate policy after the 2009 Copenhagen conference.
Dr Saleemul Huq talked about the co-evolution of adaptation as a climate change response option in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC).
Joint seminar with the Sustainability Research Institute: speaker Dabo Guan, from University of Cambridge.
Part of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) Seminar Series at the University of Leeds, with David Howlett as speaker.
October
Part of the CCCEP Seminar Series at the University of Leeds, with Ian H. Rowlands as speaker.
Joint seminar with the Sustainability Research Institute; part of the CCCEP Seminar Series 2010-2011|.
Lecture by Lykke Friis, Danish Minister for Climate and Energy: part of the APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series.
This talk, from Jim W Hall of Newcastle University, provided a brief introduction to info-gap theory before presenting examples of its application to mitigation and adaptation decisions.
This presentation reflected on the challenges of assessing vulnerability to inform debates on the integration of climate science and development planning.
Part of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) Seminar Series at the University of Leeds|.
September
The conference included presentations from leading academics, policy makers and practitioners, on themes such as climate uncertainties and innovations for a low-carbon economy.
The symposium aimed to build capacities and communities of early stage researchers in areas related to climate change economics and policy.
June
Where, why and how agriculture, forests and other land use can play their part. Part of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds.
May
Eighteen representatives of the insurance industry attended and engaged in discussions with the aim of helping improve understanding of the needs of the insurance industry related to climate change science and economics.
Hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change, CCCEP, and the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
Assessing climate change, impacts and response.
Evaluating the current and future implications of the UK Carbon Reduction Commitment. As part of CCCEP's 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds.
'Responding to climate change: going beyond dangerous'; lecture from the Director of the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research.
April
Part of the Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series at LSE.
March
Seminar, debate and exhibition on the risks that climate change poses for cities. Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science at the University of Leeds.
Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science at LSE.
Part of ESRC's Festival of Social Science.
Part of the Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series. Hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, CCCEP, and the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE.
Part of CCCEP's 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds.
February
Part of the Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series. Hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, CCCEP, and the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE.
Seminar on the a growing demand to understand corporate exposure to climate change risks and to evaluate corporate performance in managing them. Part of CCCEP's 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds.
January
This seminar asked whether Nicholas Stern got it wrong. Part of the Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series.