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LOCATION:London School of Economics and Political Science\, Clement House\, Room CLM.2.02\, 99 Aldwych\, London\, WC2B 4JF
DESCRIPTION:
LSE Deparment of Government and Grantham Research Institute public lecture\, introduced and chaired by Dr Kai Spiekerman
Attendance at this event is by registration only\, if you would like to attend please register here.
How great is the risk of a climate catastrophe\, and what should we do about it? The likelihood and possible impact of a catastrophic climate outcome is what drives the social cost of carbon (SCC)\, and thus the case for a stringent climate policy. But what is that likelihood\, and what kinds of outcomes might occur? Might the impact of a catastrophic climate outcome be limited to a sharp reduction in GDP and consumption (as most climate models assume)\, or might the impact also include the deaths of large numbers of people? The answers to these questions are necessarily speculative\, but we must address them. To complicate matters\, there are other potential catastrophes that we must also worry about\, such as nuclear or bioterrorism\, or the spread of a “mega-virus.” I discuss the policy implications of these threats\, and consider how we might respond to the risk of climate – and other – catastrophes.
Professor Robert
S.
Pindyck
is
the
Bank
of
Tokyo‐Mitsubishi
Professor
of
Economics
and
Finance
in
the
Sloan
School
of
Management
at
MIT.
He
is
also
a
Research
Associate
of
the
National
Bureau
of
Economic
Research
and
a
Fellow
of
the
Econometric
Society\,
and
he
has
been
a
Visiting
Professor
at
Tel‐Aviv
University\,
Harvard
University\,
and
Columbia
University.
Professor Pindyck’s
research
and
writing
have
covered
topics
in
microeconomics
and
industrial
organization\,
the
behaviour
of
resource
and
commodity
markets\,
financial
markets\,
capital investment
decisions\,
and
econometric
modelling.
His
recent
work
in
economics
and
finance
has
examined
the
determinants
of
market
structure
and
market
power\,
the
dynamics
of
commodity spot
and
futures
markets\,
criteria
for
investing
in
risky
projects\,
the
economics
of
R&D
and
the value
of
patents\,
environmental
policy\,
and
the
economic
and
policy
implications
of
global catastrophic events.
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URL;VALUE=URI:https://www.cccep.ac.uk/event/public-lecture-climate-and-other-catastrophes/
SUMMARY:Public lecture | Climate (and other) catastrophes
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20160913T183000
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