Past Events

Grantham Workshop | Charles Palmer

Speaker(s): Charles Palmer
17 May 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room 9.04,

Charles Palmer, Assistant Professor of Environment and Development at the London School of Economics, will be the speaker for this seminar. This seminar is open to all LSE staff and students. … read more »


RSS | Nicolai V. Kuminoff

Speaker(s): Nicolai V. Kuminoff
10 May 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room 9.04

Nicolai V. Kuminoff, Assistant Professor in the Department of Economics at Arizona State University, will be the speaker at this event.


The dynamics of vulnerability and implications for decision support on climate change adaptation

Speaker(s): Lisa Dilling, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, and Director of the Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado Boulder, USA.
10 May 2017 at School of Earth and Environment, Seminar Rooms 8.119

Part of the 2016-17 Programme of Sustainability Seminars hosted by the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds Seminar by Lisa Dilling, Associate Professor of Environmental Studies, and Director of the Western Water Assessment, University of Colorado Boulder, USA. More details on this seminar will be provided shortly.      


Grantham Workshop | Antony Millner

Speaker(s): Antony Millner
3 May 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room 9.04,

Antony Millner, an Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, will be the speaker for this seminar. … read more »


Ask a Climate Scientist!

Speaker(s): Dr Catherine (Frin) Bale; Professor Piers Forster; Dr Jason Lowe; Dr Julia Steinberger
27 Apr 2017 at Mill Hill Unitarian Chapel, City Square, Leeds LS1 5EB

  What’s the difference between climate change and global warming? How will climate change affect us? What actions can we take – and will they really make a difference? Are you confused, concerned or just want to know more? Ask a climate scientist! A panel of experts from the world-leading Priestley International Centre for Climate […]


RSS | Christoph Böhringer

Speaker(s): Professor Dr Christoph Böhringer
26 Apr 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room 9.04

Christoph Böhringer, Professor of Economic Policy at the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg, will be the speaker at this event.


Where are the world’s most resilient cities, and who leads them?

Speaker(s): Sarah Colenbrander; George Atalla; Belinda Hewitt; Layla McCay; Rozita Singh.
6 Apr 2017 at Online debate

CCCEP’s Sarah Colenbrander will feature in an online panel debate to discuss who is leading the way in building safer, more sustainable cities. City leaders around the world are looking to make their cities more resilient: able to cope with emergencies and provide a safe, sustainable place for citizens. That means tackling a whole host […]


Grantham Workshop | Ralph Winkler

Speaker(s): Ralph Winkler
29 Mar 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room TW2 2.04

Ralph Winkler, Associate Professor for Microeconomics: Environmental and Climate Economics at the Department of Economics and the Oeschger Centre for Climate Change Research University of Bern, will be the speaker … read more »


RSS | Hari Osofsky

Speaker(s): Hari Osofsky
22 Mar 2017 at London School of Economics, Tower 2, Room 9.04

Hari Osofsky, Robins Kaplan Professor and Faculty Director of the Energy Transition Lab at the University of Minnesota Law School, will be the speaker at this event.


(How) Can Environmental Grassroots Initiatives encourage Low Carbon Behaviours?

Speaker(s): Dr. Milena Buchs, Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics, and Low-Carbon Transitions at the University of Leeds
22 Mar 2017 at School of Earth and Environment, Seminar Rooms 8.119

Part of the 2016-17 Programme of Sustainability Seminars hosted by the School of Earth and Environment, University of Leeds. Seminar by Dr. Milena Buchs, Associate Professor in Sustainability, Economics, and Low-Carbon Transitions at the University of Leeds. People’s carbon footprints in rich countries tend to be unsustainably large. Reducing them is not an easy task. […]