CoP 24 in Katowice, Poland is being held three years after the landmark climate change agreement reached in Paris and only a few months after the IPPCC 1.5 degree report … read more »
Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and LSE Law An expert panel will discuss the links between human rights and climate change, and whether … read more »
In an era of declining trust, growing inequality and spiralling climate change, Paul Polman will talk about the changing role of business and the opportunities presented by the UN Sustainable Development Goals to deliver … read more »
Catherine Wolfram, University of California, Berkeley and NBER, will discuss her paper: Experimental Evidence on the Economics of Rural Electrification. Abstract We present results from an experiment that randomized the expansion … read more »
Over the last decade the use of markets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions has come of age. Carbon markets are now in operation, in the pipeline or under consideration in … read more »
There is evidence that many individuals make suboptimal investment decisions when the benefits and costs associated with that decision are distributed over time. One example is the decision to adopt … read more »
This workshop, hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science will draw on the insights of a … read more »
This multi-disciplinary five-day course provides an in-depth overview of the economics and governance of climate change, and the risks and opportunities they present for a range of organisations. The course begins with an intensive introduction to climate change as a scientific and particularly as a social scientific issue, intended to bring students up-to-speed with the […]
Beveridge’s “Five Giants” remain central issues in discussions about the welfare state today, but there are also new challenges that have emerged since the 1940s. Which “Giant” issue would a modern … read more »
More details on this event will be posted nearer the time
