CCCEP Climate Week lecture Gas supplies 30 per cent of the energy we use in the UK: to heat our homes, to power industry and to generate electricity. Within the low-carbon transition that the UK needs to make, gas will continue to be important. It will be some time before the millions of households that rely […]
Part of the CCCEP Lunchtime Seminar Series 2012-13 The Green Deal is the main Government Initiative promoting energy efficiency measures in homes and commercial premises. Given the importance of these areas for carbon emissions, as well as the potential employment and carbon reduction outcomes of energy efficiency measures, the Green Deal will be critical for […]
Part of the CCCEP Lunchtime Seminar Series 2012-13 This presentation outlined the findings of different approaches for assessing climate change vulnerability in sub-Saharan Africa, with a specific focus on studies from rural Malawi. We examined the scope for integration of international and regional analyses, with insights from local participatory research as a guide to the […]
The Centre hosted an expert workshop attended by 30 participants from Government, Industry, Skills Bodies, Local Authorities, NGOs, Energy Service Companies, Low Carbon Certification Bodies and Academia. More information Download the workshop agenda (PDF, 202KB) Download the briefing note (MS Word, 193KB) Download the workshop summary (MS Word, 177KB)
The ‘LSE/MR Symposium on Insurance in Emerging Markets’ brought together a small group of leading academics and practitioners to discuss the different determinants of insurance growth. The aim was to have an open exchange on latest findings, considering evidence from emerging markets and developed markets, as well as comparing tools and methods for evaluation. Over […]
Part of the CCCEP Lunchtime Seminar Series 2012-13 The opportunities and benefits of biofuels as a viable option for enhancing access to energy, substituting oil and promoting sustainable development have attracted growing attention of policy, industry, non-governmental organisations and the research community. Nevertheless, empirical data on the prospective benefits and on-the-ground challenges of biofuels as […]
Part of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy’s 2012-2013 Public Lecture Series: Autumn lecture (part of the ESRC’s Festival Of Social Science) If one looks at history, there has often been sufficient science to justify precautionary actions to reduce or eliminate harm from hazardous agents, decades before effective regulatory actions were eventually taken. […]
A special alumni event Guest speakers included: Jonathon Porritt CBE (co-founder of Forum for the Future, co-director of The Prince of Wales’s Business and Sustainability Programme and ex-Director of Friends of the Earth) on ‘Innovation in a low carbon future’ Andy Gouldson (Director of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, School of Earth […]
Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series: Summer Term The presentation will focus on the prevalence of climate scepticism – in its various forms – in the print media around the world. Most previous academic research on climate scepticism has tended to focus on the way it has been organised, and its impact on policy outputs, […]
Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series: Summer Term.
