Public lecture at the University of Leeds Professor Kevin Anderson offered a stark assessment of the prospects for avoiding dangerous levels of climate change. An audience of well over a hundred, including students, academics, activists, businesspeople and policy makers, attended the lecture. Richard Turton, Strategy Manager for Yorkshire Forward, said it was: “An excellent lecture on […]
Part of the Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series. Abstract We investigate the relationship between weather (temperature and precipitation extremes) and mortality rates in India from 1957-2000. Our estimates imply that hot days cause large and statistically significant increases in both adult and infant mortality within a year of their occurrence. The effect of temperature extremes on […]
Part of ESRC’s Festival of Social Science at the University of Leeds Through a seminar, debate and exhibition, experts from the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, Leeds City Council, the Environment Agency, ARUP and FoE will consider the risks that climate change poses for cities in general and for Leeds in particular. Further […]
Part of the ESRC Festival of Social Science at LSE More information: Listen to our podcast of the event
Part of ESRC’s Festival of Social Science Physical science does a much better job explaining the generalities of the past than predicting details of the future. So how can scientists inform climate policy: policy on international agreements limiting future emissions, on stimulating relevant technological development, on disaster aid, ideally on reducing the severity of future disasters […]
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
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.
The corporate sector is a major source of anthropogenic carbon emissions (more than 40 per cent of total) and will be heavily affected by global climate change mitigation and adaptation policy. As a result, there is a growing demand – from companies, investors and other stakeholders – to understand corporate exposure to climate change risks […]
Did Stern get it wrong? 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.
