Details of events for the new academic term will be posted here later in the summer.
Speaker(s): Mike Berners-Lee
29 Apr 2019 at Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House, London School of Economics, WC2A 3LJ.
The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Department of Geography and Environment present a talk by Mike Berners-Lee. Sustainability expert Mike Berners-Lee looks at the … read more »
Speaker(s): Jasper Meya
5 Mar 2019 at LSE, FAW (TW2) , 9.04, LSE
The seminar will draw on a series of papers on inequality and environmental valuation, with the main reference being: Meya, J.N (2018), “Environmental inequality and economic valuation,” University of Oldenburg, … read more »
Speaker(s): Dr Max Boykoff
1 Mar 2019 at Clement House - CLM.1.03, LSE, London
Dr Max Boykoff Director, Center for Science and Technology Policy Research (CSTPR) Fellow, Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) Associate Professor, Environmental Studies, University of Colorado-Boulder Deputy Editor, … read more »
13 Feb 2019 at Fawcett House (Formerly Tower 2), Room 9.04, London School of Economics
Viktor will be discussing his paper: Probabilistic models significantly reduce uncertainty in Hurricane Harvey pluvial flood loss estimates Abstract Pluvial flood risk is mostly excluded in urban flood risk assessment. However, … read more »
23 Jan 2019 at Fawcett House (Formerly Tower 2), Room 9.04, London School of Economics
Timo Heer will be discussing his paper: Noise Pollution and Violence Abstract Exposure to noise pollution carries some health risks that also come with air pollution. However, noise also affects … read more »
Speaker(s): Lord Nicholas Stern, Dr Alina Averchenkova, Mr Archie Young, Dr Achala Abeysinghe
18 Dec 2018 at Fawcett House (Formerly Tower 2), Room 9.04, London School of Economics
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 IPCC Special Report on 1.5 degrees called for urgent action.
Speaker(s): Paul Polman, Nicholas Stern
26 Nov 2018 at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE, London
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 »
Speaker(s): Professor Myles Allen, Roberto Eugenio T Cadiz, Lord Carnwath, Dr Stephen Humphreys
8 Nov 2018 at Hong Kong Theatre, Clement's House, LSE, London
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 »
Speaker(s): Emma Howard Boyd (Chair, Environment Agency), Professor Dame Judith Rees (Vice Chair, Grantham Research Institute), Professor Lord Stern (Chair, Grantham Research Institute), Lord Turner (Chair, Institute for New Economic Thinking)
4 Oct 2018 at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, 54 Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London WC2A 3LJ
In this event to celebrate the Grantham Research Institute’s 10th anniversary, the panel will explore how climate action needs to develop in the next 10 years to successfully deliver the … read more »
Speaker(s): Catherine Wolfram, University of California
3 Oct 2018 at LSE, TW2, Room 9.04, London
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 »
