Speaker(s): Lykke Friis
19 Oct 2010 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Part of the APCO Worldwide Perspectives on Europe Series The cold war era was characterised by a bipolarity based on ideologies and nuclear arms. The post cold war era will increasingly be defined by energy. Power and economic welfare will depend on a country’s or region’s access to the world’s decreasing fossil fuels or the development […]
Speaker(s): Robert Falkner
18 Oct 2010 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Part of the Climate Change and Environment Autumn 2010 seminar series In his seminar, Robert argued that we needed a major reassessment of the current approach to building a climate regime was needed, which was focused on the idea of a comprehensive, universal and legally binding treaty that prescribes, in a top-down fashion, generally applicable policies […]
Speaker(s): Jim W. Hall
14 Oct 2010 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
Robustness has been widely identified as a desirable attribute of decisions that have to be taken under conditions of severe uncertainty. We think of a decision being robust to uncertainty if it yields acceptable outcomes under a wide range of possible futures. Yet robustness is seldom cost free. It usually entails sacrificing some performance relative […]
Speaker(s): Andy Dougill, Claire Quinn, Elisabeth Simelton
5 Oct 2010 at University of Leeds
The literature on drought, livelihoods and poverty suggested that dryland people are especially vulnerable to climate change. However, assessing vulnerability and sharing lessons between regions has proven difficult. The seminar reflected on a structured, multi-scale, interdisciplinary vulnerability assessment of six dryland regions. Studies adopt different levels of quantification to assess: The added value provided by […]
Speaker(s): Michael Jacobs, Simon Dietz, Jouni Paavola, Emma Tompkins, Samuel Fankhauser, Andy Gouldson
16 Sep 2010 at Clement House, London School of Economics, Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF
The conference included presentations on themes such as climate uncertainties and innovations for a low-carbon economy. Programme Conference schedule (PDF), including details of practitioner and academic commentaries Presentation slides Simon Dietz (PDF) Jouni Paavola (PDF) Emma Tompkins (PDF) Sam Fankhauser (PDF) Videos Video of Michael Jacobs’ keynote address Video about The Ellsberg Paradox, referenced in Simon Dietz’s presentation
Speaker(s): Andy Gouldson, Evan Fraser
15 Sep 2010 at Clement House, London School of Economics, Aldwych, London WC2B 4JF
The symposium aimed to build capacities and communities of early stage researchers in areas related to climate change economics and policy. ProgrammeSymposium schedule Symposium schedule (PDF) Presentation slides Keynote address from Andy Gouldson – Research Challenges on the Low-Carbon Economy (PDF) Keynote address from Evan Fraser – Research Challenges on Climate-Resilient Societies: the case for food security (PDF) Research methods workshop […]
Speaker(s): Ralph Ashton, Andy Gouldson
8 Jun 2010
Where, why and how agriculture, forests and other land use can play their part As part of the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) 2009-2010 Seminar Series at the University of Leeds Further reading: Policy Brief 7, ‘Roadmap for Terrestrial Carbon Science’, and Policy Brief 6, ‘Estimating Terrestrial Carbon at Risk of Emission’, are […]
Speaker(s): Professor Jim Hall
3 Jun 2010 at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
The Climate Change and Environment Seminar Series was hosted jointly by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP), and the Department of Geography and Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Further reading Abstract: Robustness has been widely identified […]
Speaker(s): Professor Arthur Petersen
13 May 2010
Dealing consistently with risk and uncertainty across the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) reports is a difficult challenge. Huge practical difficulties arise from the Panel’s scale and interdisciplinary context, the complexity of the climate change issue and its political context. In this presentation, the observed differences in the handling of uncertainties by the three […]
10 May 2010
As part of the Munich Re research programme The workshop aimed to foster an exchange of knowledge in the area of the impact of risk perception on the demand for insurance in an environment of changing risk levels. The workshop was held as part of work programme E of the Munich Re Programme at the Centre for Climate Change […]
