Barriers to Sustainable Energy Management
Speaker(s): Ian H Rowlands
28 Oct 2010 at University of Leeds
Speaker(s): Ian H Rowlands
28 Oct 2010 at University of Leeds
Speaker(s): Terry Barke
27 Oct 2010 at University of Leeds
Joint seminar with the Sustainability Research Institute.
26 Oct 2010
Industry roundtable As part of the Munich Re programme Eighteen representatives of the insurance industry attended and engaged in discussions with the aim of helping improve the London School of Economics and Political Science’s understanding of the needs of the insurance industry related to climate change science and economics. The afternoon was also used to present […]
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 […]