3 Jul 2019 at London's Living Room, City Hall, The Queen's Walk, London SE1 2AA
This business roundtable event, being held as part of as part of London Climate Action Week, explores London’s physical and transition climate risks and what this means for businesses in London.
3 Jul 2019 at SOAS Centre for Sustainable Finance, SOAS University of London, Alumni Lecture Theatre, Paul Webley Wing, London WC1H 0XG
This event, being held as part of as part of London Climate Action Week, will seek to address the issue of how finance can accelerate positive change on climate action in the real economy.
Speaker(s): Maarten Hage, Steve Smith, Dr Emily Cox
22 May 2019 at Fawcett House (Formerly Tower 2), Room 9.04, London School of Economics, WC2A 2AZ
While every effort needs to be made to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in all sectors, it is clear that a net-zero target will require some greenhouse gas removal, also referred … read more »
Speaker(s): Katharine Hayhoe
16 May 2019 at Sheikh Zayed Theatre, New Academic Building, LSE
How we talk about climate change reflects how we think about it, which in turn affects how we act – or don’t. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe is a climate scientist who’s … read more »
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.
