Global School of Sustainability at LSE

Nicholas Stern talks to Katya Adler - Hay Festival The economist and academic presents a case for transformation that delivers both prosperity and a healthier planet.

General booking for Hay Festival opens at 12pm on Saturday 14 March!

📗 GSoS Chair and Co-founder, Nicholas Stern talks to Katya Adler at the festival on Monday 25 May 2026, 2.30pm on the Discovery Stage.

www.hayfestival.com/p-25215-nich...

Animal economics | Book launch 6:30pm Tues 24 Mar | Nicolas Treich, Jonathan Birch | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

How do we incorporate the welfare of animals in our policy decisions?

Join the public lecture by Nicolas Treich this month!

🗓️ 24 March, 6.30pm
📍 LSE Campus & online

👉 Register now: www.lse.ac.uk/events/anima...

@granthamlse.bsky.social @lseanimalsentience.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social

Join Prof Bina Agarwal on 18 March for a discussion on whether political representation by indigenous communities supports forest conservation or drives greater resource extraction. Hosted with @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Further details and registration ⬇️
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

Professor Stern's new book, The Growth Story of the 21st Century, is free to read and download from LSE Press via #OpenAccess

Access Professor Stern's new book here: doi.org/10.31389/lse...

@granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social #Sustainability #GreenTransition

Last week, we hosted a book launch event 'Eco-Social Contracts for Just and Sustainable Futures' with @gsos-lse.bsky.social at LSE.

The panel called for an eco-social contract that fundamentally redefines the relationship between people, planet & power.

🎧Listen to the recording: buff.ly/y8RJQgA

Can degrowth save the climate? – podcast Madeleine Finlay hears from Nick Stern, professor of economics and government at the London School of Economics, and Jason Hickel, a political economist and professor at the Autonomous University of B...

🎧 In the latest episode of The Guardian's Science Weekly podcast, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of @gsos-lse.bsky.social and @granthamlse.bsky.social, speaks to Madeleine Finlay on the future of economic growth and climate change. ⬇️

Join us for this talk that will examine the financial interests opposing decarbonization with @gregorsemieniuk.bsky.social

📅 3 March, 6.30pm

📍In-person and online

Register at: www.lse.ac.uk/european-ins...

LSE | Tsinghua University | Funding Awarded for Sustainability Research LSE and Tsinghua University have announced funding to twelve new research projects focused on sustainability, Find out more about the collaborative proposals.

🙌 Exciting news! Congratulations to the twelve global teams selected to deliver real-world sustainability impact through rigorous, policy-focused, interdisciplinary research ⬇️

5️⃣ x LSE Fellow positions now open at the Global School of Sustainability at LSE!

💡 We are seeking to appoint up to five fixed-term LSE Fellows with expertise in the social science of sustainability.

🗓️ Closing date: 12/03/2026

🤝 Apply today! jobs.lse.ac.uk/Vacancies/W/...

We're delighted to support sustainability thought leadership across LSE and beyond. 🙌

We love this example of the energy, fresh perspectives, and interdisciplinary conversations shaping our network!

Lei Zhang, Co-founder of GSoS and Founder and CEO of Envision, awarded 2026 Energy Institute President’s Award | the Global School of Sustainability at LSE Lei Zhang, Co-founder of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) and Founder and CEO of Envision, has been awarded the 2026 Energy Institute President’s Award.

👏 Our warmest congratulations to GSoS Co-founder Lei Zhang on receiving the Energy Institute’s 2026 President’s Award!

📺 Watch now - Can natural capital be replaced?

Prof Eric Neumayer explores the debate between weak and strong sustainability, and how these frameworks shape policy responses to major environmental challenges like climate change and resource availability. 🌍

👉 zurl.co/U4lTz

Join us for this wonderful event on February 24. Thank you London School of Economics, @granthamlse.bsky.social @gsos-lse.bsky.social for hosting this important discussion on Pathways to Breathe Clean Air.

Translating Nature and Climate into Risk Translating Nature and Climate into Risk: Data, Measurement, and Decision-Making

How are environmental concerns translated into measurable risks, standardized metrics and management practices for organisations, regulators and financial markets?

Can you contribute to this discussion? Check out our call for papers with the Organizing Risk Group and LSE Department of Accounting. ⬇️

Can natural capital be replaced? | LSE Event YouTube video by LSE

New event recording with @lsegeography.bsky.social available to stream now!

Is Kuwait a good place to live? Rethinking cities with people in mind | LSE Research YouTube video by LSE

🏢 How are the designs of some modern cities, built for cars not people, now affecting those who live there?

Dr Alexandra Gomes of LSE Cities takes a look at how the Gulf Cities of #AbuDhabi and #Kuwait can be used as case studies for more sustainable urban design for people and planet.

Can natural capital be replaced? How the weak versus strong sustainability divide will shape our common future | Eric Neumayer Eric Neumayer will discuss how the question of whether natural capital can be substituted by other forms of capital lies at the heart of the controversy.

📢 TONIGHT! - Can natural capital be replaced?

Dive into the debate on weak vs strong sustainability with Prof Eric Neumayer and explore whether natural capital can truly be substituted by other forms of capital. 🌍

🗓 10 Feb 2026 | 🕡 6.30–8pm, Sheikh Zayed Theatre & Online
👉 zurl.co/vSltz

Climate Change: Economics, Policy and Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty On Campus Programme | LSE Executive Education LSE’s Climate Change programme gives you comprehensive and multi-disciplinary understanding of the risks, opportunities, governance and economics of climate change.

Climate change isn’t just an environmental issue. It’s a decision problem.

By understanding incentives, institutions, and uncertainty, leaders can move from ambition to action.

There are three weeks left to apply to Climate Change: Economics, Policy and Strategy in an Age of Uncertainty ⬇️

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WEBINAR: What does the Asmania v. Holcim ruling mean for climate litigation worldwide?

Hear from plaintiffs & legal experts during our upcoming session:
🗓️ 16 Feb | ⏰ 11:00 CET
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Limiting climate change while growing prosperity: an action agenda | GSoS Public Lecture | Adair Turner | Nicholas Stern Join Lord Adair Turner for the final event in this special lecture series from the Global School of Sustainability at LSE. Chaired by Professor Lord Nicholas Stern. Free and open to all.

📢 Tickets are FULLY BOOKED, but we're operating a returns queue for tonight's event! Drop by at 6.30pm to hear Lord Adair Turner's action plan to keep global warming below below 2°C. ⬇️

Keeping global warming below 2°C: a feasible action plan Join us for this public lecture to be delivered by eminent sustainability thought-leader, Adair Turner.

Can we keep global warming below 2°C?

This Monday 9 February, Lord Adair Turner outlines his action plan for doing just that - from accelerating electric technologies and smart carbon pricing to lowering capital costs and tackling the global food challenge.

Book your free ticket for this event ⬇️

Welcome to GSoS, @ashfaqkhalfan.bsky.social!

Click on Ashfaq's post to find out more about his role, the SRO and how you might get involved!

Barriers to climate action: transitional costs, distributional issues and politics | LSE YouTube video by LSE

In the meantime, catch up on lecture two, now available to watch here ⬇️

Keeping global warming below 2°C: a feasible action plan Join us for this public lecture to be delivered by eminent sustainability thought-leader, Adair Turner.

📢 We are delighted to extend our ticket offering for the final lecture of our special series on sustainable energy and growth with Lord Adair Turner.

Join us this Monday 9 February at LSE for a feasible action plan to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius – not to be missed!

🪁 Join me as the UN Special Rapporteur on the human right to a clean, healthy and sustainable environment together with a diverse group of speakers to reflect on clean air from scientific, policy, legal, and human rights perspectives.

📢Join us for our event 'Eco-social contracts for sustainable and just futures' co-hosted with @gsos-lse.bsky.social on 18 February!

For anyone seeking hope and direction during a time of global uncertainty, this event will explore how inclusive, regenerative, and just futures can be co-created.🌱

Reboot Development: The Economics of a Livable Planet New World Bank report: Find out about how policymakers can connect the dots across land, air, and water sectors to drive strong, sustainable economic growth at the national-level and unlock major glob...

We're delighted to share the presentation for public access here ➡️ echo360.org.uk/media/79178b...

Read the full report here: www.worldbank.org/en/publicati...

Last week, we welcomed Richard Damania, lead report author and the World Bank’s Chief Economist of the Sustainable Development Practice Group, and Martin Raiser, the World Bank’s Senior Representative for European Economic Cooperation, for an in-person discussion on the findings.

The World Bank’s latest report, “Reboot development: the economics of a livable planet”, explores how environmental degradation through land loss, air and water pollution affects global growth and human potential.

From dialogue to decarbonisation: can investor engagement deliver? | Panel discussion 6.30pm Mon 23 Feb | Nikolaus Hastreiter Peter Tufano Caroline Escott Hayley McGuinness | Ticket Required | Free public event at LSE

📣 𝙁𝙧𝙤𝙢 𝙙𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙙𝙚𝙘𝙖𝙧𝙗𝙤𝙣𝙞𝙨𝙖𝙩𝙞𝙤𝙣: 𝙘𝙖𝙣 𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧 𝙚𝙣𝙜𝙖𝙜𝙚𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧?

Please join us at our forthcoming public event:
🗓️ Monday 23 February 2026
🕰️ 18:30 GMT, 19:30 CET, 13:30 ET, 10:30 PT
🏢 Old Theatre, Old Building, LSE at Houghton St, London, WC2A 2AE
🔎 Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/events/from-...