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Professor Lord Nicholas Stern: Activities and Writings since 2008
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House of Lords, Member
The British Academy, President
The British Museum, Deputy Chair of Trustees
from December 2007
July 2013-2017
2012-2016
LSE Roles and Responsibilities:
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IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government
Chair, Asia Research Centre
Director, India Observatory
Chair, Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
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Joint Advisory Board on Climate Change Research at Imperial College and LSE
(Advisory Board of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change (LSE) and the
Environment and the Grantham Institute for Climate Change (Imperial College))
Chair, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy
Commissioner, LSE Growth Commission
Member, LSE Cities Governing Board
Senior Adviser, International Growth Centre (IGC)
INET@LSE
Participation in Development and Presentation of LSE100
Mentoring of younger members of Economics Department (initiated 2011)
Fundraising
Extensive fundraising including:
o research grants from DfID and ESRC
o private fundraising from Grantham, and now exploring private individual co-founders
o developing fundraising plans for China, including School-wide China research
programmes
o exploring the opportunities for India, including in relation to the India Advisory Group.
International Public Policy
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Global Green Growth Institute (GGGI), Director & Program Committee Member
Independent Commission for Aid Impact (ICAI) Triennial Review 2013, Challenge Group
Member
Abengoa International Advisory Group (Seville)
Akbank International Advisory Board (Istanbul)
Asia Task Force (DECC)
European Commission High-Level Advisory Group on Energy and Climate Change
CEAC (World Bank Chief Economist’s Advisory Council)
CIC International Advisory Board (China Investment Corporation, Beijing)
G20 Experts Group (Advisory Group for French Presidency 2011, Fitoussi/Stiglitz)
GCCSI International Advisory Panel (Global Carbon Capture and Storage Institute, Canberra)
GTFA (Global Trade and Financial Architecture Project, DfID initiative)
Special Advisor to the Group Chair, HSBC (2008-2012)
Member, High Level Advisory Group of the UN Secretary General on Climate Change
Financing (2010-2012)
International public policy (UN High Level Advisory Group) including work with President
Felipe Calderon of Mexico, José-Manuel Barroso (as President of European Commission),
Trevor Manuel (Finance Minister, South Africa), Connie Hedegaard (European Commissioner
for Climate Change), DECC (UK Department for Energy and Climate Change, DfID (UK
Department for International Development), HM Treasury
PSOE Council of International Advisers to Prime Minister Zapatero of Spain
Member, International Commission on the Measurement of Economic Performance and
Social Progress (Sarkozy/Stiglitz/Sen Commission, reported 2009)
Member of the High-Level Advisory Group of the United Nations Secretary-General on
Climate Change Financing (2010)
Professor Lord Nicholas Stern: Activities and Writings since 2008 (to end June 2013)
Academic
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Fung Global Institute, Academic Council Member,
The Asahi Glass Foundation
CAGE (Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy, University of Warwick) Advisory
Board, University of Warwick
Fondation JJ Laffont Scientific Committee (Toulouse School of Economics)
Oxford Martin School Advisory Council
PIK (Potsdam Institute) Scientific Advisory Board
TEEB (The Economics of Eco-systems and Bio-diversity) Advisory Board
Professor of Sustainable Development – Environment, Energy and Society, Collège de
France (2009-2010)
President, European Economic Association (2009)
Advisory Editor, Economics Letters (Elsevier)]
Advisory Editor, Journal of Public Economics (Elsevier)
Advisory Editor, Global Policy (Wiley-Blackwell)
Other
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Office for National Statistics (ONS) Measuring National Well-being Advisory Forum
Advisor to Prince of Wales Rainforests Project and Prince of Wales Corporate Leaders Group
Honorary Fellowships:
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Econometric Society (1978)
British Academy (1993)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1998)
St Catherine's College Oxford (2000)
Nuffield College Oxford Visiting Fellowship (2005)
Peterhouse, Cambridge (2006)
The Queen's College Oxford 2007
Honorary Degrees:
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University of Warwick (2006)
Geneva School of Diplomacy and International Relations (2007)
University of Cambridge (2007)
University of Nottingham (2007)
University of Exeter (2007)
University of Sussex (2007)
Roehampton University (2007)
University of Sheffield (2008)
University of York (2008)
University of East Anglia (2008)
University of Paris Dauphine (2009)
University of Brighton (2009)
Technische Universität Berlin (2009)
Other Awards/Prizes
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Great Briton of the Year 2006, Special Environmental Award (Morgan Stanley/Daily
Telegraph), (January 2007)
PSA Award, Political Publication of the Year 2007 (Stern Review) (November)
Building a Better World Award 2008: CH2MHill (May)
Royal Geographical Society Patron’s Medal 2009 (June)
Asahi Glass Foundation 2009 Blue Planet Prize (June)
Prince Albert II Foundation Award of Honour 2009 (October)
CORINE Future Focus Book Prize 2009 (November)
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International Association for Impact Assessment (IAIA) Global Environment Award 2010
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Leontief Prize for Advancing the Frontiers of Economic Thought, Tufts University, 2010
(November)
FundaciónIdeas (Madrid) 2010 Award for work on sustainability and climate change
(December)
The BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Award 2011, BBVA Foundation, (January)
Publications and Papers
Book:
A Blueprint for a Safer Planet: how to manage climate change and create a new era of progress and
prosperity, London: The Bodley Head, 2009 (also published as A Global Deal: climate change and
the creation of a new era of progress and prosperity, New York: PublicAffairs, 2009. Translated
into Italian, German, Turkish, Portuguese, Chinese, Serbian and Taiwanese).
Other published work:
“The Economics of Climate Change", Richard T. Ely Lecture, American Economic Association Annual
Meeting, New Orleans, 4 January 2008, American Economic Review: Papers and Proceedings 2008,
Vol. 98. No.2, pp.1-37.
“Climate Change Innovation and Jobs” (with Samuel Fankhauser and Friedel Sehlleier), Climate
Policy Vol. 8. pp.421-429, 2008.
"Why economic analysis supports strong action on climate change: a response to the Stern Review's
critics" (with Simon Dietz), Review of Environmental Economics and Policy, Vol. 2. Issue 1. pp.94113, 2008.
"Economics, ethics and climate change" (with Simon Dietz and Cameron Hepburn), in Kaushik Basu
and Ravi Kanbur (eds.) Arguments for a Better World: Essays in Honour of Amartya Sen (Volume 2:
Society, Institutions and Development), Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
“Changing Economics” in Felix Dodds, Andrew Higham and Richard Sherman (eds.) Climate Change
and Energy Insecurity: The Challenge for Peace, Security and Development, Earthscan, London,
2009.
"On the timing of greenhouse gas emissions reductions: a final rejoinder to the symposium on, The
Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review and its Critics" (with Simon Dietz), Review of
Environmental Economics and Policy, Vol. 3. Issue 1. pp.138-140, 2009.
“The Global Deal on Climate Change” (with Cameron Hepburn), in Dieter Helm and Cameron
Hepburn (eds.) The Economics and Politics of Climate Change, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 3657, 2009.
"Roundtable Discussion: Economics and climate change: where do we stand and where do we go
from here?" contributor to chapter in Jean-Philippe Touffut (ed) Changing Climate, Changing
Economy, (proceedings from the Centre Cournot conference, December 2008), Edward Elgar, 2009.
“Environmental Policy and the Economic Downturn”, (with Alex Bowen) Oxford Review of Economic
Policy, 26 (2): 137-163, 2010.
“The Economics of Climate Change”, in Stephen M. Gardiner, Simon Caney, Dale Jamieson, and
Henry Shue (eds.) Climate Ethics: Essential Readings, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
“Imperfections In The Economics Of Public Policy, Imperfections In Markets, And Climate Change”,
Presidential Address, European Economic Association, Journal of the European Economic
Association, Vol. 8. Issue 2-3. pp.253-288, 2010.
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“Gérer les changements climatiques: climat, croissance, développement et équité”, Leçons
Inaugurales du Collège de France. Collège de France/Fayard, 23 June 2010.
“Climate: What You Need to Know”, The New York Review of Books, 24 June 2010.
“Climate change and India” (with Ruth Kattumuri and Nandan Nilekani), in Shankar Acharya, Rakesh
Mohan (eds.) India's Economy: Performance and Challenges Essays in Honour of Montek Singh
Ahluwalia, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
"Climate change and India" (with Ruth Kattumuri and Nandan Nilekani), in Shankar Acharya, Rakesh
Mohan (eds.) India's Economy: Performance and Challenges Essays in Honour of Montek Singh
Ahluwalia, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010.
"Commentary" (with Paul Johnson) on "Environmental Taxes" by Don Fullerton, Andrew Leicester,
and Stephen Smith, in Stuart Adam, Timothy Besley, Richard Blundell, Stephen Bond, Robert Chote,
Malcolm Gammie, Paul Johnson, Gareth Myles, and James Poterba (eds) Dimensions of Tax Design:
The Mirrlees Review, New York: Oxford University Press for the Institute for Fiscal Studies, 2010.
"Uncertainty in Science and its Role in Climate Policy (with Leonard Smith), Philosophical
Transactions of the Royal Society A, 369, 1–24, 2011.
"Sustainable healthcare needs interdisciplinary research: Interdisciplinary collaboration is needed to
ensure we develop future proof models of care" (with Anita Charlesworth, Alastair Gray, David
Pencheon), British Medical Journal, October 2011.
"Raising Consumption, Maintaining Growth and Reducing Emissions: The objectives and challenges
of China's radical change in strategy and its implications for the world economy", World Economics,
forthcoming, 2012.
"Low-carbon Growth and Development", (with Ruth Kattumuri and James Rydge) Oxford Companion
to Economics in India, pp.210-317, Oxford University Press, 2012.
“The new energy-industrial revolution and an international agreement on climate change”. With
Rydge, J. Economics of Energy and Environmental Policy v.1, pp.1-1, 2012.
Forthcoming “The Structure of Economic modelling of the potential impacts of climate change has
grafted gross underestimation onto already narrow science models.” Journal of Economic Literature,
2013
Working Papers/Others
"The economic crisis and the two great challenges of 21st century", LSE: Grantham Research
Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Paper, March 2009
"Climate change, internationalism and India in the 21st Century", LSE: Grantham Research Institute
on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Paper, July 2009.
"Managing climate change and overcoming poverty: facing the realities and building a global
agreement", LSE: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy
Paper, September 2009.
"A global deal on climate change: the challenges between now and December in Copenhagen (
summary of presentations at a symposium in the House of Lords on 27 October 2009)", LSE:
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Paper, November
2009.
"Action and ambition for a global deal in Copenhagen", LSE: Grantham Research Institute on Climate
Change and the Environment Policy Paper, December 2009.
"An outline of the case for a 'green' stimulus" (with Alex Bowen, Samuel Fankhauser, and
Dimitri Zenghelis), LSE: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Policy Brief, December 2009.
"Deciding our future in Copenhagen: will the world rise to the challenge of climate change?", LSE:
Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Brief, December
2009.
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"Environment policy and the economic downturn" (with Alex Bowen), LSE: Grantham Research
Institute on Climate Change and the Working Paper No.16, January 2010.
"What do the Appendices to the Copenhagen Accord tell us about global greenhouse gas emissions
and the prospects for avoiding a rise in global average temperature of more than 2°C?" (with
Christopher Taylor), LSE: Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment
Policy Paper, March 2010.
“India and an Indian village: 50 years of economic development in Palanpur”. With Himanshu ARC
Working Paper, 2011.
"China's growth, China's cities, and the new global low-carbon industrial revolution". LSE: Grantham
Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Paper, October 2010.
"China's growth, China's cities, and the new global low-carbon industrial revolution", LSE: Grantham
Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment Policy Paper, November 2010.
“Delivering climate finance: principles and practice for funding the Fund” with Romani, M., Policy
paper, Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London and Leeds, UK. 2011.
“The basic economics of low-carbon growth in the UK”. With Romani, M. & Zenghelis, D. Policy brief,
Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy, London and Leeds, UK. 2011.
“Ethics, equity and the economics of climate change”. Working Paper, Grantham Research Institute,
London, UK. June 2012
“Recklessly slow or a rapid transition to a low-carbon economy? Time to decide.” with Romani, M. &
Rydge, J. Policy paper, Grantham Research Institute, London, UK December 2012.
“Structural Change Drives Tax Reform Drives Structural Change” with Ehtisham Ahmad & James
Rydge. Working paper for the CDRF, China Development Forum March 2013.
Media articles
2012
The UK Energy Bill: a good start, undermined by coalition politics: Financial Times, 30 November
Cameron must commit to low-carbon economy: Financial Times, 15 October
Britain risks falling behind in the race for clean energy: The Observer, 14 October
Pour une sortie verte de la crise de la zone euro : Le Monde, 29 June
At Rio conference, show leadership on climate change: José Antonio Ocampo and Nicholas Stern,
The Miami Herald, 20 June
Rich nations must take the lead in a clean-energy revolution: José Antonio Ocampo and Nicholas
Stern, Financial Times, 18 June
América Latina debe garantizar el éxito de la Cumbre de Río: José Antonio Ocampo and Nicholas
Stern, El Pais, 17 June
India’s low-carbon growth strategy: Kirit Parikh and Nicholas Stern, The Financial Express, 8 June
We need a Queen’s Speech for growth: Financial Times, 9 May
Brics bank is a fine idea whose time has come: Dr Mattia Romani, Professor Nicholas Stern and
Professor Joseph Stiglitz, Financial Times, 5 April
La crisis europea y la economía verde: Teresa Ribera, Laurence Tubiana and Lord Nicholas Stern, El
Pais, 28 February
Le chemin qu'il reste à parcourir après le sommet de Durban : Nicholas Stern and Laurence Tubiana,
Le Monde, 4 January
2011
A profound contradiction at the heart of climate change policy: Financial Times 8 December
China risks overtaking Europe in green economic revolution: Financial Times, 4 July
Foreword to G8 Climate Change: the new economy (PDF): Lord Nicholas Stern and Dimitri Zenghelis,
G8 Climate Change: the new economy, 25 May
Europe must not stitch up IMF role: Financial Times, 24 May
Urgent steps to stop the climate door closing: Fatih Birol and Nicholas Stern, Financial Times, 8
March
2010
A changed Africa still needs our help to grow: Financial Times, 31 May
Climate: what you need to know: The New York Review of Books, 26 May
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The rich, the poor and the planet: LSE Connect , Winter 2009
Business must champion low-carbon growth: Financial Times, 7 December
Copenhagen climate conference: emission impossible: The Guardian, 30 November
The road to Copenhagen: The Guardian (podcast), 20 November
Our low-carbon future: European Voice, 21 October
The world's future is being decided this weekend: The Observer, 18 October
Vital that US and Europe cut emissions, too: Financial Times (letter) 25 September
China and India are leading the way. Yes, I'm optimistic: The Guardian, 23 September
Lord Stern suggests new way out of deadlock: The Daily Telegraph, 22 September
The real green new deal: Tony Blair and Nicholas Stern, The Guardian, 22 September
The time is approaching for India to take a lead on climate change: The Independent, 20 July
EU power struggle threatens climate change agreement: Financial Times (letter), 20 July
Why global warming could make or break south-east Asia: Nicholas Stern and Haruhiko Kuroda, The
Guardian, 5 May
Tiny steps in a marathon
Nicholas Stern, Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser, The Guardian, 24 April
Nicholas Stern's Blueprint for a Safer Planet lecture at the London School of Economics
Nicholas Stern, The Guardian (podcast), 23 April
Nicholas Stern's reaction to green budget measures
Nicholas Stern, The Guardian (environment blog), 22 April
Enough green talk. Now make it happen: The Times, 21 April
The point of no return: The Guardian, 30 March
Low-carbon growth: the only sustainable way to overcome world poverty: World Bank (blog), 24
March
The world needs an unbiased risk assessor: Financial Times, 24 March
Obama's chance to lead the green recovery: Joseph Stiglitz and Nicholas Stern, Financial Times, 2
March
Opportunities that are too good to miss: Nicholas Stern and Alex Bowen, The Guardian, 24 February
Higher Profile Lectures/Talks with "external impact" (not exhaustive)
2008
Richard T. Ely Lecture at the American Economic Association Annual Meeting 2008, “The Economics
of Climate Change", New Orleans, 4 January 2008.
World Economic Forum, miscellaneous lectures, Davos, 23-26 January 2008
Ralph Miliband Lecture 2008, "Climate change, energy and the way ahead", LSE, 27 February 2008.
India Economic Summit, World Economic Forum on Securing India’s Future Growth, Discussion
Leader for session " Fuelling India’s Future: Will it be Green and Nuclear?" New Delhi, 17
November 2008.
ESRC Workshop on Environment Sustainability & Climate Change Keynote, ‘India’s role in
International action on Climate Change’ New Delhi, 17 November 2008.
RIBA Trust 'International Dialogues: Architecture and Climate Change' Lecture 2008, RIBA London,
25 November 2008.
Roundtable session chaired by Robert Solow on “The Economic Cost of Climate Change", Centre
Cournot Conference, Paris, December 2008.
2009
World Economic Forum, miscellaneous lectures, Davos, 28-31 January 2009.
Ministry of Environment, Norway – Ministerial Tour Study Tour to Antarctica (Troll Research Station,)
February 2009.
Keynote Speech: "The economic crisis and the two great challenges of the 21st century", DfID
Conference on Securing our common future: the future of international development, London, 9
March 2009.
Climate Change Congress, “Low carbon growth: the only way to manage risk and create opportunity”,
University of Copenhagen, 12 March 2009.
McKinsey Project Catalyst / Stern Symposium, Washington DC, March 2009.
Royal Geographical Society Lecture "A Blueprint for a Safer Planet", RGS London, 1 April 2009.
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James Martin 21st Century School Distinguished Public Lecture "A Blueprint for a Safer Planet”,
University of Oxford, 7 May 2009.
BEPA Conference on Global Governance, World Prosperity and Development, “Climate change and
world poverty: the two great challenges of the 21st century”, Brussels, 12/13 May 2009.
Jacques de Larosière Lecture, European Bank for Reconstruction and Development 18th Annual
Meeting, London, 15 May 2009.
Guardian Hay Festival, Hereford, 22 May 2009.
St James's Palace Nobel Laureate Symposium, "Climate Change, Economic Development and
Deforestation", London, 27 May 2009.
Mellon-Sawyer Final Workshop, "Climate Change and the Global Deal", Nuffield College Oxford, 30
June/1 July 2009.
International Parliamentary Conference on Climate Change: Countdown To Copenhagen, "Climate
Change, Development and Prosperity" London, 8 July 2009.
Jawaharlal Nehru Lecture. "Climate Change, Internationalism and India in the 21st Century", London
15 July 2009.
EU Informal Meetings of Energy and Environment Ministers, Åre, Sweden, 24 July 2009.
Edinburgh International Book Festival, 20 August 2009, Edinburgh.
European Economic Association Annual Meetings, President's Lecture 2009 "Imperfections in the
economics of public policy, imperfections in markets and climate change", Barcelona, August
2009.
IGC Green Growth Seminar, LSE, Lunchtime Public Lecture on Green Growth, 24 September 2009.
Festschrift/Conference to honour Angus Deaton, Dinner Speech, Princeton University, 17/18
September 2009.
Global Economic Action Roundtable (GEAR), IMF/World Bank Annual Meetings, Istanbul, 2 October
Climate Change Committee Progress Report Launch, London, 12 October 2009.
Cheltenham Festival, Cheltenham, 17 October 2009.
House of Lords Symposium on a Global Deal for Climate Change, London, 27 October 2009.
Institute for Human Development Foundation Lecture "A Village and the Continent: Economic and
Social Change in Palanpur and India", New Delhi 6 November 2009.
"Building an Equitable Agreement on Climate Change", New Delhi, 9 November 2009.
World Economic Forum: India Economic Summit: Closing Plenary: Next Generation of Growth, New
Delhi, 10 November 2009.
LSE Alumni event, Ambassador's Residence Paris, 27 November 2009.
LSE Public Lecture "Deciding our Future in Copenhagen: Will the World Rise to the Challenge of
Climate Change", London, 1 December 2009.
2010
"Where do we go from Copenhagen?", Sabanci Museum, Istanbul,11 January 2010.
Collège de France Inaugural Lecture "Les deux grands défus du 21e siècle: vaincre la pauvreté et
gérer le changement climatique", Paris, 5 February 2010 (and five further lectures ending 2 April
2010).
China Development Forum, "China’s action against climate change and international collaboration",
Beijing, 21 March 2010.
LSE Asia Forum, Plenary session: Climate change and economic growth keynote speech, Beijing,
Beijing, 26 March 2010.
Lecture "Reasons for Optimism post-Copenhagen: how can India take a global leadership role in the
emerging low-carbon economy", New Delhi, 8 February 2010.
Dixon Lecture "The Road from Copenhagen", University of York, 9 March 2010.
ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy Lecture, "Beyond Copenhagen", LSE 16
March 2010.
Conference in Honour of Peter Diamond, Dinner Speech, MIT, Cambridge MA, 3 May 2010.
IMF/World Bank seminar “From Copenhagen to Cancun – Prospects for Reaching a Global Climate
Change Agreement”, Washington DC, 12 May 2010.
Hay Festival 2010, Hereford, 29 May 2010.
Conference on Managing Climate Change, Collège de France, Paris 8/9 June 2010.
LSE Executive Summer School/Grantham Research Institute lecture, London, 25 June 2010.
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Initiative for Policy Dialogue’s Climate Change Task Force meeting, University of Manchester, 6 July
2010.
Imperial College London Climate-KIC Summer School Lecture, London, 20 July 2010.
ADC Leadership Retreat 2010, "Beyond Australia: the global realities", Hayman Island, 27 August
2010.
Australian National University Seminar "Climate change: the road from Copenhagen to Cancun to
Durban", Canberra, 1 September 2010.
National Press Club Lecture "A global agreement on climate change and the new energy/industrial
revolution", Canberra, 1 September 2010, and other high-profile meetings between elections and
formation of the government.
2010 Sir Douglas Robb Lectures "Managing the risks of climate change, overcoming world poverty
and creating a new era of growth and prosperity: The challenges for global collaboration and
rationality", Auckland, 8/9/10 September 2010.
“India’s role in a changing world: climate, economy and society”, Delhi School of Economics, New
Delhi, 22 October 2010.
2nd Jeremy Grantham Lecture on Climate Change, "Climate Change, Overcoming Poverty and the
new Industrial Revolution", Bangalore, 23 October 2010.
IG Patel Lecture Concluding Remarks on YV Reddy ‘”Towards a New International Financial
Architecture”, New Delhi, 25 October 2010.
EXPO 2010 Keynote Speech, Opening Plenary Session, "China’s growth, China’s cities, and the new
global low-carbon industrial revolution", Shanghai, 31 October 2010.
2011
World Future Energy Summit, UAE, Jan 2010, Jan 2011.
American Economic Association Annual Meeting Session Chair "Technological Innovation to Tackle
Climate Change", Denver, 8 January 2011.
World Economic Forum 2011, LSEIdeasLab session "Doing better with less", Davos, 26 January 2011
(and other miscellaneous lectures)
Prince of Wales EU Corporate Leaders Group Low Carbon Prosperity Summit, Brussels, 9 February
2011.
Republic of South Africa National Planning Commission Workshops on the planning implications of
moving towards a low-carbon economy and building a more climate resilient economy,
Johannesburg, 28 February and 1 March 2011.
United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC)/Conference of the Parties
(COP): Posnan 2008, Copenhagen 2009, Cancun 2010.
LSE100 Lectures in January, 2010, 2011.
China Development Forum session "Strategic Emerging Industries for Economic Restructuring”,
Beijing, China, 20 March 2011
3rd Nobel Laureate Symposium, Stockholm, 18 May 2011
CSA, DWS European Investment Conference “The sustainable future, how does Fukushima change
the global discussion?” Zurich, 26 May 2011
Global Green Growth Summit, Seoul, Korea 19 June 2011
ANDESCO Conference, Medellín, Colombia 21 June 2011
World Bank, “Climate change, the new industrial revolution and economic development: reflections 5
years after the Stern Review” Washington DC, 14 July 2011
China Investment Corporation 3rd International Advisory Council Meeting, “Global Economic &
Financial Outlook”, Guiyang, Guizhou, China, July 17-18 2011
UNFCCC Cop 17, “From the Economics of Climate Change to the Economics of Sustainability”. &
“Status of climate finance: challenge and opportunities for Africa”, Durban, 4-9 December 2011
2012
The UN Foundation: RIO+20+ and the Green Economy: How to make prosperity sustainable, Oxford,
19-21 January 2012
World Economic Forum Annual Meeting, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland 25-29 January
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China Development Forum, “Global Economy: Coping with the Risk of Long-Term Recession” Beijing
17-20 March 2012
German Advisory Council on Global Change, “Towards Low-Carbon Prosperity: National Strategies
and International Partnerships”, Berlin, May 9, 2012
Fung Institute, Asia Global Dialogue, “A strategy for growth for China and the world in a difficult
decade for the global economy”, “Making Markets Work for the Millions”, and “The Dragon and the
Elephant – A continuing Tale of State vs. Market”. Hong Kong & China, 30 May – 2 June 2012
B20/G20 “Rethinking G20: Designing the Future”, Los Cabos, Mexico, 15-18 June 2012
Nobel Symposium, Stockholm, Sweden. September 4-5 2012
NYU Seminar: New Directions in Political Philosophy, New York, USA. 13 October 2012
OECD “New Approaches to Economic Challenges”, Paris, France. 24 October 2012
The 2012 United Nations Climate Change Conference COP18/CMP Doha, Qatar 3-7 December 2012
“Forum for social progress. Growth as a solution to the crisis”, “Sustainable Growth”, Paris, France. 11
December 2012
2013
World Economic Forum, “Global Risks 2013, testing economic and environmental resilience.
‘Preparing for Changing Climes”, “Utilities & technology & renewable shapers. Powering our
future”, “Shifting Fortunes: Towards a new climate framework?”, “Building National Risk
Resilience”, “The Global Development Outlook”, Davos-Klosters, Switzerland. 23-27 January
2013.
LSE Growth Commission Launch, Old Theatre, London School of Economics, 31 January 2013
China Development Forum & CDRF, “Green growth with clean air and water”, “Structural Change
Drives Tax Reform Drives Structural Change”, Beijing, China. 22-27 March 2013
IMF/ World Bank, “Fostering Growth in a World of Immense Risk” - Climate Policy and Political Will
Six Years from the Stern Review. “Economic growth, poverty reduction and managing climate
change”. Washington DC, USA. 31 March- 2 April 2013
OECD/ LSE Growth Commission, “Investing for Prosperity: Skills, Infrastructure and Innovation”, Paris
France. 16 April 2013.
Bloomberg, Launch of the Carbon Tracker report, “Unburnable Carbon 2013” (speaker), London UK.
18 April 2013.
“Remembering Meles Zenawi, the Prime Minister of Ethiopia (1955 - 2012)” (speaker), London, UK.
30 April 2013
HRH The Prince’s Charities’ International Sustainability Unit, “Critical Challenges and Opportunities
for Tropical Forest Science”, London, UK. 7-8 May 2013
Hay Festival, “The British Academy Lecture”, Hay-on-Wye, UK. 25 May 2013
The Amartya Sen Lecture at the LSE (Chair), with Amartya Sen and Sir James Wolfensohn,
“Reflections on a Changing World: 1950-2050”, London, UK. 29 May 2013
LSE “Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map: World Energy Outlook Special Report”, London UK. 12
June 2013
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