News and media

Flash floods are on the rise, while the budget to tackle them sinks |

Bob Ward, The Guardian: "A moving new exhibition of photographs at Somerset House shows the human impact of flooding around the world over the past five years and provides an insight into how climate change may already be disrupting lives and livelihoods.

New report concludes government policies to increase green investment could boost economic growth in UK and US|

The governments of the United Kingdom, United States and other rich nations can stimulate economic growth through policies that persuade the private sector to invest record surpluses in low-carbon and other ‘green’ technologies and infrastructure, according to a report| published today (16 April 2012)

Fiscal responsibility and a growth story for Europe|

Nicholas Stern: "The European Union has reached a critical point in its history, facing simultaneously a severe political-economic crisis, and its biggest opportunity to create and sustain prosperity and well-being for its people."

China injects vigour into carbon debate|

Financial Times: "[China's] fledgling plans to start seven pilot carbon emissions trading schemes have injected vigour into the global environment debate... They could unleash "a huge international market" driving investment in green technologies across the world for decades, says Sir Nicholas Stern, the British economist who wrote a 2006 review on the economics of climate change."

Department of International Relations and Chatham House debate: 'The 'Rio+20' UN Summit: Global Crisis, or Global Rescue?'|

The ‘Rio+20’ UN conference will take place in June, two decades after the ‘Earth Summit’ in Rio de Janeiro. What will it take to make environmental sustainability a global reality? This event marks the publication of a special issue of International Affairs on ‘Rio+20 and the global environment: reflections on theory and practice’. The event is taking place on Thursday 31 May 2012, from 6.30 to 8pm, at LSE.