Professor of Economics and Government & Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE London, EnglandJoined July 2016
Please join us at the LSE on Friday for a special event to commemorate the life of Pete Betts. I will be in conversation with Todd Stern about the Paris Agreement and others issues: lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
I will be delivering the second of the Lionel Robbins Lectures on Wednesday 13 March, on 'A new growth story: structural transformation; policies and institutions'. Details here lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/03…
I will be delivering the Lionel Robbins Lectures next week on 12, 13 and 14 March. Details can be found here of the first lecture: 'A world re-drawn; a world in crisis; a moment in history; the agenda for growth and transformation': lse.ac.uk/Events/2024/03…
Together with a coherent set of public policies to drive innovation and address gross systemic inefficiency, this would help crowd in private investment in tackling climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, and...
...the need to tackle climate change, biodiversity loss and environmental degradation, and to be economically productive, efficient and competitive in the future.
We estimate that the UK needs to increase annual public investment by around 1% of GDP (£26 billion at current prices) to make up for decades of underinvestment in its physical, natural, social, knowledge and human capital, to deliver on...
Continued low public investment, as laid out in the Chancellor’s Autumn Statement of 2023, and ongoing barriers to business investment in productive and sustainable assets, are inconsistent with success in international markets and will likely lead to more stagnation.
It is now widely accepted that the UK has a major productivity growth problem, with chronic underinvestment across both the public and private sectors being a key cause.
Our new report published today on 'Boosting growth and productivity in the United Kingdom through investments in the sustainable economy' lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
In the end, COP28 produced “a pretty good agreement… It is remarkable how far we’ve come since the Paris agreement,” says climate expert @lordstern1. But, he cautions, “the enforcement is not there. We have to be clear about that.”
Our new report presents a framework for climate finance that could mobilise investment of $2.4 trillion p.a. by 2030 in zero-carbon and climate-resilient technologies and infrastructure in emerging market and developing countries outside China. lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
The Global Stocktake has revealed that we are not on track to deliver the goals of the Paris Agreement. This failure is due to a lack of investment, particularly in emerging market and developing countries. Our new report calls for finance for a purpose. lse.ac.uk/granthaminstit…
Join the launch of the second report of the Independent High Level Expert Group on Climate Finance on Monday 4 December, in person at COP28 between 12:00 and 13:00 in the Global Climate Action Lab Al Shaheen (B7, 92), or live stream at 8:00-9:00 GMT: m.youtube.com/watch?v=xL7s_X…
Very welcome to see the launch of ALTÉRRA by the UAE at COP28, which commits US$30 billion in catalytic capital to create landmark climate-focused investment vehicle. cop28.com/en/news/2023/1…
Just published, our new report of the Independent High Level Expert group on Climate Finance: COP28 report warns Paris Agreement goals are at risk without accelerated investment in developing countries
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