UKNEE Seminar: Meeting carbon budgets - the need for a step change and the opportunity to use a mix of instruments

The third UKNEE seminar of 2009 took place on 3rd November in room H102 of Connaught House at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The guest speakers were Adrian Gault, Chief Economist in the secretariat of the Committee on Climate Change and Jessica Coria, a Research Fellow at the Environmental Economic Unit, University of Gothenburg. Jessica demonstrated her work modelling the consequences for investment in new and advanced abatement technologies when a mixed-instrument policy is employed.  Adrian’s presentation provided a UK context for Jessica’s model by outlining the approach and recommendations of the first annual progress report of the Committee on Climate Change.  Mallika Ishwaran, Deputy Director of Environment and Growth Economics at Defra, made a response to both speakers with reference to recent Defra/DECC (2009) work, which maintains that selecting the appropriate mix of instruments for UK climate change policy can deliver a more efficient and effective reduction in emission than any single instrument alone.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement

Adrian Gault presentation

Jessica Coria paper

Defra paper

Green Growth: Rhetoric or Reality? Perspectives from Europe and Asia

The second UKNEE seminar of 2009 took place on 2nd July in room 2.06 of the New Academic Building at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).

The guest speakers were Paul Steele of the United Nations Development Programme and Sam Fankhauser of LSE. They respectively presented an Asian and European perspective on the rhetoric and action towards green growth, looking at the focus on low-carbon growth and how that may affect other issues such as proper ecosystem management and social issues.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement

Paul Steele presentation
Sam Fankhauser presentation

Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster

The first UKNEE seminar of 2009 took place on 10th March in room 2.06 of the New Academic Building at the London School of Economics and Political Science. The building is located at 54 Lincoln's Inn Fields.

The guest speaker was Dr. Peter Victor, Professor of Environmental Studies at York University (Canada) and author of the recent book Managing Without Growth: Slower by Design, Not Disaster. The seminar was chaired by Chris Hewett, Head of Climate Change at the Environment Agency and currently on a year-long secondment as an Associate to Green Alliance.

Documents to download

Seminar Announcement

A non-animated version of Peter Victor’s presentation will soon be available at www.managingwithoutgrowth.com.

Additionally, to view a webcast of a very similar presentation given by Peter in November 2008, please go to http://tiny.cc/NwKmU.