BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/action-on-climate-c hange-and-new-approaches-to-growth-marking-the-20th-anniversary-of-the-ste rn-review/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:72742769-7e91-448c-a883-8dae5b073bcc SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261023T104255 DTSTART:20261028T183000 DTEND:20261028T200000 SUMMARY:Action on climate change and new approaches to growth: marking the 20th anniversary of the Stern Review LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (LS E campus\, venue tbc to ticketholders) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 28 October 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersDr Miatta Fahnbu lleh MPLord SternChairElizabeth Robinson30 October 2026 marks the 20th ann iversary of the launch of The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Revie w at the Royal Society by Prime Minister Tony Blair\, Chancellor Gordon Br own and the Secretary of State for the Environment David Miliband\, togeth er with Nicholas Stern. A key conclusion from the review was that the cost of inaction on climate change was much greater than the cost of action. T he world has changed radically in the two decades since. The science is ev er more worrying\; the technology has advanced faster than anticipated\; t he geopolitical context is more complex. This anniversary event will exami ne what has happened in the intervening years\, what we have learnt and wh ere we can go from here.The Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero\, Miatta Fahnbulleh\, will make keynote remarks and Professor Stern will set out his response.Meet our speakers and chairLSE alumna Miatta Fah nbulleh was appointed Secretary of State for Energy Security and Net Zero on 20 July 2026. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State at the Ministry of Housing\, Communities and Local Government between 6 S eptember 2025 and 12 May 2026. She was previously Parliamentary Under-Secr etary of State at the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero between 9 July 2024 and 6 September 2025. She was elected as the MP for Peckham in July 2024.Nicholas Stern is the IG Patel Professor of Economics and Gover nment\, Chairman of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment\, Chair of the Global School of Sustainability\, and Head of the India Observatory at the London School of Economics. President of t he British Academy\, July 2013 – 2017\, and was elected Fellow of the Ro yal Society in 2014.Elizabeth Robinson is Professor of Environmental Econo mics at the Department of Geography and Environment\, and Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. 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