BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/can-we-tackle-clima te-change-without-deepening-inequality/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:8fe0f8f7-b3ce-4184-a939-8e8abe21d173 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260618T073531 DTSTART:20260619T120000 DTEND:20260619T130000 SUMMARY:Can we tackle climate change without deepening inequality? LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (MA R.1.10\, Marshall Building) DESCRIPTION:Friday 19 June 2026 1pm - 2pmSpeakersGiles AtkinsonDr Lucas Ch ancelDenis FernandoZephanie RepolloChairDr Marion DumasThe climate crisis is reshaping economies\, societies\, and livelihoods—but not everyone be ars its costs equally.From heatwaves to floods\, the poorest communities\, particularly in the Global South\, face the greatest risks\, while climat e policies can impose heavier burdens on those least able to afford them. How can we save the planet in ways that are not only effective\, but also fair?This panel brings together leading academics and practitioners to exp lore the deep links between climate change and inequality—within and bet ween countries. The discussion will ask how environmental\, economic and s ocial policy can work together to ensure that climate action reduces\, rat her than reinforces\, inequality.Drawing on experiences from across the gl obe\, panellists will highlight practical\, inclusive approaches to climat e action and climate justice\, and reflect on how fairness and inclusion c an help build the political coalitions needed for a just transitionMeet ou r speakers and chairGiles Atkinson is Acting Director of the Grantham Rese arch Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and Professor of Envi ronmental Policy in LSE’s Department of Geography & Environment. His spe cialist expertise is sustainability economics and economic appraisal of en vironmental policy. Within both\, Giles’ research has explored distribut ional issues including public preferences for environmental equity\, carbo n taxation and inequality and the distribution of natural capital value.Lu cas Chancel is an Associate Professor of Economics with tenure at Sciences Po\, affiliated with the Center for Research on Social Inequalities and t he Department of Economics. He is also Co-Director and Senior Economist at the World Inequality Lab at the Paris School of Economics (PSE). His work focuses on global inequality and ecological transitions.Denis Fernando is Senior Rights and Justice Campaigner at Friends of the Earth\, working on the right to protest\, antiracism\, international solidarity and adaptati on to extreme weather. Before working at Friends of the Earth\, Denis was an activist in the Occupy London camp\, Stand Up To Racism\, Palestine Sol idarity Campaign and has worked in Parliament and the trade union movement .Zephanie Repollo is Southeast Asia Director at Just Associates (JASS) and a Senior Atlantic Fellow for Social and Economic Equity. With over two de cades of experience\, she works at the intersection of women\, land\, and environmental justice\, advancing feminist and grassroots leadership acros s Southeast Asia. Her work centres feminist movement building\, self-deter mined development\, and regenerative economies grounded in the lived reali ties of rural and Indigenous women.Marion Dumas is an Assistant Professori al Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. 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