BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/how-the-right-laws- can-save-the-planet/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:14321e4a-b90a-4774-897b-2707c0f7ee48 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20260613T071613 DTSTART:20260617T120000 DTEND:20260617T130000 SUMMARY:How the right laws can save the planet LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (MA R.1.10\, Marshall Building) DESCRIPTION:Wednesday 17 June 2026 1pm - 2pmSpeakersAlex CobhamDr Siva Tha mbisettyTessa KhanChairDr Ashfaq KhalfanThe planet and its inhabitants fac e critical threats – including climate change\, collapse of biodiversity \, reverses in progress on global poverty and persistent inequality.How ca n international and national laws address these threats? What insights do we have about the conditions that lead to their enactment and implementati on? How can they be applied in the face of growing threats to respect for international law?Meet your speakers and chairAlex Cobham is an economist and chief executive of the Tax Justice Network. His research has focused o n illicit financial flows\, effective taxation and inequalities\, includin g at Oxford University and the Center for Global Development. He has led t ax justice advocacy at a range of NGOs and has consulted widely\, includin g for UNCTAD\, the UN Economic Commission for Africa\, the UN Economic and Social Commission for West Asia\, DFID\, and the World Bank. Published bo oks include The Uncounted (Polity Press) and Estimating Illicit Financial Flows (Oxford University Press\, open access\, with Petr Janský ). His mo st recent book\, What Do We Know and What Should We Do About… Tax Justic e? is published by SAGE.Tessa Khan is an international climate change lawy er and campaigner. Before founding Uplift\, she was co-founder and Co-Dire ctor of the Climate Litigation Network\, which supports groundbreaking str ategic climate litigation around the world. She has spent two decades supp orting grassroots\, regional and international movements for justice and h as served as an expert advisor to UN human rights bodies and national gove rnments\, while working in Thailand\, Egypt\, India\, the US\, the Netherl ands and Australia. In 2019\, she was named by TIME magazine as one of fif teen women leading the fight against climate change. Tessa is also a recip ient of a Climate Breakthrough award\, the largest climate action grant fo r individuals.Siva Thambisetty is an Associate Professor of Law at the Lon don School of Economics\, where she teaches and researches on the legal pr otection of inventions\, innovation in emerging technologies\, cultural pr operty and the use and circulation of genetic resources. Dr Thambisetty at tended intergovernmental negotiations on the BBNJ Treaty\, first as an adv isor to the Pacific Small Island Developing States (IGC2\, IGC3) and secon d\, as an expert on the G77 Chair’s Team in 2022 (IGC5) and 2023 (Resume d IGC5). From 2019 to 2023 her work and publications on the treaty negotia tions were funded by LSE Knowledge Exchange and Impact. She currently lead s a KEI-funded Oceans Biodiversity Collective\, engaging in policy convers ations on the Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction Treaty.Ashfaq Khal fan is the Director of the Sustainability Regulation Observatory (SRO) and Distinguished Policy Fellow at LSE's Global School of Sustainability. He was previously Climate Justice Director at Oxfam America and Law and Polic y Director at Amnesty International. The SRO critically analyses sustainab ility regulation and generates insights into more effective design that ad vances human rights\, social justice and sustainability.More about this ev entThis event is part of the LSE Festival: How to save the planet running from Monday 15 to Saturday 20 June 2026. This year's Festival explores how existential threats including the climate crisis\, conflict and AI are af fecting all parts of the world\, transforming the way and where we live\, and how our societies function. 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