BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//sebbo.net//ical-generator//EN URL:https://lectures.london/london-school-of-economics/the-economics-of-tr ansitioning-away-from-fossil-fuels/calender.ics NAME:Lectures London X-WR-CALNAME:Lectures London TIMEZONE-ID:Europe/London X-WR-TIMEZONE:Europe/London BEGIN:VEVENT UID:7197e09b-f044-439e-84c1-bc78c9f45621 SEQUENCE:0 DTSTAMP:20261104T132910 DTSTART:20261105T183000 DTEND:20261105T200000 SUMMARY:The economics of transitioning away from fossil fuels LOCATION:London School of Economics: In-person and online public event (Ol d Theatre\, Old Building) DESCRIPTION:Thursday 5 November 2026 6.30pm - 8pmSpeakersRobin BurgessAndr é Corrêa do LagoRachel KyteProfessor José ScheinkmanChairProfessor Jona than PershingAt COP28 in Dubai\, countries agreed\, for the first time\, t o transition away from fossil fuels in energy systems\, in a just\, orderl y and equitable manner. Governments now face questions that are as much ec onomic as political in turning that commitment into practice: how quickly can clean technologies keep falling in cost\, what role can carbon pricing play in driving the transition\, and why investment in clean energy conti nues to bypass many of the countries with the greatest potential.Register to attend hereThe COP30 Presidency has prepared a Roadmap for Transitionin g Away from Fossil Fuels\, which offers governments strategic guidance for navigating these challenges\, grounded in national circumstances and in t he evidence on systemic risks\, demand\, supply and finance. In support of the Presidency\, the Economics of Climate Organisation (ECO)\, hosted at LSE has brought together leading researchers working on the economics of c limate change to generate policy-relevant research on areas such as innova tion\, carbon pricing and the cost of capital. This work aims to strengthe n the economic foundations of the transition and support its implementatio n beyond COP30.This event showcases the main conclusions of both contribut ions and opens a discussion on how countries can carry them into implement ation in the years ahead. Bringing together leaders from climate diplomacy \, policy and economic research\, the discussion will consider how to acce lerate the transition\, overcome barriers to investment and ensure that th e shift away from fossil fuels is both economically viable and equitable.M eet our speakers and chairAndré Corrêa do Lago is President of COP30 and is on the ECO Steering Committee. As a career diplomat\, he has worked ac ross international organizations\, trade promotion\, protocol and energy\, and served as adviser at the Office of the President between 1991 and 199 2\, contributing to the organization of the Earth Summit (Rio-92). He serv ed as Director of the Energy Department (2008-2011) and of the Environment Department (2011-2013) at the Brazilian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and w as Brazil's chief negotiator for climate change and for the Rio+20 Confere nce. He has served as Brazilian Ambassador to Japan (2013-2018) and to Ind ia (2018-2023)\, and from March 2023 to January 2025 as Secretary for Clim ate\, Energy\, and Environment at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. He is t he author of several books and articles on sustainable development and cli mate change.Robin Burgess is Co-Chair of ECO\, Professor of Economics at L SE\, where he is also Co-Director of the Economics of Environment and Ener gy (EEE) Research Programme\, and co-Founder and Director of the Internati onal Growth Centre (IGC). He is co-Director of the Coase Project on the Ec onomics of Climate\, Energy and Environment. His research spans environmen tal economics\, development economics and political economy\, and he has p ublished on topics including natural disasters\, land reform\, industrial policy\, taxation and poverty. He has held visiting positions at MIT\, Har vard University\, the National Bureau of Economic Research and UC Berkeley \, and is a Fellow of the British Academy and the Econometric Society. He is currently leading research across Bangladesh\, Brazil\, China\, India\, Indonesia\, Kenya\, Myanmar\, Pakistan\, South Korea and Uganda. Robin ha s serves on the COP30 President’s Council on Economics\, Finance\, and C limate.Rachel Kyte was appointed UK Special Representative for Climate on 21 October 2024. She is Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at the Bla vatnik School of Government\, University of Oxford and dean emerita of the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy at Tufts University. Rachel was prev iously Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General and CEO of Susta inable Energy for All. She has also served as World Bank Group Vice Presid ent and Special Envoy for Climate Change\, as well as Vice President for S ustainable Development at the World Bank\, and for Business Advisory Servi ces at the International Finance Corporation. Rachel has held non-executiv e director\, trustee and board member roles with a number of private and p ublic financial institutions\, as well as non-profit organisations\, focus ed on climate and development.José A. Scheinkman is the Charles and Lynn Zhang Professor of Economics at Columbia University and Theodore A. Wells '29 Professor of Economics (emeritus) at Princeton University\, and Co-Cha ir of ECO. Previously\, he was the Alvin H. Baum Distinguished Service Pro fessor and Chairman of the Department of Economics at the University of Ch icago\, and Vice President in the Financial Strategies Group of Goldman Sa chs. His research spans financial economics and climate finance\, with a p articular focus on speculation in financial markets and the effects of liq uidity on financial fragility. Scheinkman is a Member of the National Acad emy of Sciences\, a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences\, a Fellow of the Econometric Society and a Corresponding Member of the Braz ilian Academy of Sciences. He was awarded a John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Fellowship in 2007 and the CME-MSRI Prize in Innovative Quantitative Appl ications in 2014. Jose convened and chaired the COP30 President's Council on Economics\, Finance\, and Climate.Jonathan Pershing is the inaugural De an of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE and is on the ECO Steerin g Committee.. He has extensive experience at the highest level of US clima te policy and has played a key role in creating international climate agre ements. He has held significant positions in the US Department of State — including as the US Special Envoy for Climate Change — and at the US Department of Energy. Most recently\, he was the Director of the Environm ent Program at the Hewlett Foundation.More informationThe Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) is the interdisciplinary centre for sustaina bility research impact at the London School of Economics and Political Sci ence (LSE). GSoS works in partnerships to advance pioneering sustainabilit y research\, global policy engagement and world-leading educational opport unities. Grounded in LSE’s interdisciplinary excellence across the socia l sciences\, GSoS’s global networks target the systemic challenges to su stainability embedded in the world’s economies\, politics and societies. The Economics of Climate Organisation (ECO)\, launched at the London Clima te Action Week by COP30 President Andre Correa do Lago\, who continues to advise ECO as part of its steering committee\, is led by Professors Jose S chienkman and Robin Burgess\, alongside a core group of researchers who we re part of the founding COP30 President’s Council on Economics\, Finance \, and Climate. ECO hopes to serve as a bridge between frontier economics and climate policy. A global collaborative initiative between leading econ omists and policy makers\, it aims to inject new thinking into the design and implementation of climate policies by leveraging analytical advances a nd the best possible data from all fields of economics. By placing mitigat ion and adaptation at the core of economic policy\, ECO aims to support de cision-makers in designing policies that address climate challenges at sca le and speed and facilitate improvements in human welfare. In doing so\, E CO directly supports the COP Action Agenda\, mobilizing the analytical cap acity of leading economists to enrich the debate on adaptation\, energy\, deforestation\, carbon markets\, climate finance\, and helps decision-make rs turn the Action Agenda's ambitions into implementable policy. ECO is ho sted at LSE.The Economics of Environment and Energy (EEE) Programme gather s a dynamic group of researchers working on the interaction between human activity and the natural environment. 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