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🌍 Green industrial policy: balancing national goals and global integration
As part of LSE Festival 2026, this panel brings together leading voices from academia, policy and industry to explore one of the most pressing questions in the transition to net zero.
🎟️ Free to attend: zurl.co/DYQpN
Attend a FREE screening & discussion of award-winning film "Community Interrupted" at #LSEFestival next week
The film follows refugees & host communities in East Africa exploring integration in an impoverished & climate-vulnerable region
w/ Andrew Harper (UNHCR) & Andrew Steer @gsos-lse.bsky.social
Floods may have been the last thing on your mind in last week’s heatwave but now the torrential rain has arrived - are we ready to deal with it?
Spoiler: No
But David Shukman has some good suggestions
Electricity systems are under pressure like never before. Can we keep the lights on, cut emissions & keep energy affordable?
Join this timely &FREE discussion at #LSEFestival on Tues 16 June with Spencer Dale (former @bankofengland.bsky.social), Tim Heal @octopus.energy, Min Cha & Theresa Chambers.
What explains the rollback of net-zero commitments & the growing green backlash?
Join us to debate the politics of climate change in an era of increasing polarisation at #LSEFestival with @donnachadhmc.bsky.social, Kerry McCarthy MP, @michaelhlerner.bsky.social, Laila Cunningham & Tony Travers.
How can scientific evidence help us in an age of “alternative facts”?
From climate change to health, it's not controversial here on BlueSky to say evidence should guide decisions, but how? @jburnmurdoch.ft.com @helenpearson.bsky.social & David Shukman discuss with Emily Jackson at #LSEFestival
Might innovative firms take the radical action needed to tackle the ecological crisis, bucking the trend of destructive capitalism?
At #LSEFestival next week, join @akshatrathi.bsky.social, @abbyinnes.bsky.social, Fred Basso, Julie Calkins & Anuradha Chugh to discuss (with a free 🍷after)
#LSEFestival starts next week!
Here's my wonderful colleague Antigoni Boulougari and me explaining what it's all about.
Key takeaways:
Interesting discussions
Lots of different types of events
Something for everyone
Free tickets & free drinks 🍷
See you there? www.lse.ac.uk/Events/LSE-F...
Privileged to speak at opening event of #LSEFestival on the links tween media billionairist attacks on climate protection & the chilling destruction of Westminster's political consensus on the need to protect our climate, upon which our food supply depends.
@climate-media-c.bsky.social
How can green industrial policy deliver growth in an uncertain world? This panel explores innovation, trade, and net zero in global value chains.
LSE Festival 2026: How to save the planet 🌏 is less than a week away!
It includes a fantastic programme of events between 15 - 20 June exploring how we can address the crises humanity faces.
Book your free tickets now 👉https://www.lse.ac.uk/events/lse-festival/2026/lse-festival-ticket-information
3:30pm Sat 20 Jun | John Burn-Murdoch, Helen Pearson, David Shukman | Ticket required
1.30pm Mon 15 Jun | Kerry McCarthy, Laila Cunningham, Dr Michael Lerner, Donnachadh McCarthy | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required
What explains the rollback of net-zero commitments & the growing green backlash?
Join us to debate the politics of climate change in an era of increasing polarisation at #LSEFestival with @donnachadhmc.bsky.social, Kerry McCarthy MP, @michaelhlerner.bsky.social, Laila Cunningham & Tony Travers.
David Shukman (former BBC now @granthamlse.bsky.social) does a great job in his new book (The Response @penguinrandomhouse.bsky.social) of both making you very alarmed about the future, but also somehow less helpless. Our latest #LSEFutureProof video with him explores the risks of urban flooding.
1.30pm Mon 15 Jun | Kerry McCarthy, Laila Cunningham, Dr Michael Lerner, Donnachadh McCarthy | Free event at the LSE Festival: How to save the planet | Ticket required
