Prof Elizabeth J Z Robinson

Over 40% of global shipping by volume exists to move fossil fuels from one place to another.

A huge share of the world's maritime infrastructure has been built around a system that is going to change dramatically as renewable energy and electrification displace fossil fuels.

Very pleased to be part of one of the teams, with @granthamlse.bsky.social's @aliceleibian.bsky.social, our project is looking at "Strengthening the Resilience of Food Supply Chains Through International Cooperation", focusing on the climate-food-health nexus.

Lei Zhang, Co-founder of GSoS and Founder and CEO of Envision, awarded 2026 Energy Institute President’s Award | the Global School of Sustainability at LSE Lei Zhang, Co-founder of the Global School of Sustainability at LSE (GSoS) and Founder and CEO of Envision, has been awarded the 2026 Energy Institute President’s Award.

👏 Our warmest congratulations to GSoS Co-founder Lei Zhang on receiving the Energy Institute’s 2026 President’s Award!

Read our new report, based on expert roundtable with stakeholders from unions, local gov & gov agencies, academia, private sector, charitable sector, chartered professional bodies. Co-creating evidence-based, practical next steps to
better protect workers from the effects of high temperatures

That would be awesome! I love my regular London-Venice train route, but would be great to have an overnight option.

Super excited (and slightly nervous) to be at at my first @ipcc.bsky.social Lead Authors’ meeting. We are starting our journey to synthesise and evaluate the latest scientific evidence for AR7.

@profejzrobinson.bsky.social #CMCC #EIEE @granthamlse.bsky.social

YouTube video by LSE What is the sixth mass extinction? #COP30 #ClimateChange #LSE

🦏🐅 Are we living through a sixth mass extinction?

Dr Ganga Shreedhar from @lsepbs.bsky.social delivers a stark reality check about the urgent need for climate action.

@dannyquah.bsky.social will be @lseid.bsky.social next week. I’m out of the country else would have been there.

Drax Shares Surge on Data Center Hopes Drax Group Plc shares surged to their highest level in over three years as investors bet that UK utilities could become major beneficiaries of the country’s rapidly expanding data center industry.

Coal-fired data centres at least sound a bit steampunk. Wood-fired data centres just sound deranged. finance.yahoo.com/news/drax-sh...

Climate action is the key to innovation and economic growth Nicholas Stern reveals how tackling the climate crisis isn't just urgent—it's a transformative opportunity for global prosperity, innovation, and sustainable development. His new open access book, The...

"As a significant player on the international stage, the UK has both the opportunity and the responsibility to lead.”

Professor Lord Nicholas Stern spoke with #RftW Magazine following the publication of The Growth Story of the 21st Century. 🩹 🌍

Read more here: www.lse.ac.uk/research/res...

COP30 and beyond: what was achieved in Belém? - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment Join us for an assessment of COP30 with insights into main issues, achievements and challenges.

On November 26th we're hosting a post-COP30 online event to reflect on the outcomes of the climate summit which took place in Belém, Brazil.

Delegates who attended COP30 will offer their assessments of the challenges and achievements on the key issues, and look ahead to COP31.

LSE academic wins award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists Dr Francisco de Melo Viríssimo of LSE’s Grantham Research Institute has been honoured with the 2026 Arne Richter Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists, recognising his impactful research.

Congratulations to our wonderful @granthamlse.bsky.social colleague Dr Francisco de Melo Virissimo
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

Working on climate & ocean phenomena, & climate adaptation

*Award for Outstanding Early Career Scientists*
www.lse.ac.uk/news/latest-...

@gsos-lse.bsky.social

Scientists criticize ‘straw man’ arguments in Bill Gates climate memo Tech billionaire relying on ‘false binary’ with call to focus less on emissions and more on aid for poor, experts say

“The memo from a ‘very influential person who controls a lot of money’ hinges on ‘inarguably a false binary’ between a world where everything is fine and ‘literally the end of the world,’ said @weatherwest.bsky.social, a climate scientist at UC ANR.”

A statistic that continues to live rent free in my mind: half of all international shipping is just moving fossil fuels around.

"In this book, Lord Nicholas Stern articulates the incredible opportunity for global development enabled by climate action."

— Al Gore, Former Vice President of the United States and Environmentalist

The Growth Story of the 21st Century is out tomorrow #OpenAccess.

➡️ doi.org/10.31389/lse...

🎉"This book is most welcome at a time when climate policies are being denounced as being overly punitive by some... An absolute must-read for economic scholars and policy makers working on climate and on economic development."

— Philippe Aghion, recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences

Good morning with good news: New solar plus storage in India is more than 25% cheaper than EXISTING coal plants. It's also much cheaper than new coal plants!

Indian solar plus storage costs $33–41/MWh
EXISTING coal costs $54/MWh
New coal costs $67-83/MWh

ember-energy.org/latest-insig...
#energysky

Dr @shourodasgupta.bsky.social & I track the impact of increasing frequency of heatwaves and droughts on access to food (Indicator 1.4), compared to 1981–2010 baseline, estimated to have resulted in an additional 124 million people in 124 countries being food insecure.
lnkd.in/e5j-5wZj for details

Wind power has cut £104bn from UK energy costs since 2010, study finds Reduction comes from energy generated from windfarms and lower cost of gas owing to lower demand

UK wind power benefits and costs 2010-2023 :

Lower energy bills through avoided gas: £14.2bn
Avoided infra & new gas generation: £133.3bn
Subsidies paid to wind power: - £43.2bn

Overall benefit to UK economy **£104bn**

Don't believe the wind power haters

www.theguardian.com/environment/...

YouTube video by CBC Music Chris Hadfield and Barenaked Ladies | I.S.S. (Is Somebody Singing)

Some out-of-this-world joy for your morning, with the
@barenakedladies.com and Wexford Gleeks.
youtu.be/AvAnfi8WpVE

Thank you for sharing. Made me smile.

On November 5th we are hosting a public lecture with Lord Nicolas Stern. He will challenge the outdated idea that we must choose between climate action and development.

Register here: www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

Yes climate breakdown means more turbulence for flyers.

It’s also on track to heat the planet by 4C+ this century, kill billions of people & collapse our civilization.

Keep on seeing the deadliest crisis our species has ever faced framed as some minor consumerist inconvenience.

Read this latest blog post featuring GSoS Theme Lead, Joana Setzer ⬇️

London Consensus Book Talk 📢 📚

Tim Besley and Andrés Velasco will join Mine Senses and Pravin Krishna to discuss The London Consensus: Economic Principles for the 21st Century.

🔻21st Oct 2025, 6pm, Hopkins Bloomberg Center, Washington, D.C.
🔻Register here: hub.jhu.edu/events/2025/...

Introducing Dr Lucy Kanya  - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment LSE's Global School of Sustainability’s Food Insecurity Lab is delighted to welcome Dr. Lucy Kanya to its team.

On #worldfoodday, our Climate Food (in)Security Lab @granthamlse.bsky.social & @gsos-lse.bsky.social profiles
our impact lead Dr Lucy Kanya
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...
And highlights why engaging in food insecurity in the context of climate change is so important
www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminst...

The London Consensus is now out, and open access! Published by @lsepress.bsky.social
Includes my chapter with Prof Chukwumerije Okereke
on "Tackling climate change in low- and middle-income countries". Psyched to see it in print.
press.lse.ac.uk/chapters/e/1...

The Independent Climate 100 List 2025 in full Now in its second year, The Independent is proud to publish its list of the world’s leading environmentalists – marking the campaigners, change makers and innovators who are working to stop the damage...

We're delighted to see our Co-Founder and Chair, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, recognised for his work as a leading environmentalist in The Independent Climate 100 List 2025.👏

@granthamlse.bsky.social @lse-sticerd-case.bsky.social

Super proud to have been part of the team. Take a read of what we have been up to at LSE's @gsos-lse.bsky.social Global School of Sustainability. Sustainability in Action!
And defo worth following @gsos-lse.bsky.social (yes, of course I am biased!)

Exciting opportunities to work with LSE's @gsos-lse.bsky.social Global School of Sustainability
* Comms & Events Coordinator
* Student Experience Officer
* Assistant Prof in Biodiversity Economics, Dept of Geog & Env
* Assistant Prof of Philosophy, Dept of Philosophy, Logic and Scientific Method