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Do We Do Enough for the Future?

Hosted by the Department of Geography and Environment and Grantham Research Institute

Wolfson Theatre, New Academic Building,

Speaker

Professor Christian Gollier

Chair

Dr Ben Groom

Christian Gollier will discuss the way one should value and compare projects whose benefits materialise only in the decades or centuries to come.

Christian Gollier is an internationally renowned researcher in Decision Theory under Uncertainty and co-creator of the Toulouse School of Economics.

Ben Groom is Associate Professor of Environment and Development Economics in the Department of Geography and Environment at LSE.

The Department of Geography & Environment (@LSEGeography) is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change.

The Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment (@GRI_LSE) was established by the London School of Economics and Political Science in 2008 to create a world-leading centre for policy-relevant research and training on climate change and the environment, bringing together international expertise on economics, finance, geography, the environment, international development and political economy. 

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