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Is it possible to achieve fair and inclusive prosperity without a green agenda?

Hosted by the Cañada Blanch Centre for Contemporary Spanish Studies and Department of Geography and Environment

In-person and online public event (LSE campus, venue TBC to ticketholders)

Speaker

Teresa Ribera

Teresa Ribera

Chair

Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Professor Andrés Rodríguez-Pose

Economic research increasingly suggests that green investments drive job creation, enhance resilience, and reduce long-term costs associated with environmental degradation. Studies from leading institutions highlight that nations prioritizing sustainability tend to foster innovation and remain competitive in an evolving global market. Conversely, neglecting environmental concerns risks deepening social disparities and exposing economies to the destabilizing effects of climate change. However, some argue that strict environmental policies may impose burdens on certain industries and workers, raising important questions about how to ensure an equitable transition.

Throughout this dialogue, Ribera will reflect on these findings and explore how the European Union’s Green Deal aims to balance social equity with ambitious climate goals. Bringing together policymaking experience and economic evidence, this discussion will challenge assumptions about growth, fairness, and sustainability. It offers a timely opportunity to reflect on the future of economic policy and whether a truly inclusive prosperity might flourish within—or perhaps cannot exist without—a robust commitment to sustainability.

Meet our speaker and chair

Teresa Ribera (@Teresaribera) is the European Commission Executive Vice-President for a Clean, Just and Competitive Transition. Her task is to ensure that Europe stays on track for its goals set out in the European Green Deal, while driving the decarbonisation and industrialisation of our economy. is also responsible for modernising the EU’s competition policy to support European companies in innovating, competing, and leading worldwide. She previously served as the Minister for the Ecological Transition and Demographic Challenge of Spain since 2018. Notably, in 2019, she was responsible for organising the UNFCCC COP25 in Madrid.

Andrés Rodríguez-Pose (@rodriguez_pose) is the Princesa de Asturias Chair and a Professor of Economic Geography at LSE. He is the Director of the Cañada Blanch Centre. He is a former Head of the Department of Geography and Environment between 2006 and 2009. He is a past-President of the Regional Science Association International (RSAI) (2015-2017) and served as Vice-President of the RSAI in 2014. He was also Vice-President (2012-2013) and Secretary (2001-2005) of the European Regional Science Association.

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The Cañada-Blanch Centre at LSE (@CanadaBlanchLSE) is the vehicle to achieve the objective of the Fundación Cañada Blanch: developing and reinforcing the links between the United Kingdom and Spain. This is done by means of fostering cutting-edge knowledge generation and joint research projects between researchers in the United Kingdom, and at LSE in particular, on the one hand, and Spain, on the other.

The Department of Geography and Environment (@LSEGeography) at LSE is a centre of international academic excellence in economic, urban and development geography, environmental social science and climate change. This event is part of the department's new Sustainability Public Lecture Series.

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