Regulation must nudge, incentivise, and require private and public actors to move towards these goals whilst not fostering public and political backlash which undermines the advancement of these goals. This is a hugely difficulty endeavour, requiring broad awareness of different cross-jurisdictional regulatory modes, strategies, and trade-offs.
Activities within the mobilising political, legal and governance systems theme
Sustainable Global Regulation Observatory
A Sustainable Global Regulation Observatory, a joint venture across the LSE Law School, Department of Geography and Environment, and the Grantham Research Institute, will develop and maintain a database of the climate change, energy and environmental regulatory strategies of state and non-state governance regimes. It will assess the quality and effectiveness of climate change, energy, and environmental regulation; support data gathering, and convene politicians, business leaders, civil society representatives, and regulators, to discuss the findings to drive impact and change.
Business Climate Change Advisory Clinic
A Business Climate Change Advisory Clinic will provide pro-bono legal assistance to advise small businesses who struggle to understand and manage the regulatory burden on how to comply productively with climate change targets and regulation, to support their pathway to net zero. It will also build transnational Advisory Clinic Networks with other universities throughout Europe and the rest of the world.
Through these activities - and more - this theme contributes to the overarching mission and aspirations of GSoS.
David Kershaw is Professor of Law and Dean of LSE Law School. Joana Setzer is Associate Professorial Research Fellow at the Grantham Research Institute at LSE.
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