Fate, luck and fortune: political narratives of environmental risk

The Department of Classics (University of Nottingham) and the Department of History (University of Liverpool) present ‘Fate, luck and fortune: narratives of environmental risk’. How do we talk about the risks of our environment? Who do we blame when things go wrong?

Tags: classics, climate change, Department of classics, environment, Georgina Endfield, history, research, sustainability, University of Liverpool

Fate, luck and fortune: historical narratives of environmental risk

The Department of Classics (University of Nottingham) and the Department of History (University of Liverpool) present ‘Fate, luck and fortune: narratives of environmental risk’. How do we talk about the risks of our environment? Who do we blame when things go wrong?

Tags: classics, climate change, Department of classics, environment, Georgina Endfield, history, research, sustainability, University of Liverpool

Who pays to avoid climate change, and how much does it cost?

Climate change economics predominantly frames climate policy as an inter-generational problem, which requires current generations to sacrifice their own material well-being for the future, and makes environmental outcomes dependent on ethical, economic, and geo-physical considerations. In this lecture, Professor Armon Rezai will review the assumption and arguments underlying Utilitarian cost-benefit analysis and present mechanisms of avoiding the climate sacrifice. Refocusing the climate debate in this manner emphasizes conflicts within rather than between generations.

Tags: Armon Rezai, climate, climate change, environment, ESRC, public lecture

Crunch time in Paris: the political economy of a new climate change agreement

The School of Economics present the Nottingham Glabalisation Lecture ‘Crunch time in Paris: the political economy of a new climate change agreement’. Michael Jacobs, Senior Adviser on International Climate Change Policy, Institut du Developpement Durable et des Relations Internationales, will speak.

Tags: climate change, economics, France, GEP, international, Michael Jacobs, Paris, School of Economics

Tough call on climate change

A study by University researchers has predicted the effects of a concerted global action on climate change.

Appears in ISSUE65

Tags: climate change, Dr Simon Gosling, Edward Davey, greenhouse gases, Nature Climate Change, School of Geography, Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change

Global food security

The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus is to co-host the first ever Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC) in partnership with the Government of Malaysia.

Appears in Issue 50

Tags: biodiversity, biomaterials, climate change, Crops for the Future Research Centre (CFFRC), Dato’ Sri Mohd Najib Tun Abdul Razak, Food Security, M S Swaminathan Research Foundation, pharmaceuticals, Professor M S Swaminathan, Professor Sayed Azam-Ali, Second International Symposium on Underutilised Plant Species, The University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus

Nottingham’s got talent

The popular Talent Roadshows — now in their third year — are about to tour the UK to showcase the University’s research.

Appears in Issue 45

Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage, climate change, Director of CICCS, Energy and Sustainability Research Division, Professor Mercedes Maroto-Valer, Professor Saul Becker, School of Sociology and Social Policy, Talent Roadshow, Vice-Chancellor Professor David Greenaway, Young Carers