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Nicholas Stern on Muhammad AliNot only does Nicholas Stern admire Ali's prowess in the ring, but more so his fearless stance against the Vietnam War which cost him dearly both personally and professionally. Ali's humanitarian work in later life has also been a huge source of inspiration to him.http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0938pwl The Chevening Parliamentarians ProgrammeFrom 2017 LSE, one of the UK’s most prestigious universities based in the heart of London, will commence delivery of the The Chevening Parliamentarians Programme.http://www.chevening.org/programme/parliamentarians Chevening: A model co-operation offered by the UK to IndiaChevening’s Parliamentary Programme, hosted by LSE, provides a unique fully funded opportunity for 9 Indian MP’s to spend a week in London discussing international affairs, focussing on the mutually relevant issues of foreign policy, health, clean energy, education and development and interact with the Parliamentarians in the UK.http://www.sundayguardianlive.com/opinion/9542-chevening-model-co-operation-offered-uk-india Proper carbon tax could wipe billions from polluters' profitsA group of leading economists warned this year of catastrophic global warming within 13 years unless countries ramped up taxes on carbon emissions to as much as $100 per tonne. The economist and Nobel laureate Joseph Stiglitz and the former World Bank chief economist Nicholas Stern were among experts who said governments needed to tackle polluting industries with a tax on carbon dioxide at $40-$80 a tonne by 2020.https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/sep/04/emissions-carbon-tax-profits-polluters-paris-targets Impact weighting increased in UK’s REF 2021Hefce stops short of adopting Lord Stern’s proposal to include university-wide impact in research assessment scores.https://www.timeshighereducation.com/news/impact-weighting-increased-uks-ref-2021 Union Minister Smriti Zubin Irani to present Women Transforming India AwardsWomen Transforming India Awards was launched by NITI Aayog, in partnership with the UN in India and MyGov, to recognize the transformational impact of work undertaken by women across India’s villages, towns and cities. The campaign this year, to promote equal opportunity of women, has received an overwhelming 3000 entries from across the country.http://indiaeducationdiary.in/union-minister-smriti-zubin-irani-present-women-transforming-india-awards/ The Tata Social Internship 2017 hosts 15 international students in IndiaThis year, the 10th edition of the Tata Social Internship programme culminated with a contingent of 15 international students – 6 from LSE – completing their two-month experiential internship in the ongoing sustainability projects of the Tata companies in India.http://www.tata.com/media/releasesinside/tata-social-internship-2017-hosts-international-students ‘All we hear from Michael O’Leary is climate change denial’Nick Stern is quoted in this Irish Times article about Ryanair and carbon offsetting.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/all-we-hear-from-michael-o-leary-is-climate-change-denial-1.3165416 Gov. Brown's cap-and-trade compromise is a giveaway to the very polluters causing climate changeA letter from Nick Stern was published in the LA Times ahead of the senate vote in California on whether to extend the state’s cap and trade system. The system enforces limits on carbon emissions and requires polluters to obtain permits for emissions.http://www.latimes.com/opinion/readersreact/la-ol-le-brown-cap-and-trade-20170717-story.html New book from Former RBI Governor YV ReddyAny governor of the Reserve Bank of India must walk a tightrope. He must seem to be independent - but without offending the government of the day. He is not equal to the government but must convince others that he is not subordinate to it either. And if he can do all this with the right policies in place, he may leave behind a career as illustrious as that of Dr Y.V. Reddy, Governor of the RBI from 2003 to 2008, a time of high growth, low inflation, an appreciated rupee and a robust banking system that withstood the global financial crisis.http://www.amazon.in/Advice-Dissent-Life-Public-Service/dp/9352643003 Stern on Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris AgreementProfessor Stern was interviewed for the BBC series 100 + days about President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement (from 18 minutes).http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b08xq9xv/100-days-series-1-12072017 China energy demand may already have peaked - researchersNicholas Stern...told Reuters by email that the CASS study was consistent with their findings. But despite China's "over-performance by a big margin", nations still needed to pledge more if the Paris target of holding temperature increases to "well below" 2 degrees Celsius is to be met. "We look to all countries to achieve a substantial ramp-up in ambition for cutting emissions," he said.http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-china-energy-demand-idUKKBN19L108 Yellen Says Banking System Is Much Safer and SounderFederal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks about monetary policy, banking regulation, and the outlook for the U.S. and world economies. She speaks with former World Bank economist Lord Nicholas Stern at the British Academy in London.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2017-06-27/yellen-says-banking-system-much-safer-and-sounder-video Caste brought to the fore in Indian presidential election'This is the first time that a Dalit is pitted against a Dalit in an Indian Presidential election. When K.R. Narayanan, a South Indian Dalit, was put up by the Congress as its candidate in the 1997 presidential election, the opposition put up T.N. Seshan, a South Indian Brahmin.'http://www.ft.lk/article/624116/ft Queen’s Birthday Honours at LSENicholas Stern, Director of LSE India Observatory, has been made a Companion of Honour, one of the most prestigious awards for a civilian, limited to just 65 people at any one time.http://www.lse.ac.uk/News/Latest-news-from-LSE/2017/06-June-2017/Queens-Birthday-Honours-at-LSE Three ways in which climate change damages the global economyThe Stern Review is referenced in this article on the damage caused to the global economy by climate change (in Spanish).http://www.mundiario.com/articulo/economia/formas-cambio-climatico-perjudica-economia-global/20170611190042091703.html How to relieve poverty in india without endangering the planet – eureka streetNicholas Stern continues to espouse co-operative international action based on the idea of ‘equitable access to sustainable development’.http://gaselectricity.in/how-to-relieve-poverty-in-india-without-endangering-the-planet-eureka-street China's plan to run the worldNow that the U.S. has abandoned the Paris climate accord, "the world is looking for a climate champion," said Nicholas Stern of the Global Commission on the Economy and Climate. "In China, it has one."http://theweek.com/articles/704139/chinas-plan-run-world 4 priorities for the Macron Five-Year Plan to have a positive impact on climateThe carbon pricing leadership coalition report, by Nicholas Stern and Joseph Stiglitz, is referenced in this article (in French).http://www.huffingtonpost.fr/benjamin-fremaux/rechauffement-climatique-macron_a_22134234/ Why the Green Climate Fund Became a Trump Target: QuickTake Q&ANicholas Stern is quoted commenting on the US contribution to the Green Climate Fund.https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2017-06-07/why-the-green-climate-fund-became-a-trump-target-quicktake-q-a Only green growth can bring prosperity"We are making the world a more hostile and difficult place for ourselves and for future generations. But we have the opportunity to save and preserve our global commons by implementing the global agenda created by the international agreements in 2015 on sustainable development, finance and climate change."https://www.theguardian.com/the-gef-partner-zone/2017/jun/05/green-growth-prosperity-world-environment-day-paris-agreement Nicholas Stern appointed to G20 Eminent Persons GroupIG Patel Chair and LSE India Observatory Director, Professor Nicholas Stern, is among the 16-member G20 Eminent Persons Group on Global Financial Governance. The G20 Eminent Persons Group of top economists and leaders has been tasked to review issues related to global financial governance.http://www.straitstimes.com/business/economy/whos-who-in-g20-eminent-persons-group India signed Paris deal for environment, not money: Sushma SwarajIndia never intended to profit from the Paris climate accord, its foreign minister said Monday, rejecting suggestions from US President Donald Trump that some nations were exploiting the global pact.http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/politics-and-nation/india-signed-paris-deal-for-environment-not-money-sushma-swaraj/articleshow/59002617.cms Felicitating the young filmmakers of IndiaEminent filmmakers, educationists and development leaders selected the best social films received for YES! i am the CHANGE's event from over 13 lakh youth across 2,500 cities and towns across India.http://epaperbeta.timesofindia.com/Article.aspx?eid=31815&articlexml=FELICITATING-THE-YOUNG-FILMMAKERS-OF-INDIA-08032017302027 What is the Paris climate change deal and what is the impact of the US withdrawal?Professor Lord Stern was interviewed by ITV news in reaction to President Trump’s announcement that the US will withdraw from the Paris agreement (and negotiate re-entering the agreement). |
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