Five Times Faster - Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
Join us to hear Simon Sharpe, Director of Economics for the UN Climate Champions, and a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute, present his new book 'Five Times Faster: Rethinking the Science,
Five Times Faster - Rethinking the Science, Economics, and Diplomacy of Climate Change
17 Apr 2023, 17:00 – 18:30
Five Times Faster is an inside story from Simon Sharpe, who has spent ten years at the forefront of climate change policy and diplomacy. In our fight to avoid dangerous climate change, science is pulling its punches, diplomacy is picking the wrong battles, and economics has been fighting for the other side.
We need to act five times faster to avoid dangerous climate change. As Greenland melts, Australia burns, and greenhouse gas emissions continue to rise, we think we know who the villains are: oil companies, consumerism, weak political leaders. But what if the real blocks to progress are the ideas and institutions that are supposed to be helping us?
Simon Shape’s provocative and engaging book sets out how we should rethink our strategies and reorganise our efforts in the fields of science, economics, and diplomacy, so that we can act fast enough to stay safe.
Join us at the book launch for a fascinating and insightful discussion!
Speakers
- Presenter: Simon Sharpe
- Chair: Prof Mariana Mazzucato
- Discussant: Prof Chris Rapley
Limited spaces available for in person attendance at IIPP HQ (11 Montague Street, WC1B 5BP).
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Simon Sharpe
Director of Economics
UN Climate Champions
Simon Sharpe is Director of Economics for the UN Climate Champions, and a Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute. He was previously Deputy Director of the UK government’s COP26 Unit, where he led international campaigns on energy, transport, land use, science and innovation.
Professor Mariana Mazzucato
Founding Director and Professor in the Economics of Innovation & Public Value
UCL Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose (IIPP)
Mariana Mazzucato (PhD) is Professor in the Economics of Innovation and Public Value at University College London (UCL), where she is Founding Director of the UCL Institute for Innovation & Public Purpose (IIPP). She is winner of international prizes including the Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana in 2021, Italy's highest civilian honour, the 2020 John von Neumann Award, the 2019 All European Academies Madame de Staël Prize for Cultural Values
Professor Chris Rapley
Professor of Climate Science
University College London
Professor Chris Rapley CBE is Professor of Climate Science at University College London. He is a Fellow of UCL and of St Edmund's College Cambridge, a member of the Academia Europaea, Chair of the European Science Foundation’s European Space Sciences Committee, a member of the European Space Agency Director General’s High Level Advisory Group on Human and Robotic Space Exploration for Europe, Patron of the Surrey Climate Commission