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Climate change

In focus Active since Sustainable Growth, sustainability, sustainable growth, Clean energy and environment

The conditions for growth are transforming under the risks of climate change. Our content below identifies a new development pathway for countries which combines expanded energy use with lower emissions and protecting vulnerable populations.

Blogs

Roof top solar installation with shenzhen downtown skyline view as background,China.

Aligning the GHG Protocol towards corporate incentives for expanding clean energy access

Amna Mahmood
Blog
Mozambique flag and a green outline of the globe to illustrate the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) and why it matters for Mozambique.

Why CBAM matters for Mozambique’s industrial future

Felix Mambo
Blog
Why oceans matter for development, as illustrated by a fishing trawler in the sea, against waves and birds in the background.

Blue economics: Why the ocean matters for development

Tim Dobermann, Sugandha Srivastav
Blog
The picturesque landscape of Khyber Pahtunkhwa in Pakistan with mountains, streams and trees to explore tree cover as part of the Billion Tree Tsunami Afforestation Programme.

Evaluating the environmental impacts of large-scale afforestation in Pakistan

Veronica Salazar Restrepo, Amen Jalal
Blog
Increasing air purifier adoption could help severe air pollution illustrated by rubbish burning beside the main road in the Dhaka University area in Dhaka, Bangladesh as a rickshaw cycles past with passengers wearing face masks.

Why don’t households in Bangladesh adopt indoor air purifiers?

Martin Mattsson, Teevrat Garg, Maulik Jagnani, Ashfaqul Chowdhury
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Data and AI

What AI reveals about the state of environmental justice in India

A. Patrick Behrer, Daniel Chen, Shareen Joshi, Olexiy Kyrychenko, Viknesh Nagarathinam, Peter Neis, Shashank Singh
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Copper is a critical mineral for clean energy. Workers in Zambia moving copper at a warehouse in Zambia to be transported to ports such as Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Durban in South Africa.

The critical minerals opportunity

Shahrukh Wani
Blog
Ethiopian women drying coffee beans

The economic impact of sustainability standards on coffee farmers in Ethiopia

Tesfaye Berihun
Blog

LSE Environment Week

LSE Environment Week (E-Week) is an annual thematic event hosted at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) bringing together policymakers, researchers, and development practitioners to discuss pressing environmental challenges in developing countries.

Find out more about LSE E-Week
LSE Environment Week is happening 22-25 September 2025

Publications

A landscape of a wind farm at sunset demonstrates the urgent need renewable energy in Pakistan to overcome the electricity crisis.

Sustainable Pakistan: Addressing climate-driven demands and fiscal challenges for electricity

Tim Dobermann, Sajid Faiz Malik, Faraz Hayat, Zuhair Khan
Growth brief
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Transition-critical minerals

Shahrukh Wani, Jonathan Leape, Tim Dobermann
Policy note
Photo by Adsiz Gunebakan-Anadolu via GettyImages

Sustainable Pakistan: Transforming cities for resilience and growth

Hina Shaikh
Growth brief

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Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan (IWMI).

White paper: Innovation, growth, and the environment

Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
Synthesis paper
Photo by Zakir Hossain Chowdhury/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images

Resilient and resurgent Bangladesh: Sustaining economic growth in a changing climate

Aminul Aman, Ashfaqul Chowdhury, Nikita Sharma, Shahid Vaziralli
Synthesis paper
Watkiss et al Policy report August 2022 first page

How to spend 5 billion dollars? Prioritising climate change adaptation measures in Rwanda

Paul Watkiss, Blanche Butera, Jonathan Bower
Policy brief

More from IGC

Shrimp cultivation as climate adaptation in coastal Bangladesh

Jack Thiemel, Krittika Ray
Blog

LSE Environment Week finds scope for action at COP30

IGC Press Release

Can multinational buyers help curb river pollution by Bangladesh’s garment industry?

Kazi Iqbal, Moogdho Mahzab, Kazuki Motohashi, Haruka Takayama
Blog

Catalysts for Climate Transition

17 November 2025 15:30-16:30 COP30, Belém, Brazil
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Keywords
sustainability sustainable growth Clean energy environment
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