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

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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
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
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Transition-critical minerals

Shahrukh Wani, Jonathan Leape, Tim Dobermann
Policy note
LSE Environment Week

Call for papers: LSE Environment Week 2025

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Ethiopian women drying coffee beans

The economic impact of sustainability standards on coffee farmers in Ethiopia

Tesfaye Berihun
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
Blog
Electrification in rural South Africa is slow, demonstrated by a man overlooking a kitchen using fire to cook.

Understanding the gradual adoption of electricity in rural South Africa

Taryn Dinkelman
Blog
Improved brick kilns are crucial for a just transition in Bangladesh

Improved brick kilns are crucial for a just transition in Bangladesh

Praveen Kumar, Sandeep Kandikuppa, Spencer Sandberg
Policy brief
Female politicians in India
Gender equality

Are women legislators better for forest conservation?

Sutirtha Bandyopadhyay, Naveen Hari, Bipasha Maity, Pranabes Probeshika Dutta
Blog
LSE Environment Week 2024

LSE Environment Week 2024

23–26 September 2024 London School of Economics and Political Science
Past Event
Photo by Prashanth Vishwanathan (IWMI).

White paper: Innovation, growth, and the environment

Robin Burgess, Stefano Caria, Tim Dobermann, Allegra Saggese
Synthesis paper
Solar farm, Zaatari refugee camp

LSE Environment Week 2023

11–14 September 2023
Past Event

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Thumbnail image for "Transition-critical minerals" policy note

Transition-critical minerals

Shahrukh Wani, Jonathan Leape, Tim Dobermann
Policy note
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

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Making growth in Uganda sustainable: insights from frontier research

20 June 2025 08:00-18:00 Sheraton Hotel, Kampala
Past Event

G²LM|LIC/path2dev/BREAD Conference on Development Economics

11–13 September 2025 Lahore University of Management Sciences, Lahore
Upcoming Event

Tax talks: Seminars with substance

7 August 2025 14:00-15:00 online
Upcoming Event

Climate change, artisanal mining, and cocoa production dynamics: Evidence from granular data

Jiayue Zhang 27 Feb 2026
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sustainability sustainable growth Clean energy environment
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