08 July 2024, 15:00 - 16:00
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What do recent and forthcoming election results mean for global climate policies and development? How about the upcoming US election?

Falling days after critical elections in the UK and France, this event delivers cutting-edge insights and lively debate with renowned experts from the University of Oxford, including Rachel Kyte, Professor of Practice in Climate Policy, Blavatnik School of Government, Dr Sugandha Srivastav, British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Sam Fankhauser, Professor of Climate Economics and Policy, Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, Chris Skidmore, former Minister of State jointly at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Thomas Hale, Professor in Public Policy, Blavatnik School of Government. The implications of Mexico's new climate-positive leadership, the recent South African and Indian elections, as well as the upcoming US elections are also addressed.

This virtual event is brought to you live from the Blavatnik School of Government and is a must for media professionals, policymakers, business leaders and others eager to stay ahead of the curve in climate action. Take this opportunity to put your questions to the panel.

Please note this event takes place online only. This event is co-hosted with the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment.

Speaker biographies

Rachel Kyte is Professor of Practice in Climate Policy at the Blavatnik School of Government and Dean Emerita of The Fletcher School at Tufts University. She served as special representative of the UN secretary-general and chief executive officer of Sustainable Development for All (SEforALL). Previously, she was the World Bank Group vice president and special envoy for climate change, leading action on climate finance in the run-up to the Paris Agreement. Rachel served as an advisor to the UN secretary-general on climate action and the crisis response to the invasion of Ukraine, chaired the Rwandan Green Fund (FONERWA) and advised the UK government on COP26.

Sugandha Srivastav is a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow and lecturer in Environmental Economics at the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. She is the Energy and Economic Policy lead of CCG Oxford. She is also a Senior Research Fellow at INET Oxford and an associate of the Economics Department. Prior to academia, Dr Sugandha worked as an environmental and energy economist at Vivid Economics and ICRIER advising governments, private firms, and international organisations on a broad range of issues related to climate, energy, innovation, and natural resource management.

Sam Fankhauser is Professor of Climate Change Economics and Policy at the Smith School and the School of Geography and the Environment, University of Oxford. Previously, Sam was Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics, where he remains a Visiting Professor. He was an inaugural member of the UK Climate Change Committee and its Adaptation Sub-Committee, and he served as a non-executive Director of CDC Group, the UK's development finance institution.

Chris Skidmore was Minister of State jointly at the Department for Education and the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy from September 2019 to February 2020, where he signed the UK’s Net Zero targets into legislation. He is Chair of the Independent Government Review on Net Zero, “Mission Zero”, which was published in January 2023, and urged the UK to seize a historic opportunity afforded by the transition to Net Zero.

Thomas Hale's research explores how we can manage transnational problems effectively and fairly. He seeks to explain how political institutions evolve – or not – to face the challenges raised by globalisation and interdependence, with a particular emphasis on environmental, economic and health issues. A US national, Professor Hale has studied and worked in Argentina, China and Europe. His books include Long Problems: Climate Change and the Challenge of Governing Across Time (Princeton 2024), Beyond Gridlock (Polity 2017) and Between Interests and Law: The Politics of Transnational Commercial Disputes (Cambridge 2015). Professor Hale co-leads the Net Zero Tracker and the Net Zero Regulation and Policy Hub.

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