The politics of climate change

气候变化的政治学

LSE: Public lectures and events

2026-06-15

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The climate crisis is a global challenge requiring global cooperation to tackle it, but the political world seems further than ever from a consensus about how to do that. What explains the rollback of net-zero commitments, and the growing green backlash?
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  • Welcome to the LSE Events podcast by the London School of Economics and Political Science.

  • Get ready to hear from some of the most influential international figures in the social sciences.

  • So welcome to today's LSE discussion, the first event in this year's LSE festival.

  • So there's events all week right the way through to Saturday.

  • So feel free to come back to any of the others.

  • This is a series of events exploring what is being done, what we can do to save the planet.

  • So this is an event on the politics of climate change.

  • Welcome to...

  • All of you here in the hall and also to those who are online.

  • So there's an audience here and around the world.

  • What I'll do is to introduce my excellent panel.

  • Say a couple of words.

  • Make the point that you will have an opportunity to have your say,

  • make it short and sharp and the audience to respond.

  • Sorry, the panels to respond both ways.

  • So let me just introduce my panel.

  • So Michael Lerner is Assistant Professor of Political Science

  • and Public Policy in the Department of, let's say who I was, I didn't, did I?

  • I'm Tony Travers from the Department of Government and the School of Public Policy here at the LSE.

  • Sorry about that.