The Eighth Conference on the Econometric Models of Climate Change (EMCC VIII) will take place at King’s College, University of Cambridge on August 16-17, 2024, and is organised in collaboration with the Janeway Institute and the Cambridge Endowment for Research in Finance (CERF) at the Cambridge Judge Business School.
Economics Events | Published on Monday, 25 March, 2024
Event location: Kings College, Cambridge
Event date: Aug 16, 2024 to Aug 17, 2024
Economics Events | Published on Tuesday, 12 March, 2024
Event location: Provost’s Drawing Room, King's College, Cambridge
Event date: Mar 13, 2024
Indermit Gill (Chief Economist of the World Bank) in Conversation with Kamiar Mohaddes. See the Entrepreneurship Lab, King's College, event page for full details of Dr Gill's talk.
Economics News | Published on Friday, 1 March, 2024
The Dasgupta Review is an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Dasgupta, commissioned by the UK Treasury in 2019. The review is expected to help set the agenda for the UK Government’s 25-year environment plan.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Friday, 29 September, 2023
The Faculty's Sir Partha Dasgupta explains why climate change is really a subset of the broader issue of how humans are interacting with natural resources, in an interview in the Conversable Economist.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 3 April, 2023
In 2021, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta prepared a 610-page report for the British government about the financial value of nature. It's incredibly important, so the New York Times Opinion asked Alexander Skarsgård, a Swedish actor, to help simplify its concepts in this short film.
Economics News | Published on Monday, 13 March, 2023
Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 4 January, 2023
The Dasgupta Review is an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity led by Professor Dasgupta, commissioned by the UK Treasury in 2019.
Economics News | Published on Monday, 12 December, 2022
UN Environment Programme
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 16 August, 2022
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's research into long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change, has been featured in an article on the University of Cambridge news site.
Economics News | Published on Monday, 6 June, 2022
Sir Partha Dasgupta, is the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus within the Faculty of Economics at the University of Cambridge, and at the ceremony held in the Guildhall of the City of London, he was commended fo
Economics News | Published on Thursday, 12 May, 2022
62% of the University of Cambridge’s overall submissions have been rated as ‘world leading’, to which our Faculty made a significant contribution, and 93% of Cambridge’s overall submissions were rated 3* and above, demonstrating the major impact t
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 20 January, 2022
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper, "Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness", was named runner-up in the Financial Times Responsible Business Education Awards.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 22 December, 2021
Dr Kamiar Mohaddes's work on climate mitigation is quoted in the Boston Globe, as climate experts warn that failure to address the climate crisis will come at an even higher price.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 6 December, 2021
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta gave The Bennett Institute for Public Policy's Annual Public Policy Lecture.
Economics News | Published on Tuesday, 30 November, 2021
The UK has experienced a huge change in trade policy. Having left the EU, it is in the process of devising its own trade policy, one that will shape economic and welfare outcomes in all corners of the United Kingdom for generations.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Monday, 22 November, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's joint paper on the long-term macroeconomic effects of climate change has been quoted in a letter to the Chair of the US Federal Reserve.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes has written a joint article for The Conversation, that says climate change will shrink the economies of rich, poor, hot and cold countries alike.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 9 November, 2021
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta and Nicholas Stern took part in a panel discussion on why it's crucial for us to embed the environment into economic and finance decision-making.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 4 November, 2021
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was interviewed by Leslie Hook as part of the Financial Times's ‘Economists Exchange’ series.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 4 November, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes, Zeina Hasna and Henry-James Hatton are co-authors of a report on the impact of innovation in green-related activities to the broader economy.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Wednesday, 20 October, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Washington Post.
Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 13 October, 2021
The Janeway Institute will be primarily funded by Weslie and William Janeway. William Janeway is an alumnus of the PhD programme at Cambridge and has played an active role in the Faculty over the last decade.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 23 September, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in an article for Bloomberg News.
Economics News | Published on Wednesday, 8 September, 2021
The Faculty of Economics’ Professor Dasgupta is the author of The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review, which is an independent, global report calling for transformative change in the way we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 7 September, 2021
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is quoted regarding his review into the “economics of biodiversity”.
Sir Dasgupta in February published a landmark review into the “economics of biodiversity” – how the world can find value in nature instead of profiting from its destruction.
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Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
Read the expanded version of the speech delivered by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta at the launch of his independent global Review, commissioned by HM Treasury. The virtual launch event was held on Tuesday 2 February 2021, hosted by the Royal Society and chaired by the Society's Past President, Sir Venki Ramakrishnan.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Thursday, 8 July, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in the Financial Times. The article, by Moritz Kraemer, states that as the challenges of climate change and ageing mount, investors need benchmarks for risks in decades to come.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 6 July, 2021
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Telegraph. The paper (joint with Matthew Kahn, Ryan Ng, M.
Economics News | Published on Thursday, 1 July, 2021
The Adam Smith Prize Endowment Fund awards prizes annually for the Part 2B of the Economics Tripos: one for the best overall performance and for the best dissertation submitted. The Adam Smith prize for best overall performance in the Part 2B Tripos was won by Valerie Chuang of Christ's College, Cambridge.
Media Mentions & Appearances | Published on Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
Further coverage of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta discussing the need for new economic approaches to preserving the biosphere. In the Reuters article, Prof. Dasgupta (Economics/St John's College) suggests that these new approaches could include the ditching of harmful agricultural subsidies.