Alexander Skarsgard, Partha Dasgupta and the Answer to Everything
In 2021, Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta prepared a 610-page report for the British government about the financial value of nature. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 3rd April 2023
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Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta Interview
The Faculty's Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta has received an elevated knighthood in the New Year Honours list, led an independent, global review on the Economics of Biodiversity and next month a conference will be held to honour his research.
Published on - Monday 13th March 2023
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Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured with elevated knighthood
Sir Partha, the Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics, is made a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire for services to economics and the natural environment
Published on - Wednesday 4th January 2023
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Sir Partha Dasgupta honoured as Champion of the Earth
A University of Cambridge academic at the Faculty of Economics has been honoured at the UN Environment Programme as one of four 2022 Champions of the Earth, the first economist to have been awarded this honour.
Published on - Monday 12th December 2022
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Fighting climate change will help economic growth
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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 16th August 2022
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Freedom of City of London for Professor Dasgupta
The Faculty's Sir Partha Dasgupta, was commended for his economic research, including the Dasgupta report, at the ceremony held in the Guildhall of the City of London
Published on - Monday 6th June 2022
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Cambridge Economics Alumni Webinar Series: Investment in a changing world
In this webinar, Professor Tiago Cavalcanti outlined the importance of understanding the economic impact of climate change mitigation policies for adoption of such policies that reduce emissions and transition a country towards a low-carbon future. Then, Professor Chryssi Giannitsarou discussed the link between the rise in cross-country stock market correlations and the increase in foreign direct investments across the world. Read More>>
Event Date - Thursday 12th May 2022
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Kamiar Mohaddes paper runner-up in FT awards
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. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 20th January 2022
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Invest more money in climate mitigation today
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. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 22nd December 2021
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Population: The Missing Factor in Climate and Biodiversity Policy - Video
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta gave The Bennett Institute for Public Policy's Annual Public Policy Lecture. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 6th December 2021
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Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change
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. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 22nd November 2021
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Climate finance: it’ll be cheaper in the long run if poorer countries receive it as a matter of urgency
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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 9th November 2021
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Putting the Environment at the Heart of Economic Decision-Making
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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 9th November 2021
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Greenovate for a better environment and economy
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. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 4th November 2021
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It’s not a giant step to introduce nature into economics
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was interviewed by Leslie Hook as part of the Financial Times's ‘Economists Exchange’ series. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 4th November 2021
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New Janeway Institute to transform economic research
Disseminating research at the frontier of economics is just one of the roles of a new research institute which will shape young minds and transform economic research. The new Weslie and William Janeway Institute for Economics will be primarily funded by Weslie and William Janeway.
Published on - Wednesday 13th October 2021
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The costs of climate change are getting lost on Capitol Hill
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Washington Post. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 20th October 2021
Tags:Sir Partha Dasgupta awarded Kew International Medal
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta awarded Kew International Medal for work to protect nature and stop biodiversity loss. The Economist was selected by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew to receive the prestigious award following his ground-breaking report The Economics of Biodiversity.
Published on - Wednesday 8th September 2021
Tags:A Climate Reckoning Is Coming for the World’s Government Debt
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in an article for Bloomberg News. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 23rd September 2021
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UK’s cut to overseas family planning aid ‘very disappointing’
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is quoted regarding his review into the “economics of biodiversity”. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 7th September 2021
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The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review Launch Speech
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. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 13th July 2021
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The Case for ‘Truly-Long-Term’ Debt Ratings
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in the Financial Times. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 8th July 2021
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California's Heat Dome Poses Unprecedented Challenge for World's Fifth-Biggest Economy
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change, has been quoted in the Telegraph. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 6th July 2021
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Undergraduate Achievements Topped with Adam Smith Prizes
Three Undergraduate students in the Faculty of Economics have been awarded prizes following a superlative exam performance.
Published on - Thursday 1st July 2021
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Sustainable Earth
Further coverage of Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta discussing the need for new economic approaches to preserving the biosphere. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 15th June 2021
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Planet Needs a World Bank for Natural Assets
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta is calling for a body to protect shared resources such as oceans and air. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 10th June 2021
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Why China Has More To Gain From Fighting Climate Change Than Other Countries
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been quoted in the South China Morning Post. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 11th May 2021
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Climate-Macroeconomics Mini Conference
Cambridge-INET, the Centre for Macroeconomics and the Cambridge Faculty of Economics are holding a Mini Conference on the "Climate-Macroeconomics". It will take place on Tuesday 4th May 2021, 3:00pm-6:15pm BST (UK) and will be held online. See the event page for more details.
Published on - Friday 16th April 2021
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How do Businesses Deal with Uncertainty Effectively?
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes has published an article for the Mastering Entrepreneurship Blog, which is run by the Judge Business School. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 15th April 2021
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The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper on climate change and sovereign credit ratings, has been covered by New York Times in the article "How Debt and Climate Change Pose ‘Systemic Risk’ to World Economy". Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 8th April 2021
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Why Has It Taken So Long To Take Climate Change Seriously?
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes took part in a Climate Change panel discussion event on 28th March 2021, as part of the University's Cambridge Festival. Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 7th April 2021
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Rising Temperatures, Melting Ratings
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes has published an article for VOXeu that looks at sovereign credit ratings and climate-driven downgrades. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 25th March 2021
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Smart Sovereign Credit Ratings & Global Warming Downgrades
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Rising Temperatures, Falling Ratings: The Effect of Climate Change on Sovereign Creditworthiness", has been quoted in various news outlets. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 19th March 2021
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Smart Sovereign Credit Ratings Suggest Global Warming Downgrades
The first sovereign credit rating to directly include climate science shows that many national economies can expect downgrades to occur within a decade unless action is taken to reduce emissions.
Published on - Thursday 18th March 2021
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Discussion of Dasgupta Review findings
Sajid Javid MP and the Faculty’s Professor Sir Dasgupta will discuss the review, its key findings and next steps, in an event organised by the Harvard Kennedy School. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 15th March 2021
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Is There a More Climate-Friendly Way to Assess the State of Our Economies?
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was interviewed by Channel 4 News about the findings of his independent report into the Economics of Biodiversity and if there is another way, other than GDP, to measure if economies are doing well. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 8th March 2021
Tags:Call to Transform Economics to Halt Natural World Destruction
Nations will have to rethink economic growth as a measure of success if they want to make good on pledges to halt the destruction of the natural world, according to a report co-authored by Prof Dasgupta.
Published on - Tuesday 2nd February 2021
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US GDP Drop Following Paris Accord is at Most 0.6%
The United States plans to rejoin the Paris climate accord. Faculty academics have examined what this means for the US economy & GDP. They suggest a carbon tax of 32.3% is needed for US to achieve its original Paris pledge, which might cause US GDP to fall up to 0.6%.
Published on - Friday 22nd January 2021
Tags:Full details of the Dasgupta Review
Cambridge University News has detailed feature on the independent review on the economics of biodiversity, produced by Emeritus Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta from the Faculty of Economics, University of Cambridge. Read More>>
Published on - Thursday 4th February 2021
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Biodiversity and Ecosystems
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta gave an interview to the House of Commons, Environment Audit Committee about the findings of his forthcoming independent report into the Economics of Biodiversity. Professor Dasgupta's report will be published early in 2021. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 14th December 2020
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What COVID-19 Shows is That the Global Economy is Not Very Resilient
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes was interviewed by the Times of India about his recent study on the economic consequences of Covid-19. Dr Mohaddes spoke about the direct and indirect effects of this, within the interconnected global economy and how climate change could also be hit severely by it. Read More>>
Published on - Friday 4th December 2020
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Climate Change and the Economics of Biodiversity
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was among the panel of leading scientists, academics, businesspeople and activists for the BBC World Service - World Questions programme. The panel discussed the environment and what we can do to help it. Professor Dasgupta's interim report of his independent global review on the Economics of Biodiversity was published by the HM Treasury in April 2020. Read More>>
Published on - Monday 16th November 2020
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The Economics of a Green Recovery
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes took part in the second of Centre for Science and Policy's (CSaP) Science, Policy & a Green Recovery Podcasts. Dr Mohaddes spoke about his two papers "A Counterfactual Economic Analysis of COVID-19 Using a Threshold Augmented Multi-Country Model" and "Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis".
Published on - Monday 19th October 2020
Tags:The Economics of Biodiversity
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta will be talking to Minouche Shafik (LSE Director) about his research into "The Economics of Biodiversity". The virtual event will take place on Thursday 7th May 2020 1.00pm to 2.00pm and is hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Please see the LSE event page for details and to register your interest.
Published on - Wednesday 6th May 2020
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Economics of Biodiversity
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta's interim report of his independant global review on the Economics of Biodiversity has been published by the HM Treasury. The Review was commissioned last year by HM Treasury and is supported by an Advisory Panel drawn from public policy, science, economics, finance and business.
Published on - Friday 1st May 2020
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Sandra Batten "Central Banks and Climate Change" - Public Talk 
As part of the Rebuilding Macroeconomics Cambridge-INET Sustainable Growth Hub Workshop, Rebuilding Macroeconomics and Cambridge-INET are hosting a public talk by Sandra Batten (Bank of England) on Monday 16th March 2020, 03:15pm - 04:30pm in King's College, Cambridge.
Event Date - Monday 16th March 2020
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Putting a Dollar Value on Biodiversity
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta was interviewed by Radio New Zealand about his research into biodiversity, particularly his Review of the Economics of Biodiversity and his pioneering work into Inclusive Wealth Index, that aims to puts a monetary value on natural resources. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 18th February 2020
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The Economics of Biodiversity
Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta gave the 2019 Martin Buber Memorial Lecture at the Israel Academy of Sciences and Humanities, on the 26th November 2019, in Jerusalem. Prof. Dasgupta's talk was titled "The Economics of Biodiversity". Read More>>
Published on - Wednesday 27th November 2019
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The Price of Warming
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis" (joint with Kahn, M. E., Ng, R. N. C., Pesaran, M. H., Raissi, M. and Yang, J-C.) has been covered in Scientific American's November issue, "Warming Will Cost Rich and Poor Countries Alike".
Published on - Monday 28th October 2019
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Climate Change Could Shrink the Economies of Virtually all Countries
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes's paper "Long-Term Macroeconomic Effects of Climate Change: A Cross-Country Analysis" (joint with Matthew E. Kahn, Ryan N.C. Ng, M. Hashem Pesaran, Mehdi Raissi, and Jui-Chung Yang) has been highlighted in an article by the University of Cambridge's Research News. Read More>>
Published on - Tuesday 20th August 2019
Tags:Long-Term Growth Effects of Climate Change
Dr. Kamiar Mohaddes gave a presentation on the 10th May 2019 entitled "Long-Term Growth Effects of Climate Change" at the Climate Change and Central Banking Workshop in Ottawa, organized by the Bank of Canada.
Published on - Monday 13th May 2019
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Economic Case for Biodiversity
Professor Partha Dasgupta's research into biodiversity for the UN has been quoted by an article in the Guardian newspaper. The article title "UK urged to take lead on biodiversity as UN issues urgent warning" was published online on 6th May 2019 and in the print version on 7th May 2019.
Published on - Monday 13th May 2019
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