Lord Nicholas Stern | The Growth Story of the 21st Century: the economics and opportunity of climate action
Sun 26 Apr 2026 | 10:00am - 11:00am
The world stands at a crossroads. Can we avoid climate, biodiversity and economic catastrophe? Can we unlock a new era of sustainable, resilient and inclusive growth? In The Growth Story of the 21st Century, Nicholas Stern, IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government at the LSE, explores why we need a transformation that delivers both prosperity and a healthier planet. Why might delay be the riskiest option of all?
Chaired by environmental campaigner Craig Bennett.
Venue: Palmerston Room
Duration: 1 hour
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Author Biography
Nicholas Stern is IG Patel Professor of Economics and Government, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Chair of the Global School of Sustainability at the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). He has held posts at other UK and overseas universities, and as Chief Economist at both the EBRD and the World Bank. He was Head, UK Government Economic Service (2003–2007), and produced the Stern Review on the economics of climate change. He was President of the Royal Economic Society (2018–2019). He was President of the British Academy (July 2013–2017) and was elected Fellow of the Royal Society (June 2014). He was knighted for services to economics (2004), made a life peer (2007), and appointed Companion of Honour for services to economics, international relations and tackling climate change in 2017. He has published more than 25 books and 200 articles.
Chair Biography
Craig Bennett is the Chief Executive of The Wildlife Trusts. He has been described as “one of the country’s top environmental campaigners” and was included in The Sunday Times Green Power List of the UK’s top 20 environmentalists. Craig was formerly CEO of Friends of the Earth where he led the organisation to numerous campaign victories including on bees, fracking and against the expansion of Heathrow Airport. Craig has twenty years’ experience of designing and contributing to executive education and leadership programmes at numerous universities and business schools including the Judge Business School, London Business School, and Duke CE. He is Honorary Professor of Sustainability and Innovation at Alliance Manchester Business School, an Associate Fellow of Homerton College in Cambridge, a Senior Associate of The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership, and a Policy Fellow of The Centre for Science and Policy at The University of Cambridge.
Craig is also a judge on The Wainwright Book Prize, a Trustee of the think-tank Green Alliance. and an Honorary Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Water and Environmental Management. He regularly appears in the print and broadcast media.
