Environment
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2nd Edition of The Political Economy of Ecological Change and Economic Security in the Global South
ConferenceJul 14–16, 2025
The interdisciplinary nature of the conference offers a platform to connect theoretical insights with practical solutions, fostering meaningful dialogue and collaboration to address urgent climate and socio-economic issues. The conference will be the second annual event with the Centre of South Asian Studies - University of Cambridge.
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Europe’s Gas Roller Coaster
May 13, 2025
A new INET Working Paper by Yaroslav Melekh, James Dixon, Katrina Salmon, and Michael Grubb, interrogates the contradictions between fossil lock-in through LNG import capacity and overcontracting, and policy-driven demand reduction. Here is a summary of the paper’s main findings.
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Working Paper
European Natural Gas through the 2020s: the Decade of Extremes, Contradictions and Continuing Uncertainties
May 2025
This paper examines in detail the interrelationships between the EU’s concerns, its energy policies, and the resulting challenges and uncertainties facing European gas through the rest of the decade, and beyond.
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Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainable Development in South Asia
ConferenceMar 17–19, 2025
The IFMR Graduate School of Business, Krea University, in collaboration with the Institute for New Economic Thinking (INET) and its Young Scholars Initiative (YSI) is organising a conference on Climate Change Adaptation and Resilience in Agriculture: Strategies for Sustainable Development in South Asia
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How Climate Denial is Fueling a U.S. Homeowners Insurance Crisis and Risking a 2008-Style Financial Meltdown
Feb 13, 2025
New research reveals that rising insurance costs, reckless building, regulatory inaction, and big banks’ fossil fuel investments are driving a dangerous cycle that jeopardizes homeowners — and financial stability for everyone.
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Time to Stop Rolling Dice: Why Bigger is Better in Climate Investments
Nov 18, 2024
Earlier investments make large-scale emission reductions easier to do over time because their unit costs drop
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Climate Change and Macroeconomic Models: Why General Equilibrium Models Do Not Work
Oct 28, 2024
The limitations of the benchmark E-DSGE framework and how these limitations restrict the ability of this framework to meaningfully capture the macroeconomics of the climate crisis.
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Woking Paper
Macroeconomic Modeling in the Anthropocene
Oct 2024
Why the E-DSGE Framework Is Not Fit for Purpose and What to Do About It
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Strategy Roundtable During UN General Assembly (UNGA)
DiscussionSep 23, 2024
Strategizing on Addressing the Planetary Emergency and Unlocking Opportunities for an Exponential Just Transition
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The Political Economy of Ecological Change and Economic Security in the Global South
ConferenceJul 1–2, 2024
The intricacies of the political economy that play out across countries in the Global South have profound significance for understanding the nature of ecological change and economic security that confront our world today.
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LEPC VI: Ideas for Building the Future
ConferenceFeb 16–18, 2024
India: Climate Change, Technology, and Growth
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India’s Leadership and Global Challenges of Climate and Finance
Oct 26, 2023
If we’re going to address environmental catastrophe, we need to support each other on a global scale. Rob Johnson checks in with Adair Turner about his work, and practical solutions to address the climate crisis.
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A Plan to Fix a Fractured World
Oct 12, 2023
Mike Spence talks with Rob Johnson about his upcoming co-authored book “Permacrisis”, India and the G20, and bringing the world together to address our shared challenges.
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Climate Finance: Where Does the Money Come From and Who Gets It?
Aug 7, 2023
Reaching climate goals means rich countries must invest in sustainable technologies in developing countries with huge energy needs.
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Subsidizing Chemical Fertilizers is Counterproductive
Jul 13, 2023
By reducing our reliance on chemical fertilizers, policymakers could turn today’s food crisis into a genuine opportunity towards shifting subsidies from agribusiness-led to agroecological-led farming systems