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First Climate Crisis Lecture at St John's College, University of Cambridge

The first Climate Crisis Lecture at St John's College shows ‘commitment to meeting the great challenge of our generation’ The author of a landmark UK report calling for radical change in how we measure economic success to protect our most precious asset, nature, gave the first Climate Crisis Lecture at St John’s College, Cambridge, on 21 October 2024. The lecture by Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta, is titled ‘Economic Possibilities in the Anthropocene’ – the Anthropocene being a term to describe the time during which humans have had a significant impact on the Earth’s climate and ecosystems. Sir Partha, who is Emeritus Professor, Frank Ramsey Professor Emeritus of Economics at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of St John’s, was commissioned by the UK Treasury in 2019 to produce The Economics of Biodiversity: The Dasgupta Review. Published in 2021, the report showed that humanity is destroying its most precious asset, nature, and called for changes in how we think, act and measure economic success to protect and enhance our prosperity and the natural world. The lecture was held thanks to the generosity of donors through the College's Annual Fund. Introduced by Heather Hancock, Master of St John’s, it was followed by a discussion by distinguished panel of academics: Professor Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor Sir David King and Professor Richard Lazarus. *Captions are autogenerated