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Belt and Road plan could ease climate change: experts

China has done well in slowing its carbon emissions growth and its actions could be an example for countries participating in the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) projects, Professor Nicholas Stern, the British economist and advocate for combating climate change, has said. http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/east-asia/belt-and-road-plan-could-ease-climate-change-experts

Oxford to honour LSE India Observatory Director

Nicholas Stern, IG Patel professor of economics and government and Director of  the India Observatory at LSE, is among seven experts in different fields to be awarded honorary degrees by the University of Oxford. https://www.hindustantimes.com/world-news/oxford-to-honour-london-school-of-economics-india-centre-head/story-yEqBHJW2vyArPR6qMPu1HP.html

In new wealth of nations 'women will take over the world'

Discussing his new book 'The New Wealth of Nations' Surjit Bhalla explains how collapsing education levels between countries, individuals and gender, will change the world's wealth paradigm. https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/03/20/in-new-wealth-of-nations-women-will-take-over-the-world-says-economist.html?play=1

NEW PODCAST: Listen to Surjit Bhalla discuss his new book 'The New Wealth of Nations'

On 6th March 2018 the LSE India Observatory hosted a talk by Surjit Bhalla on 6 March 'The New Wealth of Nations' with Lord Stern and Professor John Hills. This is the podcast of that event. http://sticerd.lse.ac.uk/_new/events/audio.asp?id=6471