Alessio Terzi (Bennett Institute for Public Policy, University of Cambridge) will be presenting his work on “Geopolitics and Climate Change”.
About this session: As climate change manifests itself with increasing intensity, it is expected to hit countries across the planet, causing losses of lives and livelihoods. These losses will be heterogeneously distributed, depending on a nation’s geographical location and level of development. However, most long-term projections do not take this factor explicitly into account. Could climate-induced weather events shape the relative wealth and therefore geopolitical clout of countries over the 21st century? In this paper, we analyse the different scenarios used by the IPCC, known as Socio-Economic Pathways, and determine their implications for GDP at constant prices across countries between 2024 and 2100.
About our speaker: Alessio Terzi is Assistant Professor of Public Policy at the University of Cambridge and Adjunct Professor of Economics at Sciences Po.
When: Monday 12th of May
12.30-12.45 Light lunch and networking
12.45-14.00 Talk and Q&A.
Where: CRASSH meeting room (Alison Richards Building) on the Sidgwick site.
Lunch: A light lunch will be provided, but bring along your drink of choice!
Zoom: You can also join us virtually on Zoom.
The weekly climaTRACES workshops, organised by Kamiar Mohaddes and Henning Zschietzschmann, are attended by a diverse group of people from economics, geography, politics, engineering, business, earth sciences, natural sciences, and history, generating interdisciplinary discussion. One person leads the session, on either a paper they have written, a work in progress, or just an idea they have and would like feedback on. This is also an opportunity for people to find our more about the team on what climaTRACES have been up to and what future events and research projects are being developed.
