Michaelmas Term Events, October - December 2018

The Rockefeller Foundation Economic Council on Planetary Health at the Oxford Martin School brings you a series of talks on understanding the interconnections between environmental and human health.

In this series we look at how we can value nature and the environment more effectively, the latest synthesis of climate science through the IPCC’s 1.5 degree report, approaches to financing planetary health actions and the role of innovation and new technology in addressing critical planetary health challenges.

• 11 Oct: Innovation for planetary health: the economics of the fourth industrial revolution
  Speakers: Prof Michael Grubb, Professor of Energy and Climate Change, University College London & respondent Prof Malcolm McCulloch, Co-Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Integrating Renewable Energy
• 18 Oct: Planetary warming: is a 1.5 degree target achievable?
  Speaker: Prof Myles Allen, Director, Oxford Martin Programme on Climate Pollutants
• 15 Nov: The natural capital approach: ecological and economic perspectives
  Speakers: Dame Georgina Mace, Professor of Biodiversity and Ecosystems, University College London & Prof Ian Bateman, Professor of Environmental Economics, University of Exeter
• 22 Nov: Banking on nature’s assets: unlocking investment in nature for better planetary health
  Speaker: Dr Giulio Boccaletti, Chief Strategy Officer, The Nature Conservancy

People increasingly need bodies that can provide trusted and open information, and when an issue isn’t black and white, to explain why there’s a debate and guide them through the evidence. Academics need to lay bare the scientific process: the complexities of data analysis, and the often ambiguous, even opaque nature of scientific findings. But similarly governments need to be more open with their citizens. Drawing together high level speakers from academic, policy and media, this series will consider how to combine the best in scientific evidence with new forms of creative discourse drawn from the arts and humanities. It will consider the role of our institutions and governments in recognizing and facilitating this. It will engage those from the across the spectrum of science and social science, the arts and humanities with  government, the private sector, and civil society in open debate and discussion around significant scientific advances and their implications. Indeed, it is at the intersection of science and society  where scientific advances have the potential to transform daily life, that the greatest challenges lie. 

• Tues 30 October: Dr Claire Craig, Head of Science Policy Unit, Royal Society
• Tues 6 November: Imran Khan, Head of Public Engagement, Wellcome Trust
• Fri 16 November: Clive Cookson,  Science Editor, Financial Times
• Mon 19 November: Dr Patrick Vallance, Government Chief Scientific Adviser
• Weds 28 November: Jennifer Rubin, Executive Chair, Economic and Social Research Council

• Speaker: Professor Christopher Magee, Oxford Martin Visiting Fellow, INET & Professor, Institute for Data, Systems and Society, MIT
  Time and Date: Wednesday 24 October, 5pm - 6.15pm, followed by a drinks reception
  Venue: Oxford Martin School, Corner of Catte and Holywell Streets, Oxford
  Further details & registration

• Speaker: Christiana Figueres, Former Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change   (2010 - 2016)
  Time and Date: Monday 29 October, 12.30pm - 2pm
  Venue: Sheldonian Theatre, Broad Street, Oxford
  Further details & registration