Spring 2016 | Public lectures and events | Video

Contributor(s): Professor Frank Trentmann | What we consume has become the defining feature of our lives: our economies live or die by spending, we are treated more as consumers than workers, and even public services are presented to us as products in a supermarket. Frank Trentmann provides a long view on the global challenges of our relentless pursuit of more - from waste and debt to stress and inequality. Frank Trentmann is Professor of History at Birkbeck College, University of London, and directed the £5 million Cultures of Consumption research programme; his book Free Trade Nation won the Whitfield Prize. He was educated at Hamburg University, the LSE and at Harvard, where he received his PhD. His new book is Empire of Things: How We Became a World of Consumers, from the Fifteenth Century to the Twenty-First. Janet Hartley is Professor of International History and Head of the Department of International History at LSE. The Department of International History (@lsehistory) is one of the top five university history departments in the UK.

Contributor(s): Suzanne Buchta, Sean Kidney | Are financial markets the enemy of social equality and the environment? Or can market forces help nurture a more sustainable future? Green Bonds enable investment in projects that help the environment. They help address environmental problems, thereby reducing environmental risks to people and companies, whilst creating returns for investors. There has been huge demand for green bonds since their creation, and it’s thought that over $100bn will be issued by the end of 2015. During 2015 green bonds have also expanded into emerging economies, as they encourage climate investment, and generate growth in domestic debt capital markets. This lecture will explore how green bonds have offered a solution for regulators, investors and clients to fulfil their environmental, social and governance duties, whilst providing returns on investment. Can they square the circle between market efficiency and environmental protection? Suzanne Buchta is a managing director in Debt Capital Markets at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. She has been active in advising issuers and consulting investors on Green Bonds since 2010. Her team bought the first retail Green Bonds in 2011. She co-authored a white paper on the framework for green bonds that formed the basis for the “Green Bond Principles”. Recently, Suzanne was named the 2015 Financial News Editor's Choice for her instrumental role in the green bond market. Sean Kidney (@seankidney) is CEO and Co-founder of the Climate Bonds Initiative. He focuses on promoting investment priorities for climate and green bonds, how governments can take advantage of the green bonds market and the development of international collaborations. He acted as Chair of the Climate Bond Standards Board (members represent $34 trillion of assets under management), the consultant to projects for the People's Bank of China and the Chinese Government’s Development Research Centre on how to grow green bonds in China and the consultant to the European Commission's Directorate-General of Climate Change, on mobilizing private capital for climate solutions. Samuel Fankhauster (@SamFankhauser) is Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. The LSE Sustainability Team coordinates the School's approach to the environment, working with teams across the LSE community to embed sustainability in the everyday life of the university. The LSE Students' Union Business and Finance Society is the largest society on campus, aiming to educate people about different branches of finance and professional and financial services and provide a comprehensive view of how these entities function through a series of self-organised events.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.

Contributor(s): See description | The LSE SU China Development Forum (CDF) is the flagship annual conference of the LSE SU China Development Society (CDS). Co-organised with the LSE Asia Research Centre, the CDF provides a platform for students, academics and professionals to exchange ideas and hold in-depth discussions on key issues surrounding China and its development. The 2016 Forum, held at LSE on 30th January 2016 and attended by over 400 delegates, hosted 29 speakers from mainland China, Hong Kong, Europe and the United States. Titled Navigating Complexity, the Forum considered China’s environmental sustainability; economy; ethnic policy/conflict; abolishment of the One Child Policy; and the question of Deng Xiaoping’s ‘One Country Two Systems’ in Hong Kong. Looking ahead, the 2016 Forum also analysed China’s outward, future-thinking initiatives; imagined China’s foreign policy outlook as a rising superpower, assessed the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank’s impact, and the grand ‘One Belt, One Road’ vision to extend China’s reach. Panel Sessions 9:00 Session 1. Welcome Speech and Keynote Speech | Speakers: Yanwei Ge, Raymond Li, David Snell. 10:10 Session 2. Questioning ‘One Country, Two Systems’: a Case Study on Hong Kong | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Simon Young, Zhang Jieping, Malte Philipp Kaeding. 10:10 Session 3. Climate Change and Energy: a Sustainable Future | Speakers: Wu Changhua, Kevin Tu, Brian Hoskins. 11:35 Session 4. 1+1>3: One-Child Policy Abolished | Speakers: Chen Wei, Therese Hesketh, Stuart Gietel-Basten. 12:45 Session 5. Economic Inequality and China’s Development: a Roundtable Discussion | Speakers: Danny Quah, Kent Deng, Athar Hussain. 13:55 Session 6. Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank: Challenges and Opportunities | Speakers: Kerry Brown, Natalie Lichtenstein, Danny Quah. 13:55 Session 7. Belt and Road Initiative: China’s Grand Vision | Speakers: Zhang Jiming, Stephen Perry, Lee George Lam. 15:20 Session 8. China’s Ethnic Policy: an Uneasy Harmony? | Speakers: Athar Hussain, Guan Kai, Matthew Erie, James Millward. 15:20 Session 9. When Titans Waltz: an Outlook for China’s Foreign Policy | Speakers: Christopher Hughes, Zhang Ruizhuang, Robert Sutter. 16:45 Session 10. Reforming China’s Economic Reforms | Speakers: Danny Quah, Cao Yuanzheng, Jin Keyu. 18:00 Session 11. Closing Speech | Speaker: Geoff Morrow.