Events

Enquiries

To enquire about Simon Sharpe’s availability to give talks, presentations, or media appearances, please email fivetimesfasterbook@gmail.com.

Upcoming events

5 June 2024

UK Solar Summit

Details: https://uss.solarenergyevents.com/speaker/simon-sharpe/

25 June 2024

World Green Building Council Global Solutions Forum

Details: https://worldgbc.org/worldgbc-2024-global-solutions-forum/

22 – 25 August 2024

Greenbelt Festival

Details: www.greenbelt.org.uk

Past events

10 March 2023

Global Systems Institute, Exeter University; seminar.

Details: http://www.exeter.ac.uk/news/events/details/index.php?event=12595  

28 March 2023

Grantham Research Institute, London School of Economics; in conversation with Professor Elizabeth Robinson

Details: https://www.lse.ac.uk/granthaminstitute/events/five-times-faster-rethinking-the-science-economics-and-diplomacy-of-climate-change/

29 March 2023

Chatham House: ‘A Tipping Point for Climate Diplomacy’, with Sir David King and Baroness Bryony Worthington

Details: https://www.chathamhouse.org/events/all/research-event/tipping-point-climate-diplomacy

30 March 2023

Oxford Literary Festival; discussion on ‘Climate Breakdown: Habit, Fear, and Progress’. 

Details: https://oxfordliteraryfestival.org/literature-events/2023/march-30/climate-breakdown-habit-fear-and-progress 

4 April 2023

Institute and Faculty of Actuaries; presentation of ideas in the book, and discussion focusing on their relevance for the finance community, with Louise Pryor and Kingsmill Bond.

Details: https://actuaries.org.uk/events/five-times-faster-the-invisible-infrastructure-of-climate-change/

17 April 2023  

Institute for Innovation and Public Purpose, University College London; seminar and discussion, with Mariana Mazzucato and Chris Rapley.

Details: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/public-purpose/events/2023/apr/five-times-faster-rethinking-science-economics-and-diplomacy-climate-change

25 April 2023

University of Cambridge, Centre for Science and Policy; in conversation with Laura Diaz Anadon.

Details: https://www.csap.cam.ac.uk/events/five-times-faster-rethinking-science-economics-and/

18 May 2023

University of Oxford, Institute for New Economic Thinking; with Eric Beinhocker, Nicola Ranger, and Cameron Hepburn

Details: https://www.inet.ox.ac.uk/events/five-times-faster-rethinking-the-science-economics-and-diplomacy-of-climate-change-simon-sharpe-world-resources-institute/

8 June 2023

Cheltenham Science Festival.

28 June 2023

Keynote speech at Reset Connect, London Climate Action Week.

Details: https://www.londonclimateactionweek.org/events/ffc7f8c3-6806-4593-9fec-3a44df19ade6

26 August 2023

Greenbelt Festival

Details: https://www.greenbelt.org.uk/artists/simon-sharpe/

8 October 2023

New Scientist Live

Details: https://live.newscientist.com/speakers/simon-sharpe

17 October 2023

The Times Earth Summit

Details: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/times-earth-summit-focuses-on-solutions-that-span-globe-65vb5qmxg

19 October 2023

BBC Climate Creatives

Details: https://www.bbc.co.uk/academy/events/climate-creatives-2023/watch-again/three-ideas-to-change-the-world/

5-7 March 2024

Futurebuild

Details: https://ukgbc.org/events/ukgbc-at-futurebuild-2024/

30 April 2024

Innovation Zero

Details: https://www.innovationzero.com/innovation-zero-2024-1/the-real-cost-of-zero