Lectio Magistralis “2015: a Critical Year for Energy and Climate Policy” Professor Paul Ekins Director, Professor of Resources and Environmental Policy UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources

Prof. Ekins is Director of the UCL Institute for Sustainable Resources, University College London where he also teaches Resources and Environmental Policy. His academic work focuses on the conditions and policies for achieving an environmentally sustainable economy, covering a number of areas of energy-environment-economy (E3) interaction and environmental policy, including: sustainable development assessment methodologies; resource productivity; sustainable energy use; E3 modeling and scenarios; the adjustment of national accounts to take account of environmental impacts; environmental economic instruments and ecological tax reform; sustainable consumption; environment and trade.