Forthcoming virtual & in-person

Events

Forthcoming Events

January

'The (missing) third pillar: why climate policy needs to get serious about carbon management' with Prof Ottmar Edenhofer

22nd January 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Professor Ottmar Edenhofer will examine why large-scale carbon dioxide removal (CDR) is essential for meeting climate targets and establishing a third pillar of climate policy alongside abatement and adaptation.

Panel Discussion: 'COP30 Debrief: Insights and reflections from the University of Oxford delegation'

27th January 2026: 12:30pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

Join the Oxford Climate Research Network and the Oxford Martin School for a debrief panel unpacking the key outcomes and implications of COP30, with insights from members of the Oxford delegation.

'Biodiversity, ecosystem services and sustainability: is it time for a reset?' with David Obura

28th January 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

This talk will build on findings from recent assessments of the Intergovernmental Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services (IPBES) and other platforms to explore the transformations needed, and linkages across sectors and countries, to respond to multiplying disruptions across the globe. David Obura will present some provocations to explore the underlying causes of challenges to sustainability today, and emerging perspectives to build new solutions for the multiple intersecting crises across nature, economy, society and governance.

February

Panel Discussion: 'Measuring what matters: biodiversity metrics for business and finance'

10th February 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

This panel discussion will explore how biodiversity science can better inform decisions in business, finance, government and other bodies.

March

Book talk - 'The Means of Prediction: How AI Really Works (and Who Benefits)' with Maximilian Kasy

5th March 2026: 5:00pm   Registration Required
Oxford Martin School & Online

AI is inescapable, from its mundane uses online to its increasingly consequential decision-making in courtrooms, job interviews, and wars. The ubiquity of AI is so great that it might produce public resignation—a sense that the technology is our shared fate.