Sustainability Impact Fund
We need a sustainable world. Will you help us shape it?
Our world is on an unsustainable course. We urgently need to find new ways of living and working, so we can improve lives today without compromising future generations.
Sustainability is not just an environmental concern. It is a profound economic, political and social challenge. It demands more than new technology; it requires us to rethink how economies grow, how capital is allocated, how institutions govern risk, how markets are regulated, how legislation is applied, and how groups of people organise themselves. And it requires international collaboration and consensus at a scale the world has not yet managed to achieve.
Creating a sustainable future will not be possible without a deep understanding of how societies function, and actionable insights into how they can change. But for too long, expertise from across the social sciences has not been fully harnessed, coordinated and championed in efforts to set the world on a new path.
The power of philanthropy
The Global School of Sustainability (GSoS) at LSE is changing this. Building on the influential work of our Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, GSoS brings together the wealth of expertise across LSE and its international networks to help steer the most dramatic societal transformation in history.
The sustainability challenge is complex and multifaceted. It demands an interdisciplinary, international response, and long-term thinking coupled with swift action in the here and now.
Join in
We need to advance our research now to pass on a more sustainable and secure future for generations to come. You can help to create a fairer, more sustainable world by contributing to our Sustainability Impact Fund. Your support will fund the research, people and initiatives that will bring about global change.
This decade is critical: the situation requires us to think and act at the same time. But I am optimistic that with clear analysis and collaborative leadership we can tackle climate change, raise living standards and reduce poverty globally.
How our research is shaping the world
The hidden costs of air pollution
Sefi Roth has revealed a connection between air pollution and increases in crime and decreases in academic performance.
Removing fuel subsidies in Sudan
IGC’s work with Sudan’s transitional government highlights the importance of policy advice without strings and based on high-trust relationships in enabling economic reform processes.
Net zero will require the biggest economic transformation ever seen in peacetime
Lord Stern, argues that countries can end their dependence on fossil fuels and completely decarbonise while also enjoying strong economic development and growth.
