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SUMMARY:Economics for a Finite Planet - Professor Tim Jackson\, Professor 
 of Sustainable Development\, University of Surrey
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CONTACT:Dr Dick Fenner
DESCRIPTION:Tim Jackson is Professor of Sustainable Development at the Uni
 versity of Surrey and Director of the ESRC Research Group on Lifestyles\, 
 Values and Environment (RESOLVE) Tim also directs the newly-awarded Defra/
 ESRC Sustainable Lifestyles Research Group (SLRG).\n\nFor over twenty year
 s\, Tim has been at the forefront of research and teaching in sustainabili
 ty. In 1988 he pioneered a least-cost approach to carbon abatement for Fri
 ends of the Earth. In 1996 he co-authored (with Nic Marks) the first Index
  of Sustainable Economic Welfare for the UK and has continued to work clos
 ely with the New Economics Foundation and others on measures of sustainabl
 e wellbeing at national and regional level. During the last decade\, he ha
 s led numerous research and policy initiatives on sustainable consumption 
 and production in the UK and abroad. From June 2004 to March 2006\, he was
  the sole academic representative on the UK  Sustainable Consumption Round
  Table.   He is a co-author of the WorldWatch Institute's influential  Sat
 e of the World Report 2008 on sustainable economies.\n\nIn March 2004\, Ti
 m was appointed Economics Commissioner on the SDC.   From 2006 to 2009\, h
 e led the SDC’s Redefining Prosperity programme and authored the controv
 ersial report\, later published by Earthscan as “Prosperity without Grow
 th – Economics for a Finite Planet”   He continues to lead the economi
 cs work at SDC.\n\nTim has served in an advisory capacity for numerous Gov
 ernment departments and delivery agencies\, including: the Cabinet Office 
 (on Low Carbon Technologies and on ‘Renewable Energy and Resource Produc
 tivity’)\, HM Treasury (on well-being)\, BERR (on sustainable consumptio
 n and consumer policy)\, Defra (on sustainable consumption and production\
 , well-being\, behaviour change\, market transformation\, energy efficienc
 y\, and the politics of posterity)\, DfT (on travel behaviours)\, the Home
  Office (on consumer behaviour and behavioural change)\, the Carbon Trust 
 (on carbon footprints and carbon labelling)\, the Environment Agency (on r
 esource productivity\, waste management\, and behaviour change)\, and the 
 Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution (on renewable energy).  \n\nHe
  has provided research\, consultancy and advice to a variety of internatio
 nal organisations and agencies including: UNEP (on sustainable consumption
  and production and sustainable lifestyles)\, UNIDO and the ILO (on cleane
 r production)\, the European Environment Agency (on sustainable consumptio
 n and green GDP)\, the European Parliament (on sustainable consumption and
  on nuclear fusion)\, the US EPA (on waste prevention\, sustainable consum
 ption and behaviour change)\, the New Zealand Parliamentary Commissioner f
 or the Environment (on sustainable consumption and lifestyles)\n
LOCATION:Lecture Theatre 0\, Engineering Department\, Trumpington Street
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