The IEA Book Club will be hosting an upcoming event with Ross Clark on his latest book, “Not Zero: How an Irrational Target Will Impoverish You, Help China (and Won’t Even Save the Planet)”. This event will take place on Tuesday 13th June from 17:30 – 19:30 at the IEA Westminster offices. Chairing this event (more…)

Does the drive to net zero punish the poorest in society? Is maintaining the 2050 target unrealistic considering the growing threat to energy security? Or is net zero the only way to combat climate change and would the economic, social, and environmental costs be far greater if we abandoned the policy? Speakers: Emily Carver (Chair), (more…)

Now in their twenty-ninth year, The Beesley Lectures were founded by Professor Michael Beesley, one of the most influential regulatory economists of his time. Held in partnership with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the Centre for Competition and Regulatory Policy at City, University of London, the series attracts the foremost thinkers in government, industry (more…)

The IEA Book Club is delighted to host an upcoming webinar with Michael Shellenberger, to discuss his latest best-selling book “Apocalypse Never: Why Environmental Alarmism Hurts Us All”. This webinar will take place on Tuesday 15th September at 18:00 BST and will be chaired by Mark Littlewood, IEA Director General. Michael has been fighting for (more…)

The IEA Book Club will be hosting Nick Timothy CBE, to discuss his latest book “Remaking One Nation: The Future of Conservatism”, on Tuesday 5th May from 18:00-19:00 (BST). This webinar will be chaired by Professor Syed Kamall [IEA Academic and Research Director]. Nick Timothy served as Joint Downing Street Chief of Staff, alongside Fiona (more…)

We are delighted to invite you to join us for an online webinar discussion with Dr Carlo Stagnaro and Dr Simona Benedettini from 1pm – 2pm on Wednesday 8th April. They will be discussing ‘Coronavirus – The Impact on Energy Markets and the Environment’. With governments all over the world limiting travel and imposing lockdowns to (more…)

Climate change has captured the public’s attention in 2019, with demonstrations springing up across the country. The UK government responded by legislating to achieve an ambitious net-zero emissions goal by 2050, ending the country’s contribution to global warming within 30 years. But is one of the world’s most ambitious climate targets achievable in just 3 (more…)

The Institute of Economic Affairs is delighted to invite you to THINK Conference 2017! Last year’s inaugural THINK conference brought together some of the best speakers in the world to highlight how the creativity and innovation fostered under free markets has helped to halve world poverty in recent decades. Now in its third year, THINK (more…)

The IEA is delighted to invite you to attend an in-conversation event with Britain’s most outspoken and independently minded MP, Douglas Carswell  – further evidenced by Douglas’s recent announcement to quit UKIP and become an independent MP for Clacton. Mark Littlewood, Director General, will be asking him about: Whether the political establishment really is collapsing Whether the (more…)