By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute An agreement produced by the 20th Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru, noted ‘with grave…
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Climate change: positive messages on the international scene
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute This blog forms part of a series addressing some of the criticisms often levelled against efforts to…
Why subsidise renewable energy?
by Ajay Gambhir, Grantham Institute This blog forms part of a series addressing some of the criticisms often levelled against efforts…
How will Antartica’s ice-sheet contribute to 21st century sea level rise?
by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute On 27th October I convened a meeting at the Royal Society of London…
The costs of decarbonising the UK
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute The costs associated with reducing emissions in the UK have been discussed recently in the press….
In defence of biomass energy
By Professor Colin Prentice, AXA Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts Further to previous posts on this blog regarding Owen Paterson’s recent speech…
Has climate change been exaggerated? Fact-checking Owen Paterson’s comments
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute In a lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the former UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson…
Paterson misses the point
By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute Owen Paterson’s remarks on the UK response to climate change miss the point. I do…
2°C or not 2°C – should we ditch the below 2°C target for global warming?
By Professor Joanna Haigh, Co-Director, Grantham Institute A commentary published in Nature this week has opened up a discussion about the…
Reflections on the UN Climate Summit in New York
By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more” Climate change was not, so far…