by Jonathan Bosch On Saturday, 7th March 2015, I attended the Time to Act climate march. After a winding route through…
Category: Communicating climate change
With climate models, simpler isn’t necessarily better
Grantham Institute Co-Director Professor Joanna Haigh discusses a recent paper which argues that existing climate models ‘run hot’ and overstate the extent of manmade…
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….
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…
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…
Ocean heat uptake – checking the facts
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute The recent slowdown in global temperature rise has led to suggestions that global warming…
Ocean warming in the media
A recent paper on ocean warming has been reported on in a number of newspaper articles, most recently by Christopher…
Fact checking a recent Telegraph article by Christopher Booker
by Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute In an article for the Telegraph, Christopher Booker gave his views on Professor Sir Brian Hoskins’…
What is the best way to write about climate change in fiction?
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute Last week I attended Weather Fronts, an event organised by Tipping Point. The event…
Question Time and what the IPCC really said about tropical storms
By Dr Simon Buckle BBC’s Question Time on 14 November saw Lord Lawson citing the IPCC findings to support one…