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Category: Impacts & adaptation
Why should we act on climate change? A glaciologist’s perspective
by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute See a headline on TV about climate change and it will undoubtedly be…
Is climate change increasing the risk of armed conflict?
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute The recently published 2015 Global Peace Index, produced by the Institute for Economics and Peace, said…
Transforming climate change from a threat to an opportunity
-Lancet Commission on Health and Climate report launch by Dr Kris Murray, Grantham Lecturer in Global Change Ecology Today the Lancet…
Investing in institutional ‘software’ to build climate resilience
by Camilla Toulmin, Ced Hesse, Daoud Tari and Caroline King–Okumu, International Institute for Environment and Development Building resilience to extreme…
A New York take on Sustainable Development: Is it feasible?
By Clea Kolster, PhD student, Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet The term ‘sustainable development’ was first coined in…
The case of our missing trash
by Dr Erik van Sebille, Grantham Lecturer in Oceanography and Climate Change Our oceans are filthy with plastic. Most attention so far…
Making it pay by simple addition: win-win solutions for health and the environment
Dr Kris Murray, Grantham Lecturer in Global Change Ecology Our planet is ill. Ongoing loss and endangerment of species, degradation…
How do marine renewable devices affect marine life?
by Roan du Feu, PhD student, Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet The marine renewable energy sector is poised…
Responding to environmental change
This blog post is part of a series on Responding to Environmental Change event, organised by the Natural Environment Research Council…