Grantham PhD student Oliver Schmidt visited Africa to see two start-ups from Imperial College London that are trying to make the case for low-carbon ‘cleantech’ business in Africa, and compared them to a third operating across the continent.
Category: Innovation
The importance of being optimistic – Christiana Figueres leads the charge to limit global warming to 1.5°C
Dr Alex Howe, writes about the launch of a new campaign to turn words into actions on climate change, and in six global revolutions that must take place before 2020.
The similarities between our energy outlook and BP’s will surprise you
New analysis foreshadows a dwindling demand for fossil fuels, but what will the oil companies make of the future? Grantham Institute Director of Policy and Translation, Alyssa Gilbert, looked into her crystal ball to find out.
In search of a common language to support innovation and transform our society
Sociologists and engineers take different approaches to stimulating innovation. Inspired by the Eu-SPRI winter school organised by the Science Policy…
Green investment: Put your money where the carbon isn’t
What do a company’s carbon emissions tell you about its long term prospects? Grantham Institute Director of Innovation Prof Richard…
Technology transfer: how the UNFCCC helps put the right technologies into the right hands
How do you ensure that the developing world has access to the key technologies needed to limit greenhouse emissions and…
Five ways to reinvent energy
On 25 November the Grantham Institute’s Moritz Köhme and Dr Jeff Hardy attended the Reinventing Energy Summit hosted by New…
Taking the waste out of waste wood
Grantham PhD student Florence Gschwend recently won an impressive £10,000 to put into a new business that harnesses cutting edge…
Why clean tech innovation and selfish action go hand in hand
SSCP DTP student Oliver Schmidt argues that technological innovation is key to empowering individuals to act on climate change. Some…
How do we make renewable electricity cheap enough to leave coal in the ground?
Ajay Gambhir discusses the role of public funding on energy technology innovation The Global Apollo Programme proposal aims to get renewable electricity so…