SSCP DTP student Clea Kolster (Centre for Environmental Policy) gauges views on Carbon Capture and Storage at the UN climate…
Category: Mitigation
Weighing up the evidence on CCS
Dr Sara Budinis and Zara Qadir of the Sustainable Gas Institute review the current state of research on Carbon Capture…
Peering into the emissions gap
Grantham Affiliate Dr Heather Graven gives us the lowdown on the emissions gap. What is the emissions gap? The international…
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…
How climate-smart soil management increases resilience and helps mitigate climate change
As we mark World Soil Day, and with COP21 well into its first week, Dr Katrin Glatzel of Agriculture for…
Reforming harmful fossil fuel subsidies
Jo Tyndall, New Zealand’s Climate Change Ambassador, argues that the time has come for fossil fuel subsidies to be removed. This…
The end of UK coal – views from Imperial
UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced last week that UK coal power plants will be switched off by 2025. We asked…
UK climate and energy policy at a crossroads
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced today that UK coal power stations will be phased out by 2025, favouring new…
Why I support the #EarthStatement
Earlier this year, the Earth League, a consortium of 17 world-leading scientists, drew up a wish list of the essential…
Do cities need COP21 to cut down on carbon?
Dr Karl M. Smith, Manager of the Blue Green Dream Project, proposes that empowered cities can hold their own and…