By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute There was some good news last week from the annual Petersberg Climate Dialogues held on 14-15…
Category: Policy
UNFCCC climate negotiations: reflections from the Rhine
By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute I spent a few days at the recent Bonn climate change conference (4-15 June)…
A slow start to a global climate treaty
By Gabriele Messori, Stockholm University (former Imperial PhD student) The United Nations’ climate negotiations usually gain the press spotlight once…
Moving from tactics to strategy: extreme weather, climate risks and the policy response
By Dr Flora MacTavish and Dr Simon Buckle In the press coverage of the recent floods, there has been a…
Workshop on climate science needed to support robust adaptation decisions
By Dr Simon Buckle I just wanted to highlight the great event we held last week with Judy Curry at…
Beyond adaptation: loss and damage negotiation at the United Nations
By Gabriele Messori, Research postgraduate in the Department of Physics The 19th Conference of the Parties of the United Nations…
International Energy Agency announces closer cooperation with developing nations
By Neil Hirst On Wednesday six major developing nations plus Russia agreed to pursue closer cooperation, or “Association” with the…
The future of our planet is far too important to be left just to our politicians
By Dr Simon Buckle Two years to go and counting down. That’s the real significance of COP19, the Warsaw Conference…