Professor Jo Haigh, Co-director of the Grantham Institute reports back from the Climate Parliament meeting in Lucerne, 12 June 2015. I have…
Category: Policy
UK elections: climate change debate is hampered by neoliberal consensus
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute Although both Labour and the Liberal Democrats have pledged to decarbonise the electricity sector by 2030,…
China Energy Outlook 2015
by Neil Hirst, Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Institute China’s Energy Research Institute (ERI) releases an interesting analysis of the prospects…
The Road to Paris 2015 – the UK’s postition
This blog post by Samantha Buzzard, a NERC student at the University of Reading, is part of a series on…
The Post-2015 Goals: Environmental Sustainability, Science and Development
By Bora Ristic, Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet DTP student This week, the next round of UN…
Who’s responsible for tackling climate change? – COP 20 outcomes
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute An agreement produced by the 20th Conference of the Parties in Lima, Peru, noted ‘with grave…
Climate change: positive messages on the international scene
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute This blog forms part of a series addressing some of the criticisms often levelled against efforts to…
Why subsidise renewable energy?
by Ajay Gambhir, Grantham Institute This blog forms part of a series addressing some of the criticisms often levelled against efforts…
Paterson misses the point
By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute Owen Paterson’s remarks on the UK response to climate change miss the point. I do…
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…