For Earth Day 2024, Elsy Milan, Postgraduate Researcher for the Centre for Environmental Policy at Imperial College London, reflects on her experience at COP28 in Dubai, the UAE Consensus and the increasingly central role of carbon capture usage and storage (CCUS) for many countries to achieve the Paris Climate Agreement.
Category: Emissions
Cycling: the untapped potential for improving our health (and the climate)
This article was first published in French by The Conversation. It was co-written by Émilie Schwarz (Scientific project manager, Santé…
Overconfidence in overshoot
Professor Joeri Rogelj, Director of Research at the Grantham Institute – Climate Change and the Environment, argues that the risks…
The Paris Agreement: are we raising climate ambition fast enough?
Neil Grant, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet Doctoral Training Partnership, blogs on his latest…
Achieving net-zero: decarbonising industry
Imperial industrial energy expert Dr Gbemi Oluleye and former Member of Parliament, and now Peer, Lord Browne of Ladyton have…
Direct air capture: could this new technology save us from climate change?
FEATURE: A promising technology that sucks carbon dioxide from the air could help, but not replace, climate action, say experts. Simon Levey explores what is Direct Air Capture and what are the chances of it taking off in time to help avert the climate crisis.
Earth’s love-hate relationship with carbon dioxide
At last month’s international Pint of Science Festival, the Grantham Institute co-sponsored three events themed around Planet Earth. SSCP DTP student…
How can we generate a hundred per cent renewable electricity?
Charlie Cook, a student on the first cohort of Imperial’s new MSc in Climate Change, Management and Finance, checks on…
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…
Apollo has landed: the role of the private sector in completing the race for 100% renewables
Dr Charles Donovan and Christopher Corbishley discuss the falling cost of renewables. In the lead-up to the UNFCCC Conference of Parties…