Last month, Grantham Affiliates Dr Jeffrey Hardy and Dr Chris Mazur travelled to Chicago to run a ‘Decision Theatre’ workshop…
Category: Research
The lower the climate sensitivity the better – but what we need is zero carbon
Following the publication of a paper presenting a new narrower estimate of “equilibrium climate sensitivity” – a measure of how…
What to do with all the carbon dioxide?
Research Postgraduates Clara Heuberger and Clea Kolster, who recently attended the UNFCCC’s 23rd Conference of the Parties in Bonn, consider…
Ring of Fire: how biofilms will help us understand the impacts of climate change
‘Ring of Fire‘ is a NERC-funded research project that, over the course of four years and five geothermal sites in…
Could solar-thermal be the solution for low-carbon heating?
Well-established solar heat technologies could be playing a key role in creating a sustainable future energy system and meeting an…
Energy Utopia: What stands in the way of smart, clean, affordable, customer-led energy?
Last year, Dr Jeffrey Hardy took a career break from his role as Head of Sustainable Energy Futures at Ofgem…
Into the Ring of Fire: Arctic adventures to predict the impact of climate change
Dr Michelle Jackson, Research Associate and Ecologist at Imperial College London, is working on ‘Ring of Fire’, a four-year,…
Researchers need to reach out to other disciplines to face up to the challenges of climate change
Healthy People, Healthy Planet is a challenge team formed by students from the Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet…
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…
Don’t score an own goal on energy policy: Fatih Birol presents the World Energy Outlook at Imperial
The International Energy Agency’s most important report is a warning that words are not enough, and now is the time…