Grantham Lecturer Dr Erik van Sebille reports back from the second day of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. For a group…
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Tackling peat fires in Indonesia: Haze events and a call to COP21
Grantham Affiliate Dr Guillermo Rein (Department of Mechanical Engineering) explains why Indonesia’s peat fires are a global problem, and what…
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…
How can an oil and gas company prepare for a low carbon world?
In the run-up to the Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), countries have been submitting their plans to…
Carbon dioxide: the good and the bad, the right and the wrong
Professor Colin Prentice, AXA Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts “Carbon Dioxide: The Good News” – This is the title of…
Climate-ready adaptation for conservation and ecosystem services
Professor Iain Colin Prentice, Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts reports back on his session at the Our Common Future…
A New York take on Sustainable Development: Is it feasible?
By Clea Kolster, PhD student, Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet The term ‘sustainable development’ was first coined in…
Towards a Global Energy Internet
Professor Jo Haigh, Co-director of the Grantham Institute reports back from the Climate Parliament meeting in Lucerne, 12 June 2015. I have…
How do marine renewable devices affect marine life?
by Roan du Feu, PhD student, Science and Solutions for a Changing Planet The marine renewable energy sector is poised…