by Neil Hirst, Senior Policy Fellow, Grantham Institute China’s Energy Research Institute (ERI) releases an interesting analysis of the prospects…
Category: Research
High altitude agriculture – The challenges of adapting to the changing water supply in the Himalayas
by Bhopal Pandeya, Research Associate (ESPA Fellowship), Grantham Institute Mountains are often referred to as ‘water towers’ as they provide…
2014 – the warmest year on record
A summary of global temperature for 2014 from NASA and NOAA has just been published, showing that the average global…
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…
How will Antartica’s ice-sheet contribute to 21st century sea level rise?
by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute On 27th October I convened a meeting at the Royal Society of London…
In defence of biomass energy
By Professor Colin Prentice, AXA Chair in Biosphere and Climate Impacts Further to previous posts on this blog regarding Owen Paterson’s recent speech…
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…
Feasibility and affordability of reducing greenhouse gas emissions
By Ajay Gambhir, Research fellow on mitigation policy at the Grantham Institute The United Nations Climate Summit 2014, to be…
Collaboration with Stanford University and Biofuels Research at the Joint BioEnergy Institute
By C. Chambon, Research Postgraduate, Department of Chemistry As part of a group of six Imperial students who visited California,…