As we mark World Soil Day, and with COP21 well into its first week, Dr Katrin Glatzel of Agriculture for…
COP21: The last chance for Small Island Developing States
Grantham Lecturer Dr Erik van Sebille reports back from the second day of the COP21 climate negotiations in Paris. For a group…
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…
UK climate and energy policy at a crossroads
Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced today that UK coal power stations will be phased out by 2025, favouring new…
Why I support the #EarthStatement
Earlier this year, the Earth League, a consortium of 17 world-leading scientists, drew up a wish list of the essential…
There is no Planet B: Why I decided to run 3,000 kilometres
Erlend Moster Knudsen is part of the climate awareness campaign Pole to Paris. He is speaking at a seminar at…
Do cities need COP21 to cut down on carbon?
Dr Karl M. Smith, Manager of the Blue Green Dream Project, proposes that empowered cities can hold their own and…
High blood pressure: can it be caused by drinking water?
Dr Pauline Scheelbeek, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, explores the link between salty drinking water and high blood pressure. It’s a well-established…