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…
Taking the planet’s temperature: How are global temperatures calculated?
Grantham intern Peter Davies (Department of Physics) delves into global temperature records. Statements such as “2014 earth’s warmest year on…
Divestment 2.0: The power is in the eyes of the investor
Sam Gill from ET Index explores the issue of how to avoid investing in fossil fuels. Sam is Chief Executive Officer…
African smallholder farmers responding to an uncertain climate future
by Dr Katrin Glatzel and Alice Marks, Agriculture for Impact With just a couple of months left till the world’s…
Thinking in circles: applying circular economy principles in London
Julia Halder, PhD Student in the Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology (School of Public Health), discovers how circular economy thinking can inform redevelopment…
Feeding the planet: is genetic modification part of the solution?
SSCP-DTP student Rogier Hintzen considers the role of genetically modified crops in eradicating hunger. Global food production seems to be doing…
Methanol: Fuelling the future
There’s been a lot of talk about a hypothetical hydrogen economy, but what if methanol was the fuel of choice?…
Global solutions for global challenges
Alyssa Gilbert, Head of Policy and Translation, Grantham Institute gives her impressions from ‘Global solutions for global challenges’, a discussion event…
Where can we best tackle the ocean plastics problem?
Following recent research suggesting that 90% of seabirds have eaten plastic, Department of Physics undergraduate Peter Sherman investigates how we could clean…