By Professor Sir Brian Hoskins The US has been suffering from icy weather and snow storms in recent days. This…
Seasonal chill
Temperature and rainfall extremes in a warming world
By Dr Flora MacTavish Governments, planning authorities, companies and individuals all need information about the impact of climate change on extreme…
China’s carbon intensity reductions continue
By Ajay Gambhir A fortnight ago a journalist at New Scientist asked me if I’d seen the latest report by…
A different viewpoint on sustainability and development
By Professor Sir Brian Hoskins Last week the sustainability group of my village and a neighbouring one organised a workshop…
International Energy Agency announces closer cooperation with developing nations
By Neil Hirst On Wednesday six major developing nations plus Russia agreed to pursue closer cooperation, or “Association” with the…
Question Time and what the IPCC really said about tropical storms
By Dr Simon Buckle BBC’s Question Time on 14 November saw Lord Lawson citing the IPCC findings to support one…
Updates to the IPCC WG1 Summary for Policy Makers
By Dr Flora MacTavish The IPCC has released corrected figures for past carbon dioxide emissions and future emissions trajectories quoted…
The future of our planet is far too important to be left just to our politicians
By Dr Simon Buckle Two years to go and counting down. That’s the real significance of COP19, the Warsaw Conference…
Transient Climate Response: an incomplete measure of climate change
By Dr Simon Buckle It may help to clarify some of the facts related to the lively exchange between Bob…
Welcome!
Welcome to the Climate at Imperial Blog. This blog is hosted by the Grantham Institute and features insights from staff and…