by Professor Martin Siegert, Co-director, Grantham Institute On 27th October I convened a meeting at the Royal Society of London…
The costs of decarbonising the UK
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute The costs associated with reducing emissions in the UK have been discussed recently in the press….
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…
Has climate change been exaggerated? Fact-checking Owen Paterson’s comments
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute In a lecture to the Global Warming Policy Foundation, the former UK Environment Secretary Owen Paterson…
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…
2°C or not 2°C – should we ditch the below 2°C target for global warming?
By Professor Joanna Haigh, Co-Director, Grantham Institute A commentary published in Nature this week has opened up a discussion about the…
Reflections on the UN Climate Summit in New York
By Dr Simon Buckle, Grantham Institute “Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more” Climate change was not, so far…
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…
Ocean heat uptake – checking the facts
By Dr Flora Whitmarsh, Grantham Institute The recent slowdown in global temperature rise has led to suggestions that global warming…
Ocean warming in the media
A recent paper on ocean warming has been reported on in a number of newspaper articles, most recently by Christopher…