Tag: Climate Action

The Imperial College London delegation at COP23
Climate negotiations

COP23: The Fijian approach, the ‘Paris Rulebook’, and a potential showdown…

Alyssa Gilbert, Director of Policy and Translation at the Grantham Institute, anticipates the comings and goings of the COP23. Representatives from nearly two hundred countries are coming together this week in an annual meeting to push forward global progress in tackling climate change. Participants in the 23rd Conference of the Parties (COP23) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), are converging on … Continue reading COP23: The Fijian approach, the ‘Paris Rulebook’, and a potential showdown…

Grantham InstituteLeave a comment
Individual action on climate

Eco-resolutions 2017 – have you kept yours?

It can be easy to wait for governments and businesses to face up to the challenges of climate change and other environmental issues. However, individual action has a big part to play in protecting the planet. Small changes to our daily habits can make a big difference. At the end of last year, Grantham Institute staff and students made a climate or environment related resolution … Continue reading Eco-resolutions 2017 – have you kept yours?

Grantham Institute1 Comment
First Minister of Scotland Nicola Sturgeon and Governor Brown of California shake hands over climate deal.
business, Policy, Student blogs

California just signed a climate change agreement with Scotland, here are 5 things the UK can learn from the Golden State

While one is a state within the United States of America and the other a sovereign country or state made up of four “sub” countries, Clea Colster suggests that the UK could learn from California’s environmental policies.

Continue reading California just signed a climate change agreement with Scotland, here are 5 things the UK can learn from the Golden State

Grantham Institute1 Comment
Policy

Brexit, and an uncertain road for the European Emissions Trading Scheme

On the day Theresa May officially triggers Article 50 and begins the Brexit process, Grantham Institute writes about the value of a European scheme that aims to limit and reduce greenhouse gas emissions from more than 12,000 power and manufacturing plants in 31 countries, which together account for around 45% of the EU’s total emissions.

Continue reading Brexit, and an uncertain road for the European Emissions Trading Scheme

Grantham InstituteLeave a comment
Policy, Student blogs

California is at the forefront of US environmental action – but its progressive ideas need protection

Currently on a secondment at Stanford University, SSCP DTP student Clea Kolster reports back on California’s commitment to sustainability – and how the new head of the United States’ Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) could put a spanner in the works. I landed at San Francisco International airport on a sunny afternoon at the end of June of last year, ready to embrace the wonders of … Continue reading California is at the forefront of US environmental action – but its progressive ideas need protection

Grantham InstituteLeave a comment