Rayyan Yunus, a student on Imperial’s MSc Environmental Technology, shares some of the simplest ways you can reduce food waste…
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The climate-friendly kitchen: Top tips for sustainable, budget-friendly food
Grantham’s Climate Friendly Pop-Up Kitchen, a stall at the Great Exhibition Road Festival on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19 June,…
Now is the time to harmonise food and climate policies for Africa to end hunger and strengthen food system resilience
Meera Shah, Research Associate at Imperial College London’s Centre for Environmental Policy and a member of the Malabo Montpellier Panel says transforming Africa’s food systems in line with climate action is an opportunity to accelerate progress towards achieving the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals.
New agricultural frontiers: Is the grass really greener in a warming world?
Julia French, a postgraduate student on the MSc in Climate Change, Management & Finance with the Grantham Institute and Imperial…
COVID-19 and planetary change: The food system is sick
Professor Paolo Vineis, Chair of Environmental Epidemiology at Imperial’s School of Public Health, blogs on why the food system must…
Spreading like wildfire; the double-threat of changing landscapes and climate
Wildfire is the single greatest terrestrial disturbance agent on Earth. Satellite data suggest that in an average year, wildfires burn a total area of around 3.5 million km2, an area around 15 times larger than the UK. While some of these fires are purposefully controlled or are manageable, and can have benefits for ecosystems and livelihoods, other fires burn uncontrollably, with sometimes devastating consequences for safety, livelihoods, wildlife and climate.
Saving the planet, one meal at a time
Dr Neil Jennings, Partnership Development Manager at the Grantham Institute, and Lily Peck, Research Postgraduate on the Science and Solutions…
My life as a temporary vegan
Maggie Robertson shares her experiences of going vegan for lent. ‘Several Grantham staff doing vegan for lent. Fancy it?’ That…
Have your say: What are your most pressing environment and climate change priorities for 2017?
As the dust settles on 2016, here at the Grantham Institute we are looking ahead at the hot topics in…
10 ways to source your food more sustainably
Are you an ecotarian? Naomi Pratt, SSCP-DTP student and, along with Ronan McAdam and Clea Kolster, co-founder of The Ecotarian (@The_Ecotarian),…