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Tag: Fossil fuels

Fracking Q&A: The background, the ban and what’s coming next

Posted on November 12, 2019November 13, 2019 by Grantham Institute
Anti-fracking protesters with yellow signs saying "frack free Lancashire"

Last weekend, the United Kingdom Government announced a moratorium on fracking, based on evidence from a report by the Oil…

Posted in Energy, Mitigation, PolicyTagged ban, Climate, climate change, energy, Fossil fuels, Fracking, gas, industry, Mitigation, shale gas1 Comment on Fracking Q&A: The background, the ban and what’s coming next

Pensions: Invest in our future, not the past

Posted on September 3, 2018March 10, 2022 by Grantham Institute
Concept image showing a row of glass bottles with increasing amounts of coins in them, and a bigger plant growing out of each

Dr Neil Jennings, Partnership Development Manager at the Grantham Institute, takes a look at the USS pensions scheme and considers…

Posted in Individual action on climate, MitigationTagged Climate Action, divestment, ethical investment, Fossil fuels, fund, invest, investment, pension, pension fund, USS2 Comments on Pensions: Invest in our future, not the past

Funding for low-carbon tech: Why the clean energy ministerial meeting changes everything and nothing

Posted on June 7, 2016June 10, 2016 by Grantham Institute

Grantham Institute Head of Policy and Translation, Alyssa Gilbert, thinks about the cosy blanket of funding, investment and support that…

Posted in Mitigation, PolicyTagged Fossil fuels, Renewable energyLeave a Comment on Funding for low-carbon tech: Why the clean energy ministerial meeting changes everything and nothing

Reforming harmful fossil fuel subsidies

Posted on November 24, 2015November 24, 2015 by Grantham Institute

Jo Tyndall, New Zealand’s Climate Change Ambassador, argues that the time has come for fossil fuel subsidies to be removed. This…

Posted in Energy, Mitigation, PolicyTagged COP21, Fossil fuels1 Comment on Reforming harmful fossil fuel subsidies

The end of UK coal – views from Imperial

Posted on November 20, 2015November 24, 2015 by Grantham Institute

UK Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced last week that UK coal power plants will be switched off by 2025. We asked…

Posted in Energy, Mitigation, PolicyTagged Fossil fuelsLeave a Comment on The end of UK coal – views from Imperial

UK climate and energy policy at a crossroads

Posted on November 18, 2015November 18, 2015 by Grantham Institute

  Energy Secretary Amber Rudd announced today that UK coal power stations will be phased out by 2025, favouring new…

Posted in Mitigation, Paris 2015, PolicyTagged COP21, energy, Fossil fuels, UK policyLeave a Comment on UK climate and energy policy at a crossroads

How can an oil and gas company prepare for a low carbon world?

Posted on October 29, 2015October 29, 2015 by Grantham Institute

  In the run-up to the Paris 2015 UN Climate Change Conference (COP21), countries have been submitting their plans to…

Posted in Energy, MitigationTagged Carbon pricing, Fossil fuels, sustainability2 Comments on How can an oil and gas company prepare for a low carbon world?

The Future of the Arctic

Posted on August 6, 2015August 11, 2015 by Grantham Institute

  By Victoria Burton, Stephane Mangeon, Christoph Mazur, Simon Moulds, Jonathan Ritson, Philip Sandwell, Rebecca Short, and Patric Simoes Pereira…

Posted in Impacts & adaptation, Student blogsTagged Arctic, Fossil fuels, glaciology, oil exploration, Policy2 Comments on The Future of the Arctic
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