Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment
Printed 28 Jan 2015 http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute
Printed 28 Jan 2015 http://www.lse.ac.uk/GranthamInstitute
Our latest work
The price vs quantity debate: climate policy and the role of business cycles
What is the optimal instrument design and choice for a regulator attempting to control emissions by private agents in face of uncertainty arising from business cycles? In applying Weitzman’s result … read more »
Luring others into climate action: Coalition formation games with threshold and spillover effects
Cooperation between countries is required to overcome major societal problems, such as climate change. However, rational logic dictates that individual countries are incentivised not to act, instead preferring to … read more »
Urban development and air pollution: Evidence from a global panel of cities
Study examines air pollution concentration in 75 urban areas between 2005 and 2011. Focuses specifically on the impacts of changes in the urban environment and transportation mode on pollution. A … read more »
The Role of Insurance in Reducing Direct Risk – The Case of Flood Insurance
This article explores the current understanding of flood insurance with a specific focus on the ability of flood insurance to contribute to direct risk reduction. read more »
Post-2020 climate agreements in the major economies assessed in the light of global models
Integrated assessment models can help in quantifying the implications of international climate agreements and regional climate action. This paper reviews scenario results from model intercomparison projects to explore different … read more »
Green agricultural policies and poverty reduction
Since developing countries typically have large agricultural sectors, the implementation of green agricultural policies can play a key role in helping shift to low-carbon economies. However, the challenge … read more »
Written evidence submitted to the UK Parliamentary Energy and Climate Change Committee
Outlines the main energy and climate change challenges in the UK over the next five-year term read more »
Submission to inquiry on ‘Environmental risks of fracking’ by the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee
This is a submission by the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy and Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and … read more »
How to price carbon in good times… and bad
Responsive cap-and-trade systems and carbon taxes can improve climate change policy by allowing higher greenhouse gas emissions during times of economic expansions and lower emissions during recessions. read more »
Taming the beasts of ‘burden-sharing’: an analysis of equitable mitigation actions and approaches to 2030 mitigation pledges
Countries are now seeking to reach a new international agreement on climate change, to be signed in Paris in December 2015. A key element of the international negotiations … read more »
Met Office slays myth that global warming has stopped
Responding to the publication today (26 January 2015) by the UK Met Office of figures showing that 2014 was jointly with 2010 the hottest year globally since records began in … read more »
Green farming policies should reduce poverty in developing countries
Green agricultural policies in developing countries must be carefully designed to reduce poverty, according to a new report published today (26 January) read more »
Al Gore: oil companies ‘use our atmosphere as an open sewer’
We must leave fossil fuels unburned, Gore says, adding the transition to clean energy will be ‘unstoppable’ read more »
Davos 2015: climate change makes a comeback
Financial crisis pushed global warming down the agenda but Lord Stern’s respected climate economics are leading its way back up read more »
Gore, Pharrell Williams Plan Biggest Music Event for Climate
Washington Post, 21 January
Hot topics
Decarbonising electricity
How will the UK and Europe make the transition to a low-carbon power sector at the lowest cost?
Green growth
Can environmental policies deliver increased economic growth and prosperity?
China
How will China make the shift to low-carbon growth?
Economic competitiveness
Are environmental policies a threat to economic competitiveness?
EU ETS reform
What will successful reform look like for the world’s largest carbon market?
