News & commentaries
Lord Stern elected British Academy President
The British Academy has announced that Professor Lord Stern of Brentford, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, has been elected as its next President from July 2013. read more »
Das Kommunale ist global. Der weltweite Klimawandel lässt sich nur durch Grüne Städte stoppenpaper
Co-authored with Philipp Rode on green cities for the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP).
Is It More Important to Save the Euro than the Environment?
Discussion held at Imperial College, July 2012
Climate change in India: what role for insurance and the private sector?
LSE’s research staff argue that the commercial viability of crop insurance must be considered before private insurance companies can play an effective role in climate change adaptation. read more »
The BBC is sacrificing objectivity for impartiality on climate change
It is now more than a year since the BBC Trust published a seminal report on the impartiality of the broadcaster’s coverage of science, but there is clear evidence that … read more »
Climate confusion
‘A responsible and effective approach to managing the risks of climate change requires action in advance’ Sir, Matt Ridley’s rather silly attack on the Met Office (“The forecast said warm. … read more »
Carbon price floor crucial to its aims
While the political noise around the carbon laws continues, we risk losing sight of the fact that a minimum carbon price floor guards against the policy becoming a toothless tiger … read more »
Wind power: a model of successful public policy?
Wind energy has been developing very quickly in the past years. Installation of wind turbines grew at an annual average rate of 30% between 2000 and 2009 and global installed … read more »
Leaders not plugged in to climate change reality (registration required)
From Mr Bob Ward. Sir, Your excellent editorial “Learning to live in a changing climate” (July 2) was quite right to question the suggestion by Rex Tillerson, chief executive of … read more »
