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Heat waves, productivity, and the urban economy: What are the costs?
Increasingly hot summers can have devastating effects on worker productivity. As temperatures increase, workers feel decreased energy, loss of concentration, muscle cramps, heat rash, and in extreme cases heat exhaustion … read more »
Why the end of DECC could be good news on climate change
What does the creation of a new Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS) mean for climate change policy? The move has variously been described as the abolition of … read more »
Strengthening the UK’s flood insurance partnership in the face of rising risks: what role for property developers?
Florence Crick and Swenja Surminski outline ways in which property developers could help reduce flood insurance premiums. read more »
How will Brexit affect climate change policy?
Bob Ward, Policy and Communications Director at the Institute, explores the potential impact of the UK’s vote to leave the EU for climate change policy. read more »
Offsetting emissions: It’s not just the cost of carbon that matters to businesses
This commentary reflects on a recent report which looked at why some companies offset their emissions outside of Europe and why others don’t. read more »
Flood Re: a missed opportunity for sustainable flood risk management?
The government and the insurance industry have recently launched Flood Re, a scheme that aims to make home insurance affordable to those living in a flood risk area. But that alone does not solve the problem, writes Swenja Surminski. read more »
Beyond peak coal? The new outlook for China’s carbon emissions
Fergus Green discusses new research argues that rapid growth in China’s carbon dioxide emissions is a thing of the past. read more »
How to make the climate change debate more productive
The climate change debate is a battle of attrition with a habit of getting nasty. Both sides in the debate (climate scientists and those that are sceptical of the science) … read more »
Clarification: China’s carbon dioxide emissions
On 4 March 2016, the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the ESRC Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy at the London School of Economics … read more »
EU ETS reform: How to tackle climate change and avoid carbon leakage
With MEPs currently considering the reform of the European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) for Phase 4 (2021-2030), Misato Sato makes the case for revised free allocation of emissions permits. read more »
