News & commentaries
World leaders cannot afford to ignore new record for global warming
Commenting on the publication today by NASA and NOAA of measurements of the annual global mean surface temperature in 2016, Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research … read more »
2016 hottest year ever recorded – and scientists say human activity to blame
The Guardian, 18 January 2017
British scientists to Theresa May: Urge Trump to support climate research
Washington Post, 16 January 2017
With or without you? Why the European Union’s climate targets will be harder to meet post-Brexit
The UK has played an important role in shaping and advancing European action on climate change. Without it, other Member States will find themselves picking up the slack or the EU will miss its greenhouse gas target for 2030, write Maria Carvalho and Sam Fankhauser. read more »
A letter to the British Prime Minister from 100 members of the climate change research community
A letter from 100 members of the climate change research community in the UK has been sent to the Prime Minister, Theresa May, to highlight potential threats and opportunities from Donald Trump’s election as President of the United States.
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Muddled and inflated figures about power decarbonisation
It is vitally important that the public debate about the UK’s options for managing the risks of climate change is based on reliable and authoritative information about the costs. Unfortunately, … read more »
Climate change special: the Brexit effect & China’s Trumped COP21
Going Underground, RT (TV broadcast), 12 December
