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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 »
LSE Professor expects strong progress on climate change to continue following Cabinet reshuffle
Responding to the announcements today by 10 Downing Street about the new Cabinet, Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the … read more »






