News & commentaries
British businesses at risk of damages and disruptions from climate change
Climate change poses a real threat to British businesses, with flooding and water availability already causing significant damages and disruptions to the provision of goods and services across the UK, … 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 »
Lord Stern comments on the publication of the proposed Fifth Carbon Budget
Lord Stern comments on the decision by the UK Government to accept the advice of the expert and independent Committee on Climate Change to set the Fifth Carbon Budget. read more »
Lord Stern responds to speech by Amber Rudd
Response from Lord Stern to a speech by Amber Rudd, the UK Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, in which she reaffirmed the Government’s long term climate change goals in the light of the recent vote by the UK to leave the EU. read more »
Why an E.U. without Britain is bad news for the fight against climate change
Washington Post, 24 June
RI Europe 2016: Ten-point set of voluntary standards for ESG data launched
How can investors assess companies’ low carbon strategies? Are companies making a sufficient contribution to the goals of a low carbon economy? The Transition Pathway Initiative will help investors address these questions. read more »
Virgin Atlantic just used behavioral science to ‘nudge’ its pilots into using less fuel. It worked
The Washington Post, 22 June 2016
Global Environmental Change journal sees boost in Impact Factor
Global Environmental Change, whose co-editor-in-chief is Delcan Conway, saw a 5.679 increase in its Impact Factor during 2015. Global Environmental Change is a peer-reviewed international journal publishing high quality, theoretically … read more »
