News & commentaries
Managing flood risk: Why flood insurance needs to send the right signals
Anticipatory action and preparedness is much more economic than providing disaster aid. However, there have recently been many missed opportunities to put sensible long-term risk management in response to climate … read more »
The costs of the UK storms and floods in context
It is still too early to full assess the economic impacts of the storms and floods that have been gripping the UK over the past couple of months, particularly as … read more »
The new flood insurance scheme will not cope with rising flood risk due to climate change and building in floodplains
LSE British Politics and Policy Blog, 20 September 2013
Comment on National Adaptation Programme
Comment on the publication today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the National Adaptation Programme for England, from Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). read more »
New report calls for early action to adapt to the impacts of climate change
The Government should make sure that new hospitals, schools, offices, roads and railways are designed to cope over their entire lifetimes with changes in the UK’s climate, as part of the forthcoming National Adaptation Programme, according to a new report published today. read more »
Book Review: The New North: Our World in 2050 by Laurence C. Smith
What kind of world do we want? This is the question with which Laurence Smith ends his new book, The New North. I like that ending. It does not prescribe but allows the reader to contemplate the world in 2050 as a malleable object. read more »
Adapting to the impacts of climate change in the UK
The first set of reports from public bodies setting out what they are doing to adapt to the impacts of climate change on the UK was published by the Department for … read more »
A statement from Nicholas Stern on a green investment bank
Nicholas Stern on Green Investment bank idea: “…there are strong arguments for a Green Investment Bank that can provide a public-private partnership to share risk and foster innovation. read more »
