GSoS News and commentaries

In this commentary, Nicholas Young argues that the practical effects of climate litigation remain largely unclear, underscoring the urgent need for more rigorous assessments of its impacts.

In this commentary with the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Eoin Jackson, Adrien Rose and Harro van Asselt highlight the urgent need to overcome scientific and practical challenges in implementing and enforcing corporate transitions aligned with a pathway to 1.5°C of warming.

GSoS Chair and Co-founder, Professor Lord Nicholas Stern, speaks to Madeleine Finlay on the future of economic growth in an episode entitled, "Can degrowth save the climate?".

In this Commentary from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, Tiffanie Chan and GSoS Theme Lead, Joana Setzer, explain why the next phase of corporate climate litigation and regulation depends on closer links between science and law.

Lei Zhang, GSoS Co-founder and Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Envision, has been named the recipient of the Energy Institute’s 2026 President’s Award.

Lord Adair Turner is set to deliver a GSoS special public lecture series on energy, climate change and growth, taking place in the Winter Term.

Sir Andrew Steer, GSoS Professor in Practice and Executive Director of the Global Impact Group, has been announced as the new Chair of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

The Financial Times has included GSoS Co-founder and Chair Professor Lord Nicholas Stern's new book, The Growth Story of the 21st Century: The Economics and Opportunity of Climate Action, in their best books of 2025.