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Climate change litigation cases spreading around the world

Marked increase in climate change litigation cases over the past six years says new report.

Sustainable growth opportunities from carbon capture, usage and storage in the UK

Breaching tipping points would increase economic costs of climate change impacts

Press release on 16 August, 2021

Why carbon dividends are having a moment

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by Josh Burke

on 5 August, 2021

COP26 United Nations climate change summit

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Do governments track the implementation of national climate change adaptation plans? An evidence-based global stocktake of monitoring and evaluation systems

Research article

by Timo Leiter

on 20 September, 2021

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Are citizen juries and assemblies on climate change driving democratic climate policymaking? An exploration of two case studies in the UK

Research article

by Candice Howarth

on 16 September, 2021

Re-evaluating the changing geographies of climate activism and the state in the post-climate emergency era in the build-up to COP26

Research article

by Candice Howarth

on 15 September, 2021

Evaluating the impact of storytelling in Facebook advertisements on wildlife conservation engagement: Lessons and challenges

Research article

by Ganga Shreedhar

on 13 September, 2021

Assessing the quality of state-of-the-art regional climate information: the case of the UK Climate Projections 2018

Research article

by Suraje Dessai and David Stainforth

on 6 September, 2021

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The price of indoor air pollution: evidence from risk maps and the housing market

Working paper

by Edward Pinchbeck, Sefi Roth, Nikodem Szumilo and Enrico Vanino

on 3 September, 2021

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Coal, oil sands companies feel growing insurance squeeze

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featuring Swenja Surminski

on 20 September, 2021

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Reviewing the OECD’s Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises: guiding responsible business conduct in the face of climate change

Commentary

by Joana Setzer, Catherine Higham and Vibha Mohan

on 14 September, 2021

Misinformation and propaganda campaign on net zero

Commentary

by Bob Ward

on 10 September, 2021

Nicholas Stern to be awarded Bernhard Harms Prize by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy

Announcements on 3 September, 2021

Professor Elizabeth Robinson becomes new Director of the Grantham Research Institute

Announcements on 1 September, 2021

Breaching tipping points would increase economic costs of climate change impacts

Press release on 16 August, 2021

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Seizing sustainable growth opportunities from carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS) in the UK
Event Type: Online event

Report Launch on Zoom Hosted by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for… Read more

Event Date 22 Sep ’21
China’s Environmental Foreign Relations
Event Type: Online event

This panel discussion will consider the evolution of China’s own understanding of the environment, the role of domestic stakeholders in shaping Chinese environmental diplomacy and Beijing’s role in the upcoming COP26. Read more

Event Date 30 Sep ’21
The Decision to Link Trade Agreements to the Supply of Global Public Goods | Scott Barrett
Event Type: Research Seminar Series

Scott Barrett is the Lenfest-Earth Institute Professor of Natural Resource Economics at Columbia University and is also Centennial (Visiting) Professor at the London School of Economics. He will be presenting his paper ‘The Decision to Link Trade Agreements to the Supply of Global Public Goods’. Read more

Event Date 13 Oct ’21
No Standard Oil
Event Type: Online event

Deborah Gordon will talk about her new book No Standard Oil, followed by a panel discussion and Q&A with the audience Read more

Event Date 21 Oct ’21
Ulrich Wagner | University of Mannheim
Event Type: Research Seminar Series

Ulrich Wagner is a Professor of Quantitative Economics at the University of Mannheim, Germany. Read more

Event Date 26 Oct ’21
15 years on from the Stern Review: economics of climate change, innovation, growth
Event Type: Online event

To mark the 15th anniversary of the publication of the landmark The Economics of Climate Change: The Stern Review, Nicholas Stern will review progress and look forward to the prospects of success at COP26 and beyond. Read more

Event Date 26 Oct ’21

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