Explainers: Climate change and the UK
What the UK is doing to reduce its carbon emissions and how climate change will impact on the country.
These Explainers have been produced jointly by us – the Grantham Research Institute at LSE, and the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. The Explainers are hosted on both websites.
- How well suited are heat pumps to UK homes and how economical are they?
- Why should the UK take action on climate when it is responsible for only a relatively small fraction of today’s global emissions?
- How cost-effective is a renewables-dominated electricity system in comparison to one based on fossil fuels?
- How reliable is a renewables-dominated electricity system in comparison to one based on fossil fuels?
- How will climate policy impact the British public and what factors underpin support for climate action?
- What does more North Sea oil and gas mean for UK energy supply and net zero?
- How will the transition to net zero affect the UK economy?
- What do times of economic hardship mean for the UK’s transition to net zero?
- How is the UK responding to heatwave risk?
- How much do renewables contribute to the UK’s energy mix and what policies support their expansion?