A new global framework for the protection of nature was adopted at COP15, with material targets for 2030. This commentary outlines their particular relevance for the financial sector and its efforts to halt nature loss. Read more

This section features media releases and announcements from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. It also includes commentaries written by our staff and research students and external experts. In addition we feature and provide links to media coverage for the Institute and its staff.
A new global framework for the protection of nature was adopted at COP15, with material targets for 2030. This commentary outlines their particular relevance for the financial sector and its efforts to halt nature loss. Read more
This commentary explains a new way to measure how the scope and speed of the economic transformation needed to mitigate climate change and the associated credit risk vary across sectors, jurisdictions and time. Read more
Brendan Curran argues that public investment in the UK steel sector would be a step in the right direction for green jobs, but greater ambition is needed to meet the challenges ahead and to achieve a just transition. Read more
The article in the FT focuses on how Nest and Cushon are looking to put funds into trees as a... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) will “accelerate” action on sustainable energy and ensure that in the next five years “more than half of the tipping points for crucial green technologies will have been met” according to a report published today (20 January 2023) by the Grantham Research Institute and Systemiq. Read more
Nick Robins contemplates differences in approach between sustainable finance interventions made by the US Fed and the European Central Bank and calls for a second phase of sustainable central banking in 2023. Read more
In this interview on the GB News Nigel Farage show Bob Ward discusses the UK's Net Zero Review. Read more
Lord Stern (chair of the Institute), Bob Ward (Director of Policy and Communications) and Esin Serin (Policy Analyst) respond to the publication of the independent review into net zero which was commissioned by the UK government. Read more
Daniel Litvin argues that environmental activists need to ramp up engagement and collaboration with the mining industry if the energy transition is to be secured and highlights five points to encourage a constructive conversation. Read more
This article reports on how the US Federal Reserve and European Central Bank have differed in their responses to tackling... Read more