Lord Stern considers the prospects for renewed international action on climate change following President Biden's move to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Read more
News & commentaries
This section features media releases and announcements from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at LSE. It also features 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.
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Nick Robins reviews Kim Stanley Robinson’s recent novel ‘The Ministry for the Future’. Read more
Bob Ward summarises the reactions to President Biden’s actions and intentions on climate and the environment. Read more
Commenting on President Biden’s executive action to rejoin the Paris Agreement today, Lord Stern of Brentford, Chair of the Grantham... Read more
The net-zero target needs to become core to the purpose of the financial system to deliver an investment-led green recovery in the UK, writes Nick Robins. Read more
A recent think tank report that predicts significant disruption to jobs in the UK from the transition to net-zero emissions uses a potentially misleading method, argues Alex Bowen, whose own analysis shows that, with the right policies, the transition could benefit workers throughout the country. Read more
Filippo Bontadini and Francesco Vona outline their findings from constructing and analysing a new dataset identifying green production in the EU, important information for understanding how the European Green Deal can succeed in transitioning the Union to climate-neutrality by 2050. Read more
This article considers the implications of a court case brought against Royal Dutch Shell in the Netherlands. If the case is successful it could force the company to sharply reduce its carbon emissions. The article also looks at the growing number of climate litigation cases against companies and companies as analysed in a recent study by the Grantham Research Institute at LSE. Read more
News report concerning the launch of a report, titled Carbon pricing options for Taiwan that was published by the Grantham... Read more
Call for further government support for innovations with greatest economic and societal returns Key areas where investment in research would... Read more
