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.
Bob Ward describes how a free market lobby group, the American Institute for Economic Research, who have organised a controversial petition against the use of lockdowns to tackle COVID-19, have used similar methods in the past to spread misinformation about other health and environmental risks, including climate change. Read more
A series of proactive, coordinated, net-zero-emissions-aligned investments that the UK can place at the heart of its plan for recovery from COVID-19. Read more
Alina Averchenkova calls for the establishment of a European Climate Change Council – an independent expert advisory body that would provide... Read more
New report focuses on six key areas that should be at heart of a sustainable recovery plan Green jobs should... Read more
Aberdeenshire Council has granted full planning permission for the building of a second Trump golf course that could lead to... Read more
The UK’s National Health Service recently announced an ambitious plan to become net-zero by 2045, the first health system in the world to make such a commitment. Ian Gough reviews the report which sets out how the NHS plans to deliver on this significant goal. Read more
Nudges are low-cost, high-impact behavioural strategies that encourage people to make welfare-improving individual decisions, but can we promote persistent yet... Read more
London, Wednesday 7 October 2020. A UK green sovereign bond would finance the green recovery plans the Prime Minister outlined in... Read more
Crop switching and relocation of crop production to different states could prevent up to half of predicted losses in agricultural... Read more
The UK government has announced an all-male COP26 leadership team. A line-up that includes women would not only be more representative, but could also be more effective and trusted, argue the authors of this commentary. Read more
