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.
Learning lessons from the devastating flooding in Western Europe and China – and raising awareness of the importance of flood risk reduction activities and the long-term consequences of inaction – should be seen as a necessary investment in our future, write Swenja Surminski and Viktor Rözer, as they draw out particular lessons for Germany. Read more
Investors need to lay out their expectations for how businesses should achieve a just transition to a net-zero and climate-resilient... Read more
The UK, and the Government in particular, is not doing enough to address the mounting risks posed by heatwaves, causing many unnecessary deaths, argues Bob Ward. Read more
In this news article Josh Burke responds to reports that the UK Government is considering offsetting the cost of higher... Read more
Jasmine Tillu explains how China’s new ‘Leading Small Group’ can accelerate China’s environmental and economic goals by focusing on cities and working to peak carbon emissions by 2025 instead of 2030. Read more
Climate change litigation cases have been increasing markedly over the past six years, and pose a risk to an expanding range of companies and policymakers, according to a new report published today (Friday 2 July 2021) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Read more
In this news article Josh Burke responds to reports that the UK Government is planning to introduce a carbon reduction... Read more
Imperial Business Podcast discussion with Swenja Surminski. Swenja talks about her varied career of working in academia and the private... Read more
Welcoming the publication this week of the World Bank Group’s Climate Change Action Plan for 2021-25, Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham... Read more
Business decisions taken today will impact both the ability to transition to net-zero and the ability to cope with the physical risks from climate change, writes Swenja Surminski, a lead author on the Third UK Climate Change Risk Assessment being launched today. Read more
