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.
Shaikh Eskander and Sam Fankhauser share the results of their new study that shows the carbon savings made due to climate change laws and policies over the last two decades and call on policymakers to adopt identified good practice to enable deeper cuts in emissions. Read more
A new paper draws lessons from COVID-19 for the fight against climate change, arguing that people are willing to change their behaviour as long as there is a clear social mandate. Candice Howarth summarises the analysis. Read more
Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement of a £3 billion investment package to create green jobs and upgrade buildings, Professor Lord... Read more
Roberta Pierfederici explains why new climate scenarios are a crucial step forward for informing central banks’ and supervisors’ response to climate risk, but recommends improvements for the methodological framework. Read more
Human rights are increasingly being used to support climate change cases in courts around the world, and plaintiffs are using alternative strategies to bring lawsuits against major fossil fuel companies, finds a new global review of climate litigation published today (3 July 2020). Read more
The five key areas in which investment is essential to ensure a post-pandemic recovery that “builds back better”, have been... Read more
Two projects involving the Grantham Research Institute at LSE have received awards at the Sustainable Investment Awards 2020, which is hosted by Environmental Finance. Read more
The Market Stability Reserve aims to provide carbon price stability for the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS) but serious questions are being asked about how much stability – if any – it provides, say Michael Pahle and Simon Quemin. Read more
The declaration today of an official Level 3 heat-health alert by the Met Office and Public Health England may have... Read more
In this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series, Suranjali Tandon examines the key features of India’s approach to connecting capital markets and environmental imperatives, a drive that is set to accelerate following COVID-19, with a sovereign green bond on the horizon. Read more
