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.
People are most likely to support climate policies that they consider to be fair. With the recent rise in alarmist rhetoric around the ‘cost’ of net-zero and the need to ensure a just low-carbon transition, Josh Burke explores the case for recycling the proceeds of a carbon tax back to households. Read more
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
This article considers a court case in Germany involving electricity provider RWE who are being sued for climate change damages.... Read more
This article looks into the case of a group of teenagers who filed a case with Australia’s highest court against... 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
This article reports on recent climate related lawsuits against companies and governments. The article includes and interview from Joana Setzer.... Read more
In this opinion article Bob Ward argues heatwaves and other extreme weather events are being made worse by climate change... Read more
This news article reports on an Australian court case in which a judge formalised into law a government’s duty of... Read more
In this news article Josh Burke responds to reports that the UK Government is considering offsetting the cost of higher... Read more