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.
With COP26 on the horizon and the COVID-19 pandemic highlighting the critical need to address inequality by stimulating investments in a green and inclusive recovery, CDC Group and its partners are looking to mobilise capital for the just transition in two of the world’s largest coal-dependent economies and are urging others to join the effort. Read more
Bob Ward explains the background to false and debunked claims about the amount of greenhouse gases from the consumption of meat that are being promoted by self-styled ‘lukewarmer’ Viscount Ridley. Read more
We all have to live with the risks posed by climate change, and learning how best to adapt will continue for decades into the future. There are no blueprints: instead we must learn by trial and improvement, write Declan Conway and Katharine Vincent, as they draw on experiences from research in Africa. Read more
Timo Leiter, a lead author on UNEP’s latest Adaptation Gap Report, explains why simplistic metrics are not meaningful in understanding global progress on adaptation and how this is being improved. Read more
Lord Stern considers the prospects for renewed international action on climate change following President Biden's move to rejoin the Paris Agreement. Read more
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
