Press release

The amendment has been jointly proposed by Lord Oxburgh and Lord Stern, who both sit on the cross-benches, and Baroness Worthington, the shadow spokesperson on energy and climate change. It will be considered during the report stage of the Energy Bill in the House of Lords on 28 October. Read more

The average annual temperature recorded in the UK has been rising at a faster rate than the global average, according to a new policy brief by Bob Ward and Naomi Hicks on ‘Recent and future changes in the global and UK climate’, which presents an analysis of Met Office records Read more

Lord Stern: “This is a comprehensive and important report, prepared by 259 experts from 39 countries, and governments and other policy-makers should read it very carefully. The report makes clear that the Earth is warming and the climate is changing, that human activities are primarily responsible, and that without very strong cuts in emissions of greenhouse gases, we face huge risks from global warming of more than 2°C by the end of this century compared with the period before the Industrial Revolution." Read more

Governments around the world are likely to increase their emissions reductions after reading the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Nicholas Stern will tell a public audience today. Read more

A proposed new scheme for flood insurance in the UK may not be sustainable because the impacts of climate change have not been taken into account, according to a policy paper published today Read more

Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science, comments on the publication by the Department for Education of the revised framework document for the national Curriculum in England. Read more

Comment on the publication today by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of the National Adaptation Programme for England, from Professor Sam Fankhauser, Co-Director of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE). Read more

Comment on the publication today of updated estimates by the British Geological Survey of shale gas in the UK, from Samuela Bassi, policy analyst at the Grantham Research Institute. Read more

Nicholas Stern, chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE), welcomes the major speech by President Obama on climate change today. Read more

Welcoming the publication of the new report on ‘Redrawing the Energy-Climate Map’ by the International Energy Agency (IEA), Professor Nicholas Stern (Lord Stern of Brentford), said: “In this very important analysis, the International Energy Agency has identified four clear, strong and credible policy measures which make sense for both the economy and the climate." Read more