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Paper asserts that overseas aid to support developing countries should be interwoven with efforts to mitigate and adapt to climate change. It claims that efforts to separate the two could be deeply damaging. Read more

This paper analyses the impact of a low-cost land certification programme on the productivity of female-headed households. The hypotheses tested... 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

Hydropower dams planned for eastern and southern Africa could put electricity supply at risk for vast regions because they rely on the same rainfall patterns for electricity generation, warns new research led by Professor Declan Conway from the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment. Read more

The longer governments wait to promote clean energy innovation, the greater the eventual cost to the environment and the economy,... Read more

Commenting on the outcome of the United Nations climate change conference in Copenhagen, Nicholas Stern... said: "It is disappointing that the Copenhagen climate change conference has not succeeded in producing a political agreement that has been signed by all countries. However, it is very important to note the progress that has been made on the way to, and at, Copenhagen." Read more

Nicholas Stern welcomes new suggestion for 'Green Fund' by Managing Director of International Monetary Fund Read more

Only 16 countries have set domestic targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions that are clearly at least as ambitious as... Read more

Developed countries should focus funds for adaptation to climate change on exposed and vulnerable countries in Africa, and provide 40 per cent more aid to 'climate-proof' development, according to two policy papers published on 10 February Read more