A new report by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change helps to dispel some of the gloomy arithmetic of climate change by providing evidence on the scale and range of ancillary benefits that derive from reducing emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases. Read more
Business leaders, cities and young people should be placing more pressure on world leaders to create “political tipping points” for action on climate change, according to a new book by Nicholas Stern. Read more
Neha Kumar analyses the initial success of India’s new sovereign green bonds and suggests eight priorities for harnessing the momentum, in this post for the Sustainable Finance Leadership series. Read more
Soaring energy prices, the war in Ukraine and further stark evidence from the IPCC on the severity of the climate threat requires sustainable finance to move into a new phase. Nick Robins sets out what financial policymakers, regulators and institutions can do to help resolve the great issues of our time. Read more
The impact of COVID-19 on the price of carbon illustrates just how important it is to build flexibility into cap-and-trade systems and this is something policymakers should remember for the design of the UK’s post-Brexit emissions trading system, argue Josh Burke and Luca Taschini. Read more
The Global Warming Policy Foundation was launched by Lord Lawson of Blaby in November 2009 to lobby against efforts to... Read more
This commentary discusses conundrums facing the greenhouse gas removal industry, in the light of Microsoft's recent significant purchase of carbon removal credits. Read more
Advanced nuclear technologies, modular manufacturing methods and new approaches to project finance could usher in a more cost-effective era for the UK's nuclear industry, writes Esin Serin. Read more
Elizabeth Robinson and Shouro Dasgupta reflect on the impact climate change is already having on child health and nutrition in Egypt, the COP27 Presidency, and the extent to which child health outcomes will worsen if greater efforts are not made to limit global temperature increases. Read more
Recent analysis by the Grantham Research Institute for the Transition Pathway Initiative shed light on how ambitious the recent emissions targets set by the six largest European oil and gas majors really are. Here, the authors summarise the findings. Read more
