1.5 degrees

In this opinion article Bob Ward says that, following a disappointing COP27 climate summit, London needs to take action to... Read more

In this commentary article for an Italian news site, Roberta Pierfederici discusses the outcome of the COP27 climate summit in Egypt. Read more

The UK’s government and oil companies are on a collision course with international efforts to avoid dangerous climate change, says Bob Ward. Remedial action is necessary to keep the Paris Agreement’s 1.5 degree temperature goal in sight. Read more

Dr Joana Setzer, Assistant Professor at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School... Read more

Overall, COP26 has been a major step along the way, but it has still left us far short of the target of limiting warming to 1.5 Celsius degrees. Read more

Commenting on the publication this morning (12 November) of the new Draft Text on 1/CMA.3, Bob Ward, Policy and Communications... Read more

In this article which considers China's efforts to cut its carbon emissions in line with the Paris Agreement targets Chunping Xie says that a failure to cut emissions early will prove more costly in the long run. Read more

In this feature article Chunping Xie comments on research paper which assesses the efforts required by China to contribute to... Read more

Responding to the outcome of the 24th session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention... Read more

This special report for the LSE Growth Commission shows why it is sensible for environmental sustainability to be at the heart of the UK’s growth strategy and how this can be achieved, setting out recommendations for government across the areas of innovation, infrastructure, skills and cities. Read more