The search for the winners of The Earthshot Prize 2023 has begun and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment is proud to be an Official Nominator again. Read more
climate action
In this commentary article Jens Wahlgren and Alina Averchenkova consider how political parties can help address environmental problems by raising citizens’ concerns and holding governments accountable. Read more
The authors of this paper examine if short fiction stories about everyday pro-environmental behaviours motivate climate policy support, and individual and collective climate action in a nationally representative experiment Read more
This article for UAE's The National discusses key priorities for climate action in 2022. The article includes quotes from Danae Kyriakopoulou in relation to support for developing countries and stopping carbon subsidies. Read more
Reflecting on two studies, this paper discusses the benefits of (and barriers to) encouraging more active and sustained engagement between climate action stakeholders so as to try to actively blur the boundaries between science and policy and, in doing so, invent new epistemological communities of practice. Read more
This open access book brings together a collection of cutting-edge insights into how action can and is already being taken against climate change at multiple levels of our societies, amidst growing calls for transformative and inclusive climate action. Read more
Focusing on London, UK, this paper presents evidence collected via semi-structured interviews with experts and practitioners involved in the propagation of climate emergency declarations to critically explore how and why these declarations emerged, and the various different roles they are perceived to play for different local actors. Read more
Perceptions of climate change and associated risks are complex and require greater consideration of the context in which behaviours are formed... Read more
The Climate Action Summit, hosted on 23 September at the headquarters of the United Nations in New York, succeeded in... Read more
Economic assessments of the potential future risks of climate change have been omitting or grossly underestimating many of the most serious consequences for lives and livelihoods because these risks are difficult to quantify precisely and lie outside of human experience. This policy insight identifies and draws attention to these 'missing risks' and discusses how populations might fare in light of their potential to adapt in the face of these risks. Read more
