From the first person to launch legal action on climate change to today’s inspirational young activists, women help to shape the climate movement for the better and they should be further empowered to participate in climate decision-making at all levels, writes Eléonore Soubeyran in this commentary for International Women's Day 2023. Read more
This paper analyses the dynamic interaction between diverse expectations, investment decisions and climate change mitigation policymaking, exploring how firms invest in low or high carbon capital depending on their beliefs about future carbon prices. Read more
French environmental organizations Notre Affaire à Tous, Friends of the Earth France, and Oxfam France last week filed what they... Read more
This article considers the possibility of establishing a new global lender, similar to the IMF and World Bank but with a specific focus on addressing climate change. The article includes quotes from Nicholas Stern. Read more
Leading economists have called for the Chinese government to “establish a new model of economic activity based on wellbeing” in... Read more
This podcast for the ‘Reasons to be Cheerful’ series with Ed Miliband and Geoff Lloyd considers the state of climate... Read more
Artificial intelligence (AI) will “accelerate” action on sustainable energy and ensure that in the next five years “more than half of the tipping points for crucial green technologies will have been met” according to a report published today (20 January 2023) by the Grantham Research Institute and Systemiq. Read more
This paper develops a method to estimate the ‘probability distribution’ of future temperatures to be used in long-term climate change adaptation strategies, investing and insurance. Read more
Climate change legislation consists of the laws and policies that govern action on climate change by setting its legal basis. These laws and policies address actions that fall under the scope of climate change mitigation, adaptation and disaster risk management. Read more
In this article for Chatham House's 'The World Today' magazine Catherine Higham and Joana Setzer explain how climate change litigation has emerged as a crucial channel for advancing climate policy and ensuring accountability. Read more
