climate targets

In the coming years the UK will be competing in a race between economies to become cleaner, smarter and more... Read more

To feed into the Talanoa Dialogue, the Grantham Research Institute and the World Resources Institute have been taking stock of the quantified climate targets set by different Parties to the Paris Agreement. Read more

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

The quantified climate change targets in countries’ Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) to the Paris Agreement and those in national laws and policies are compared in this brief, a submission to the Talanoa Dialogue. Read more

To achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement, the use of fossil fuels must peak and then rapidly decline. This research investigates the impact of climate change policy on capital invested in fossil fuel power plants, especially coal - so-called ‘dirty’ assets. Read more

There has been much confusion ahead of the next round of international negotiations on climate change, which start at the... Read more

Abstract It is only a small exaggeration to say that climate change policy is dominated by targets. Internationally, the emission... Read more

The European Parliament will on Tuesday be asked to endorse an increase in the European Union’s target for greenhouse gas... Read more

The Conservative party conference in Birmingham may be the focus of UK politics this week, but government representatives will be... Read more