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 joint report from the Grantham Research Institute and Systemiq contends that the world has in its hands a new growth and development story driven by investment and innovation in green technology, boosted by artificial intelligence (AI) – and this is a much more attractive and inclusive story than the dirty and destructive paths followed in the past. Read more
As the climate is changing, the global economy is adapting. This paper provides a novel method of estimating how much adaptation has taken place historically, how much it has cost, and how much it has reduced the impacts of climate change. Read more
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
Randomised controlled trials are a proven tool for understanding the causal effects of policies. Esin Serin asks whether they can play an increased role in informing the development of effective green innovation policies in the UK at this critical time for climate action. Read more
Response to the call for evidence made as part of the Independent Review of Net Zero commissioned by the UK's Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy. Read more
With a new Prime Minister in Number 10, Nick Stern argues that public policy must be based on the recognition that private markets will be the primary drivers of investment and innovation to power change in the UK towards a clean, resilient and inclusive economy. Now the Government needs to create the right conditions for private finance as it works towards its complementary objectives of growth, net zero and levelling up. Read more
A rumoured plan from the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to dramatically restrict solar panels on farmland in the UK will not help food security – which is threatened far more by climate change – let alone energy security, and is at odds with the Government’s Net Zero Strategy. The UK should be seeking to invest and innovate in ‘Agri-PV’ schemes instead, writes Leo Mercer. Read more
Using historical data for the 1700–1914 period, this paper analyses the nature and direction of technical change in Britain. Read more
Assessing the cost of climate change mitigation Economists continue to model the scale of investment required to reduce global greenhouse... Read more
