laws Archives - Grantham Research Institute on climate change and the environment

Climate Policy Radar and Grantham Research Institute launch revamped research and policy resource

Announcement on 11 May, 2023

We’re delighted to launch our upgraded version of the Climate Change Laws of the World database, offering new tools and... Read more

Evolving regulation of companies in climate change framework laws

Commentary

by Tiffanie Chan and Catherine Higham

on 21 February, 2023

Tiffanie Chan and Catherine Higham explore the implications of ‘net zero legislation’ on one key stakeholder group whose role in the transition remains a hot topic for debate – private companies. Read more

Domestic limits to fossil fuel production and expansion in the G20

Commentary on 19 October, 2021

Catherine Higham and Arnaud Koehl examine the regulatory measures being taken by G20 countries to limit domestic fossil fuel production and call for international coordination on this issue at COP26. Read more

Climate change lawsuits expand to at least 28 countries around the world

Press release on 4 July, 2019

Legal action on climate change increasingly spreading beyond the United States Climate change lawsuits have been launched in at least... Read more

General counsels leading the net zero carbon transition

Seminars

This event will provide participants with the most up to date scientific, economic and financial analysis of climate change, together with insights from lawyers working on the frontline of climate change. Read more

4 Jul '19

Quantifying ambitions: how do countries’ domestic climate change targets align with their commitments to the Paris Agreement?

Commentary

by Michal Nachmany, Emily Mangan and Georgina Kyriacou

on 29 October, 2018

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