mitigation

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) is the most authoritative international source on the causes and potential consequences of... Read more

This report and brief provide improved estimates of the likely economic damages from climate change to the UK, highlighting where the greatest risks and need for adaptation are. These are translated into loss of socioeconomic welfare and reported as an equivalent loss of the UK’s GDP under two different policy scenarios – one in which current policies continue and another in which strong mitigation policies are put in place. Read more

Climate change impacts could cause damage to the UK equivalent to cutting the size of the economy by at least 7.4 per cent by the end of this century, unless there are stronger reductions in global greenhouse gas emissions, according to a report published today (30 May 2022) by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Read more

The authors of this paper identify three risks associated with using carbon markets as the sole, or main, policy lever to encourage the deployment of greenhouse gas removal (GGR) techniques. Read more

In this policy insight, the authors explain how rising to the climate and poverty challenges in tandem can generate great gains for people and the environment across continents and create new paths for sustainable development and poverty reduction – while delayed action on climate change will entrench poverty around the world. Read more

The authors of this paper investigate the extent to which current changes in food insecurity can be plausibly attributed to climate change. They combine food insecurity data for 83 countries from the FAO food insecurity experience scale (FIES) with reanalysed climate data from ERA5-Land, and use a panel data regression with time-varying coefficients. Read more

The authors of this paper analyse over a quarter of a million high-value inventions in all major climate change mitigation technologies patented from 1995 to 2017 by inventors located in 170 countries. The analysis shows an annual growth rate of 10% from 1995 to 2012 in these high-value inventions. Read more

Government spending must find a better balance between measures to slow carbon emissions and those aimed at adapting to climate change says Danae Kyriakopoulou. Read more

Joana Setzer, Catherine Higham and Vibha Mohan provide evidence to complement the OECD’s own ‘stocktake’ of the Guidelines for MNEs by reviewing key developments in understanding of responsible conduct in the climate context, drawing on important climate litigation cases. Read more

This is a resource aimed at school students and teachers, with downloadable information, video clips and teacher suggestions, appearing in the Science Journal for Kids and using information from Climate Change Laws of the World. Read more