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Responding to the Chancellor’s announcement of a £3 billion investment package to create green jobs and upgrade buildings, Professor Lord... Read more

Responding to today’s Budget, Lord Nicholas Stern, Chair of the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and... Read more

Sam Fankhauser, Director of the Grantham Research Institute, says a Court of Appeal ruling on Heathrow Airport is a good ruling because it makes clear that the Government must take account of its domestic and international commitments on reducing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions when making decisions about long-lived infrastructure projects. Read more

Josh Burke examines the costs, opportunities, advantages and disadvantages of different carbon capture and negative emissions technologies. Read more

Bob Ward comments on the task facing the new UK president of COP26. This follows the sacking of the previous president, Claire O’Neill, and speculation as to who might be appointed to replace her. Read more

Commenting on the announcement by the United States Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, that the Trump Administration has initiated the... Read more

The UK’s coal phase-out may be proceeding apace but there remains a gap where ‘just transition’ plans should sit – for coal and for other fossil fuel industry – argues Josh Burke. Read more

Identifying progress within the annual round of international climate negotiations can be a challenging business. The sessions of the Conference... Read more

The ability of the expert Committee on Climate Change to advise on the UK’s efforts to meet its domestic and... Read more

Responding to the publication of the Government’s Environment Plan today (11 January 2018) Bob Ward, policy and communications director at... Read more