UK policy
A key strand of our work is focused on engaging decision-makers in the UK on policy issues related to climate change and the environment.
The Institute produces policy analysis drawing on research from both the Institute and beyond, with the aim of communicating clear, evidence-based insights through produce policy reports and briefs. These span a broad sweep of issues including energy policy, sustainable finance, clean growth and efforts to deliver the UK’s net zero target.
The Institute’s engagement with decision-makers ranges across government departments and agencies, and includes active participation in consultations and parliamentary inquires.

Commentaries and publications
Bob Ward explains why buckling to pressure to approve the development of the Rosebank and Jackdaw fields would be extremely damaging for emissions and climate leadership while delivering few benefits. Read more

This paper presents new evidence to inform industrial strategy prioritisation of clean energy technologies in the UK. Read more

This commentary proposes that The Bank of England and the Government work together to help create a robust climate risk framework that supports financial risk management, while driving an equitable green transition. Read more

The remit letters to be sent by the Chancellor on 14 November to the Bank of England and Financial Conduct Authority are a critical opportunity to re-establish that these bodies should have regard to the Government’s climate and environmental ambition. Read more

Daisy Jameson sets out how the Budget is a positive step for growing the economy in a clean way – and where it could have gone further. Read more

This report compares and contrasts the UK’s fiscal and emissions budgeting processes and recommends ways to strengthen the process around emissions to improve the ability of relevant authorities to hold the Government to account on setting policy to meet its emissions targets. Read more

This is a response to an open consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework and other changes to the planning system. Read more

Rachel Reeves is expected to announce more public investment in the 2024 Budget. In this CETEx commentary Daisy Jameson argues that this... Read more

Drawing on the latest evidence from a range of disciplines, this report aims to assist decision-makers in HM Treasury (HMT) and beyond by offering constructive suggestions on how to help steer the UK economy through the net zero transition. Read more

This commentary oultines how declining Public Sector Gross Investment (PSGI) will reduce the UK’s potential output relative to scenarios of increasing public investment. Read more

Anna Beswick explains the need for brave, bold leadership on flooding that goes beyond responding reactively once crisis events happen and commits to ambitious action to enhance climate resilience. Read more

This study examines the influence of relative energy prices on the geographical distribution of industrial investments across 41 countries. Read more

Daisy Jameson and Esin Serin discuss the impact of the significant spending cuts announced by Rachel Reeves in her first major speech as Chancellor on the UK’s clean transition and the necessary considerations for driving much-needed progress in this challenging fiscal environment. Read more

In this Rebuilding Britain podcast series David Shukman and Sepi Golzari-Munro uncover how Britain was built and how we might build back better. Read more

This briefing, produced with the Centre for Economic Performance (CEP), highlights that rapid growth in renewables means more than 40% of the UK’s electricity is now generated this way. The briefing goes on to explain that reaching net zero by 2050 will require a massive uptake of electric vehicles, heat pumps and efficiency upgrades in homes alongside an even faster rapid scale-up of clean power. Read more

Dimitri Zenghelis and Esin Serin assert that the UK’s next parliament risks perpetuating relative stagnation if it fails to embrace the challenge of creating a clean, green economy. Read more

This open letter to the leaders of the UK political parties during the 2024 General Election calls on them to pledge ambitious action on climate change. Read more

This report aims to inform government criteria for assessing UK ETS expansion to cover the domestic heating and road transport sectors, including practicality, suitability and distributional impacts across different income groups. Read more

This paper analyses the UK’s response to the heatwaves of summer 2022, using a combination of Forensic Disaster Analysis and Fuzzy Cognitive Mapping. Read more

The Spring Budget marks another missed opportunity to make progress on boosting living standards and increasing investment in a sustainable and resilient future for the UK, write Esin Serin, Anna Valero and Dimitri Zenghelis. Read more

This report presents insights on heat resilience policy and practice in the UK to inform future preparedness and responses to extreme heat, incorporating the experiences and views of decision-makers and practitioners who worked on the frontline of the 2022 heatwaves across England. Read more

This report was commissioned by Innovate UK as part of a wider project into unlocking investment into local net zero... Read more

In this commentary, Leo Mercer asks what would it take for rewilding to play a bigger role in climate change action in the UK. Read more

This report synthesises the current policy, technical considerations and debate pertaining to rewilding in the UK, with a focus on what contribution, if any, rewilded land can make to supporting the decarbonisation of land use. Read more

Ahead of the Autumn Statement, Anna Valero, Esin Serin and Brendan Curran argue that effective measures to promote greener growth will be essential to ensuring that the UK does not fall behind other countries when it comes to incentivising investment that is good for society and the environment as well as the economy. Read more

Esin Serin and Anna Valero explain why further weakening of climate policy in the UK's King's Speech endangers global efforts to keep the 1.5°C target alive and lacks environmental, economic and political logic. Read more

Responding to the British Prime Minister’s net zero speech on Wednesday 20 September, Esin Serin highlights the contradictions in the announcements and what the U-turn means for business, consumers and the UK’s net zero pathway. Read more

Kamya Choudhary outlines the consequences of over-production and waste from the fast fashion industry and how policymakers and consumers in the UK can help the industry move towards a more sustainable model. Read more

As London prepares for the expansion next week of the Ultra Low Emission Zone, Bob Ward dispels the myths around this policy, explaining its origins, the thinking behind the expansion and the links between air pollution and health. Read more

This report examines social risks and opportunities for stakeholders affected by environmental transitions in UK food and agriculture and makes recommendations to financial institutions for how they can support a just transition in the sector. Read more

This report takes stock of local climate action in the UK as of early 2023 and summarises the experience of the Place-based Climate Action Network (PCAN) over the last five years, through analysis, reflections, survey evidence and case studies, providing recommendations to a range of stakeholders. Read more

The 2023 Spring Budget was a key moment for the UK Government to make progress providing the building blocks for a productive, sustainable and resilient future. Esin Serin and Anna Valero ask: to what extent has the budget taken us in the right direction? Read more

This publication forms the chair’s report for the Independent Expert Advisory Group convened by the Climate Change Committee to support... Read more

This paper presents new simulation results for the UK combining macroeconomic simulations in ThreeME, a computable general equilibrium model, with... 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

This report consists of a submission to a UK government consultation on designing business models for greenhouse gas removal technologies. Read more

Bob Ward explains why calls to expand the UK’s oil and gas industry in reaction to rising energy prices are the wrong way to help low-income households and fly in the face of the Conservative Party’s manifesto pledges on climate change. Read more

This report is part of a series of papers prepared by Resources for the Future (RFF), Environmental Defense Fund (EDF),... Read more

Almost a year on from its interim report, the Treasury last month published its Net Zero Review. In the intervening months, how much has the Treasury’s thinking developed on how to deliver a just transition to net-zero in the UK while capturing growth opportunities, asks Esin Serin. Read more

The UK government has delivered on its promise to publish a strategy for driving the country’s economy towards net-zero emissions by 2050. Esin Serin and Anna Valero write that the economy-wide Net Zero Strategy provides further proof of the UK’s ambition to lead on global climate action as it calls on other countries to follow suit. Read more

This report sets out what the delivery of a just transition in the UK will require, highlights initial efforts by leading financial institutions towards achieving a just transition, and points to what is needed to achieve system-wide change. Read more

The UK Government’s keenly anticipated Net Zero Strategy is due to be published ahead of COP26 and one aspect for evaluation will be whether the Strategy offers a coherent plan on behaviour and engagement, says Rob Macquarie. Read more

The authors of this chapter review the UK’s emissions performance so far and sketch out the main measures needed to implement the legislated emissions path. They then highlight four strategic interventions that could help to unlock those changes. Read more

CCUS is necessary for the UK to reach its net-zero goals. This report assesses economic and potential employment opportunities and implications for the skills needed, as well as transferable strengths and capabilities from other sectors and barriers and enablers for CCUS growth in the UK. Read more

Bob Ward outlines how a small group of MPs have launched a media campaign that is spreading misinformation about the UK Government’s climate change policies. Read more

Measures of inequality aversion are elicited using hypothetical decision tasks. The tasks require an assessment of projects in the presence of environmental inequalities across space and time. Read more

In this letter to Craig Mackinlay MP, Bob Ward outlines inaccurate and misleading claims in recent articles by the MP... Read more

People are most likely to support climate policies that they consider to be fair. With the recent rise in alarmist rhetoric around the ‘cost’ of net-zero and the need to ensure a just low-carbon transition, Josh Burke explores the case for recycling the proceeds of a carbon tax back to households. Read more

This note from the Impact Investing Institute and the Grantham Research Institute outlines a practical and implementable framework for delivering the social co-benefits dimension of the UK’s green gilt, laying the foundations for further development in subsequent green giltissuances. Read more

This submission was made by the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment and the ESRC Centre for... Read more

Paul Cheshire and Christian Hilber propose ‘green offsets’ to reduce property taxes in a way that is strictly scaled to energy efficiency, as a simple intervention to address the UK’s urgent need to reduce its residential carbon emissions. Read more

Bob Ward renews his call to the Government for a National Heat Risk Strategy. Read more

A response from the Department of Health and Social Care to Bob Ward, the Grantham Research Institute’s Policy and Communications Director, following a letter sent by Mr Ward to the Prime Minister on 27 August 2020 to recommend a new comprehensive cross-government strategy to deal with the risks created by hot weather. Read more

A letter to the Prime Minister Boris Johnson from the Grantham Research Institute's Policy and Communications Director, Bob Ward, renewing a call to create and implement a National Heat Risk Strategy. Read more

Bob Wards highlights errors in a recent article by Steve Baker MP that claims “the poorest will pay the highest price for Net Zero fantasies”, part of an apparent ramp-up in the misinformation campaign by British climate change deniers. Read more

Despite improvements in the management of flood risk and the introduction of new regulations, losses from flooding remain high. An... Read more

Carbon pricing should be part of nothing less than a significant and broad package of post-COVID fiscal reforms, say Esin Serin and Josh Burke, as they outline what these reforms should look like. Read more

This paper examines the significance of the ownership of natural capital in the context of natural capital accounting, illustrated with regard to two ecosystem services – carbon sequestration and air pollution removal – and a range of ecosystem types and land ownership in Scotland. Read more

A series of proactive, coordinated, net-zero-emissions-aligned investments that the UK can place at the heart of its plan for recovery from COVID-19. Read more

This paper sets out six key areas, where government investment could create jobs and advance the fight against climate change in the UK. Read more

The UK’s National Health Service recently announced an ambitious plan to become net-zero by 2045, the first health system in the world to make such a commitment. Ian Gough reviews the report which sets out how the NHS plans to deliver on this significant goal. Read more

Given the wide range of impacts created by the increase in the frequency and intensity of hot weather, it is time for the UK Government to create a National Heat Risk Strategy, argues Bob Ward. Read more

A letter by Bob Ward, the Grantham Research Institute's policy and communications director, to the Prime Minister, on the need to create a cross-departmental National Heat Risk Strategy for the UK. Read more

Using an analysis of UK decision-makers managing and responding to heatwaves and flood risks, this paper argues how more robust local evidence is needed to inform decision-making regarding adaptation options for enhancing local resilience. Read more

This brief sets out the net-zero transition requirements for SMEs in the UK and how issues of demand and supply of finance for the transition can be addressed. It provides recommendations to banks and finance providers, and to government. Read more

This policy brief looks at what a just transition to net zero in the UK’s housing sector means in practice and how banks can make it happen, underpinned by government policy and institutions. Read more

The UK has a unique opportunity to ‘rebuild to last’ after COVID-19 and design an inclusive, resilient and sustainable growth strategy that builds off the Chancellor’s Summer Economic Update, argue James Rydge and Dimitri Zenghelis. Read more

Banks need to show how they are aligning their balance sheets with the UK’s net-zero greenhouse gas emissions target, how they are enabling households and companies to become climate-resilient, and how the transition can be steered so that it is fair and inclusive. This report presents research findings and recommendations for how to achieve these aims. Read more

This briefing paper sets out the key areas where strong economic policies and institutions will be needed to foster investment for the post-COVID-19 recovery, building on discussions in the Royal Economic Society's webinar series chaired by Professor Lord Stern. Read more

This study estimates the combined direct and indirect rebound effects from energy efficiency improvements in the delivery of six energy... Read more

The declaration today of an official Level 3 heat-health alert by the Met Office and Public Health England may have... Read more

This paper describes an experiment on a nationally representative sample of UK households that aimed to quantify resistance to smart meter adoption and test for the existence of commonly cited market failures that inhibit the adoption of energy-saving technologies. The authors measured if households would adopt a smart meter without financial compensation and, for those households unwilling to do so, the subsidy level that would be necessary to persuade them. Read more

This study explores the distributional impacts of a net-zero-consistent carbon price across different household types and income deciles in the UK; and examines which combination of interventions may reduce carbon consumption and still be progressive. The authors find that it is possible to design a revenue recycling scheme that leaves fuel-poor and low-income households better off while driving the transition to net-zero emissions in the UK by 2050. Read more

In advance of the Budget, this policy report highlights areas of the UK economy where the public sector could leverage private investment and in so doing contribute to achieving the strategic priorities of regionally balanced growth and decarbonisation. Read more

The authors of this paper exploit a large database of home energy efficiency upgrades and metered energy consumption to provide new evidence of the distributional impact of energy efficiency measures. Read more

The UK needs to adopt a strategic approach to decarbonisation and the transition to net-zero economic growth. This report focuses on the goods and services related to passenger vehicles, identifying the multiple areas in which the UK could be competitive: opportunities lie in diverse goods and services across value chains and stages of innovation. Read more

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

This commentary describes five priorities to turn the goal of a just transition into practical policy in the UK following the general election and as the country plans to leave the EU and prepares to host 2020’s UN climate conference. Read more

Ahead of the General Election, Sam Unsworth analyses the Conservative and Labour Parties’ manifesto pledges on surface transport decarbonisation and the opportunities offered by growth of the zero-emissions transport sector in the UK. Read more

In this paper the authors provide experimental evidence to illustrate that aversion to environmental inequality is as pronounced as aversion to income inequality and varies across different types of environmental quality. Read more

This paper was submitted to the Dasgupta Review on the Economics of Biodiversity – Call for Evidence, an independent global review to assess the economic value of biodiversity and to identify actions that will enhance biodiversity and deliver economic prosperity. Read more

Scotland is targeting a net-zero transition that is inclusive and fair. Here, the authors report from a recent gathering of finance and government stakeholders in Edinburgh that explored how finance can be mobilised as part of the just transition. Read more

This submission was made to the Environment Agency's consultation on its draft strategy for flood and coastal risk management in England, and draws on the Grantham Research Institute's work and expertise over many years in this area. Read more

This paper summarises the Institute's submission to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs’ call for evidence on policy direction to prepare the UK for flooding and coastal erosion, drawing on a decade of work by the Grantham Research Institute with the insurance industry and policymakers addressing issues around climate change and adaptation. Read more

This report sets out the role that investors can play in delivering a just transition in the UK as the country works towards net-zero emissions, illustrating the implications through a set of place-based examples from Yorkshire and the Humber and setting out recommendations for investor action. Read more

The Grantham Research Institute’s response to the Commons Select Committee inquiry into decarbonisation of the UK economy highlights the Treasury’s unique position in government to drive the transition towards net-zero greenhouse gas emissions while maintaining a focus on economic growth. Read more

Reports that the British Government will reveal plans to cut fuel duty in this week’s pre-Budget announcement are dismaying just four months after it committed to reaching net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, says Josh Burke, especially when there is consensus on how to cut emissions from the transport sector. Read more

This policy brief analyses global trends in carbon taxation and differences in tax design around the world to draw out lessons for the design of a possible new carbon tax for the UK, as the country plans how to meet its ambitious new net-zero emissions target and how it prices carbon after Brexit. Read more

This written evidence was submitted on 12 July 2019 to the joint consultation into ‘The future of carbon pricing’, being carried out by the UK, Scottish and Welsh Governments, and the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland. Read more

A failure by the media to convey the severity of the health risks from heatwaves, which are becoming more frequent... Read more

Nick Robins explores how UK banks and investors are starting to get behind the just transition that is needed for the country to reach its new net-zero target. Read more

The UK Parliament is due to pass the legislation this week that amends the long-term 2050 target for annual greenhouse... Read more

Carbon pricing could form the policy bedrock for a net-zero target, argues Josh Burke Inaction on climate change puts the... Read more

This report explains the importance of pricing carbon as a key component of any strategy to reach net-zero emissions in the UK, setting out how the price may differ sector to sector and how to incentivise negative emissions. Read more

Patrick Curran considers the findings of a new parliamentary report on UK aid for combating climate change. Read more

Bob Ward sets out five urgent actions for the UK Government in response to the Committee on Climate Change's new report on achieving net-zero emissions Read more

What does ‘net-zero’ emissions mean and what are the challenges – from technological to moral – to achieving it, in the UK and worldwide? Read more

Business must deliver a step-change in its own ambitions and discourse if the UK is to meet a 2050 net-zero emissions target, argues Sam Unsworth. 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

At 11 o’clock this morning thousands of school students in the UK walked out of their lessons to demand increased... Read more

In the first report from the Investing in a Just Transition UK project, the authors explore the extent of the challenge to ensure that action on climate change supports an inclusive economy in the UK, efforts that are already underway, and what actions investors can take. It includes a regional case study of Yorkshire and the Humber. Read more

How realistic are the predicted savings to household energy bills from installing a smart meter? And how robust is the evidence behind the figures? Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy investigate, in the second of two posts on smart meters. Read more

With recent reports criticising the UK Government’s rollout of its smart meter implementation programme, Greer Gosnell and Daire McCoy review the costs and benefits and call for a revamp, particularly of consumer engagement. Read more

Upon publication of a new special report for the LSE Growth Commission, the authors outline why it is sensible for environmental sustainability to be at the heart of the UK’s growth strategy and how this can be achieved. Read more

This special report for the LSE Growth Commission shows why it is sensible for environmental sustainability to be at the heart of the UK’s growth strategy and how this can be achieved, setting out recommendations for government across the areas of innovation, infrastructure, skills and cities. Read more

New research into the link between political competition and fossil fuel taxation offers insight into the UK Government’s decision-making on fuel duty. Spoiler alert: it is all about electoral incentives. Read more

To tax or to trade – that is the question. Following the October Budget, and as Brexit looms, Josh Burke assesses the policy landscape around carbon pricing in the UK. Read more

This written evidence responds to four questions set by the UK House of Commons Select Committee on International Development inquiry into ‘UK aid for combating climate change’. Read more

The Government is seeking advice on how the UK can achieve 'net-zero' emissions from across the economy. But why is net-zero on the table and what would it take to achieve it? Read more

10 years on from its establishment, this report assesses the role of the independent Committee on Climate Change (CCC) in shaping UK climate policy, drawing out lessons for international and domestic policymakers. Read more

Sam Fankhauser reflects on the successes of the UK's independent climate advisory body 10 years after its establishment - and the challenges it faces for the future. Read more

The Paris Agreement does not just commit countries to cut emissions. All countries also need to put in place a policy framework for climate-consistent finance. Nick Robins argues that the UK could take a leadership position by setting out how this complex task could be achieved. Read more

This submission was made to Defra’s consultation on environmental principles and governance after the UK leaves the European Union. Read more

This report summarises lessons from the Climate Change Act, for the UK and other countries, on how climate change legislation is best structured to be effective. Read more

A summary report from two workshops on recent advances in social discounting practice and theory. This paper was prepared as... Read more

Sam Fankhauser, who was a founding member of the UK Committee on Climate Change looks back over its achievements and considers the challenges it may face in the coming years. Read more

The Government's Clean Growth Strategy included plans to use green mortgages to incentivise people to make their homes more energy efficient but what are green mortgages and what evidence is there that they work? Read more

This paper responds to a question on overcoming potential barriers to the uptake of recoverable heat technologies in industry in the UK Government's call for evidence on the Industrial Heat Recovery Support programme. Read more

This paper provides responses to selected questions in the UK government's call for evidence on 'Building a market for energy efficiency'. Read more

This is a submission to the consultation on the UK government's 'Cost of energy' review by Professor Dieter Helm, addressing areas including the phase-out of coal and cost of renewable energy. Read more

The UK Government has this week released new projections which confirm that its Clean Growth Strategy cannot currently achieve the Fourth and Fifth Carbon Budgets through reductions in domestic annual emissions of greenhouse gases between 2023 and 2032. Read more

This is a submission to the consultation on the UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy, with comments on the overall strategy and key sections. Read more

This is a submission in response to a call for evidence on the reform of the Green Deal framework. The Green Deal was the UK’s flagship programme to improve energy efficiency of the building stock. Read more

Professor Dieter Helm’s Cost of Energy review was greeted in parts of the press with headlines like “excessive green taxes force up energy bills”. Sam Fankhauser analyses the review in the context of UK efforts to tackle climate change. Read more

Mobilising private sector funding and implementing a strong industrial strategy will be critical to the sucess of the UK Government's Clean Growth Strategy says Sam Fankhauser. Read more

The sale of the government-backed Green Investment Bank (GIB) for £2.3bn to a consortium led by Macquarie Group Limited has... Read more

Note that an 8-page policy brief for decision-makers that draws on the full 36-page paper is available. Headline issue Both... Read more

Environment researchers at UK universities are being wrongly gagged during the General Election campaign because of inconsistent and over-zealous applications... Read more

This paper was submitted in response to the UK Government’s industrial strategy green paper: ‘Building our industrial strategy‘. Read more

This policy brief outlines the opportunities and threats to trade in low-carbon goods and services in the UK. Read more

Presentation given at ‘The impact of Brexit on the UK and European energy markets’ conference organised by Florence School of Regulation, European... Read more

This submission to the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee’s inquiry on Leaving the EU looks at which aspects of EU policy should be retained and the potential impact of Brexit on Paris Agreement pledges. Read more

It is vitally important that the public debate about the UK’s options for managing the risks of climate change is... Read more

Headline issue The new UK Government under Prime Minister Theresa May has committed to boosting UK productivity, to addressing the... Read more

Florence Crick and Swenja Surminski outline ways in which property developers could help reduce flood insurance premiums. Read more

This paper explores the potential impact of a uniform £20 per tonne carbon price on fuels and production costs across all 106 industries that comprise the UK economy. Read more

This policy paper was submitted to HM Treasury in response to its consultation on 'Reforming the business energy efficiency tax landscape'. Read more

By applying our analytical framework we find an absence of formal incentive mechanisms for risk reduction in the existing and proposed Flood Re scheme. We identify the barriers for applying insurance to risk reduction and point to some possible modifications in the Flood Re proposal to deliver a greater link between risk transfer and risk reduction. Read more

The ongoing review of the UK’s Fourth Carbon Budget is closely linked to the debate over the impact that domestic... Read more

Headline issue The UK Government is reviewing the fourth carbon budget for the period 2023-27. The Committee on Climate Change... Read more

Paul Ekins, Will McDowall, and Dimitri Zenghelis, UCL, 2014. External link to report Read more

Working Paper 144 Abstract Flooding is the largest natural disaster risk in England and it is expected to rise even... Read more

Briefing Note Headline issue Through the Water Bill, the Government is seeking powers to establish a new scheme for the... Read more

Energy use policies and carbon pricing in the UK Read more

Headline issue The UK has a complex system of energy taxes which affect the business sector. Overlaps between taxes mean... Read more

Executive summary The British Feed-in Tariff (FiT) scheme, which launched in April 2010, pays £500 million each year to the... Read more

Private investors need to be persuaded to spend billions of pounds to create a cleaner and more efficient power sector... Read more

Briefing note The Climate Change Act received Royal Assent on 26 November 2008 and set an overarching target to reduce UK... Read more

Overview The Grantham Research Institute for Climate Change and the Environment and the Centre for Climate Change Economics and Policy (CCCEP) have... Read more

Submission begins with a summary of the importance of public understanding of climate change, before considering some of the latest... Read more

An Independent National Adaptation Programme for England Read more

Reference Grover, D. December 2012. Conflicting duty for government? The UK’s new Green Investment Bank. Comment to WJS Europe. Read more

All Party Parliamentary Climate Change Group Panel presentation, House of Commons, November 2012 – External link to presentation Read more

[Re: We just need the political will to reduce destructive energy prices, Friday] Matthew Sinclair’s long rant against climate change... Read more

On Thursday, Boris Johnson will host the second of the Mayor of London 2012 Debates, which he claims are “London’s... Read more

The New Statesman, June 2012 Read more

There have been two sobering climate change statistics recently. First we learnt that despite a sluggish economy, global emissions of... Read more

Contributor, Westminster, 2 November 2011 – External link to publication Read more

Working Paper 67 Abstract The conceptual basis and numerical quantification of the time discount rate (or rates) to use for... Read more

Michael Jacobs: The coalition’s proposed electricity market reform is radical, but Labour could go further with a green growth strategy... Read more

Last week’s election results in England, Scotland and Wales demonstrated that climate change denial is still not a vote winner,... Read more

Fewer than one in six people think that government funding for science should be cut in favour of other areas... Read more

Last week’s budget presented by the Chancellor of the Exchequer did not mention the science budget allocations, but among the... Read more

Britain’s carbon budgets are domestic emissions objectives, adopted because they make sense for the UK. But climate change is a... Read more

Sir, The closure of Pfizer’s research centre in Kent (Reports, February 2) will deal yet another blow to the UK’s... Read more

You might be forgiven for thinking that today’s announcement of how the science budget will be divided up is good... Read more

The gushing responses from the some members of the British science community over the past week may have led you... Read more

One of the biggest challenges facing David Willetts, the new minister for universities and science, is to ensure that the... Read more

Nicholas Stern, Alex Bowen and Sam Fankhauser: We still have a long way to go, but this week’s climate decisions... Read more

Author of the Stern review gives his verdict on the green measures announced in Alistair Darling’s 2009 budget the Guardian Read more
