Policy evaluation
Robust and coherent policies are vital to tackling climate change and other environmental challenges. At a local, national and international level, policymakers have considered and implemented measures designed to reduce emissions and adapt to the impacts of climate change.
Our work in this area focuses on the effectiveness and impacts of current climate and environmental policies and assesses options for future policy. This includes measures such as carbon pricing, carbon markets, net zero targets and green investment/technology initiatives.
Publications
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Forthcoming events
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Event Date 22 Jan '25
Directed Technological Change and General Purpose Technologies: Can AI accelerate clean energy innovation? | Pia Andres
Event Type: Grantham Workshop -
Event Date 5 Feb '25
Pete Betts Memorial Lecture | The future came early: Implementing the Paris Agreement in an era of economic nationalism, energy transition and rampant climate impacts
Event Type: Public Lectures
Explainers
View all- How will the transition to net zero affect the UK economy?
- What do times of economic hardship mean for the UK’s transition to net zero?
- How is adaptation included within the international climate agenda?
- What is the just transition and what does it mean for climate action?
- What is deep-sea mining and how is it connected to the net zero transition?
- How much do renewables contribute to the UK’s energy mix and what policies support their expansion?
- How does trade contribute to climate change and how can it advance climate action?
- How do climate policy and carbon border adjustments affect international trade?
- What is the UK’s policy approach to carbon capture, usage and storage (CCUS)?
- What is climate change lobbying?
- What technology do we need to cut carbon emissions?
- Why is net zero so important in the fight against climate change?
- How is China tackling climate change?
- How important is hydrogen to climate action and what are countries doing about it?
- Can we have economic growth and tackle climate change at the same time?
- What is shale gas, how is it extracted through fracking and what are fracking’s impacts?
- What is the 2008 Climate Change Act?
- What is ‘decarbonisation’ of the power sector? Why do we need to decarbonise the power sector in the UK?
- How much will it cost to cut global greenhouse gas emissions?
- What is a carbon price and why do we need one?